Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island

かぞくろびんそんひょうりゅうき ふしぎなしまのふろーね

Aired: 1981

A television anime produced by Nippon Animation, based on Johann David Wyss's classic children's novel 'The Swiss Family Robinson.' Aired on Fuji TV as the seventh entry in the iconic 'World Masterpiece Theater' (Sekai Meisaku Gekijo) franchise. The story follows the Robinson family - Dr. Ernst Robinson, his wife Anna, eldest son Franz, the spirited young heroine Flone, and youngest brother Jack - who set sail from nineteenth-century Switzerland in search of a new life, only to be shipwrecked on a tropical desert island. With nothing but each other and the skills they bring from civilization, the family must build shelter, find food, and forge bonds with native goats and animals to survive. Seen largely through Flone's eyes, the series carefully depicts pioneer life, the resilience of family ties, and the tension between civilization and the wild, embodying the warm and humanistic storytelling that defined the World Masterpiece Theater tradition. The official work profile is available at the Nippon Animation site (https://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/work/1387/).