Treasure Island (1978 TV series)

Treasure Island
DVD cover
宝島 (Takarajima)
Genre	Adventure, drama, mystery, supernatural
Anime television series
Directed by	Osamu Dezaki
Produced by	Keishi Yamazaki Seiichi Ginya
Written by	Haruya Yamazaki Yoshimi Shinozaki
Music by	Kentaroh Haneda
Studio	TMS Entertainment Madhouse
Licensed by	NA: Discotek Media
Original network	NTV
Original run	8 October 1978 – 1 April 1979
Episodes	26
Anime film
Directed by	Yoshio Takeuchi (primary) Osamu Dezaki (supervising director)
Written by	Haruya Yamazaki Yoshimi Shinozaki
Music by	Kentaroh Haneda
Studio	TMS Entertainment Madhouse
Released	9 May 1987
Runtime	88 minutes
Original video animation
Takarajima Memorial - Yūnagi to Yobareta Otoko
Directed by	Osamu Dezaki
Written by	Osamu Dezaki
Music by	Kentaroh Haneda
Studio	TMS Entertainment Madhouse KSS
Released	21 December 1992
Runtime	7 minutes

Treasure Island (宝島, Takarajima) is a Japanese anime television series that aired in 1978 and 1979 in Japan and in the mid-1980s in Europe, Mexico, South America & Arab World countries, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel of the same name.^[1] In 2013, the 1987 movie compilation was dubbed in English by Bang Zoom! Entertainment and available on the North American Hulu, but has since been removed. However, as of early 2016, TMS has made the compilation movie available to watch on YouTube for free.^[2]