Around the world in 80 days cartoon5/30/2023 ![]() Sullivan to impede Fog's journey in any way.Ĭast Main characters Willy Fog Inspector Dix and Constable Bully of Scotland Yard are convinced that Fog is the thief who robbed the Bank of England, and the wicked and conniving Transfer, a saboteur, was hired by Mr. Little do they know, however, that they are pursued by three individuals determined to halt their progress. However, he dutifully accompanies his master as they set out, with Tico still in hiding. Rigodon is less than thrilled to hear the news of their impending trip, having spent his life travelling with the circus. He then stuns the club by announcing that he will leave that very evening and promises to return to the club by 8:45 pm on 21 December 1872. Sullivan bets Fog £5,000 that it is impossible, and additional wagers by three other club members increase this amount to £20,000. The other members of the club laugh at Lord Guinness's suggestion that he would take on the challenge if he were younger, prompting Fog to defend his honor by taking up the task himself. Hong Kong is reached on day 33, Yokohama on day 39, and then a mammoth three-week crossing of the Pacific to arrive in San Francisco on day 61, a week-long train crossing to New York City and then finally a nine-day crossing of the Atlantic back to London making it possible to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. ![]() Having rounded the Arabian peninsula, one would arrive in Bombay on day 20 and then a three-day railway journey to Calcutta. From there, it is a train journey to Brindisi, and the Suez Canal, all within a week. The article states that one departs London by train for Dover, where one crosses to Calais, and on to Paris. ![]() Sullivan's off-hand remark that the thief is still in London causes the elderly Lord Guinness to bring up an article in the Morning Chronicle, detailing how it is now possible to travel around the world in eighty days. Sullivan arrives and requests a change of topic. Nonetheless, Rigodon is hired by Fog as his butler and soon departs for the Reform Club.Īt the club, the main topic of conversation is the recent theft of £55,000 from the Bank of England which was discussed until the bank's governor Mr. Rigodon is accompanied by his old circus colleague Tico, who hides within his travelling bag, and prompts him through the interview, which gets off to a bad start when Rigodon arrives four minutes late. He has already arranged an interview for a replacement – former circus performer Rigodon, who is even now rushing towards Fog's house to make his 11:00 am appointment. Plot Īs with every morning since he moved into Savile Row, Willy Fog awakens at 8:00 am and rings for his servant, only to remember that he fired him the previous day for his inability to follow Fog's precise schedule. Furthermore, in 2008, the series spawned a live-action theatrical musical show in celebration of its 25th anniversary. ![]() ![]() With all of the international versions, the height of popularity remains in Spain, where a sequel series, Willy Fog 2, was produced in 1993 which has the characters in adaptations of Verne's science fiction novels, Journey to the Center of the Earth and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The series was also dubbed into Japanese and aired on Japan's TV Asahi in 1987, where it was titled Anime Around the World in 80 Days ( アニメ80日間世界一周, Anime Hachijūnichikan Sekai Isshū). The series was initially screened in 1984 in the UK (and has been repeated many times since) and then on RTÉ in Ireland, while other dubs gained the series fanbases in several other countries. While the series never achieved popularity in the United States, the English version found fame when it was broadcast on Children's BBC in the United Kingdom. Īn English dub of the series was directed by Tom Wyner, which featured artists such as Cam Clarke (as Rigodon), Gregory Snegoff (Inspector Dix), Steve Kramer (as Constable Bully) and Mike Reynolds. Willy Fog ( Phileas Fogg in the original book) is depicted as a lion, while Rigodon ( Passepartout) is a cat, and Romy ( Aouda) is a panther. The core trio are all felines being pursued by three canine foes. In the same vein as BRB's Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, the characters are anthropomorphisms of various animals as the species depicted are of much greater variety than in that series. Around the World with Willy Fog (Spanish: La vuelta al mundo de Willy Fog) is a Spanish-Japanese animated television adaptation of the 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional and Televisión Española, with animation by Japanese studio Nippon Animation, that was first broadcast on Antenne 2 in 1983 and TVE1 in 1984. ![]()
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