Sabrina's Journey (lost Harmony Gold English dub of "Temple the Balloonist" anime series; 1990s)
Volume 1 DVD cover art of Temple the Balloonist.
Status: Lost
Sabrina's Journey was an English adaptation of the 1977 anime Balloon Girl Temple (風船少女テンプルちゃん Fūsen Shōjo Tenpuru-chan) or alternatively known as Temple the Balloonist.
It focuses on a little girl, Temple (inspired by Shirley Temple) and her attempts to return home on her hot-air balloon, as she is accompanied by a traveling band.
History
Harmony Gold had licensed this anime at some point in the 1980s, though it failed to interest buyers in the USA, and it got no form of release. An entry in a copyright encyclopedia catalog indicates that it was part of the "Harmony Gold Package", and that its rights were held until at least November 12, 1996.[1] It also appears under its original Japanese title as well as the title The Journey Home in an earlier entry from 1993.[2]
This dub encountered some name changes to its characters, by the indication of the title and what is seen in the Latin American version:
- Temple became "Sabrina"
- Tam Tam became "Tambourine"
- Fuwatto was changed to "Nimbus"
- Gappe was changed to "Trumpet"
- Dora was changed to "Guitar"
Availability
It is unknown what may have become of the masters for the dub, as Carl Macek did not buy back Sabrina for the Streamline catalog and its rights were presumably left to expire after 1996. It is possible that they may be back in Tatsunoko Productions' possession.
It is possible that like with The Magical World of Gigi and Adventures on Rainbow Pond, Harmony Gold may have had used at least two different methods in dubbing and marketing Temple the Balloonist, as the OVA and TV dubs of Minky Momo used different production and voice casts, while Demetan Croaker's TV series was also utilized for two compilation films. Evidence to support this theory comes from the January 13th, 1986 issue of "Television/Radio Age" magazine, where a series of films titled Tiffany's Travelling Band were listed under Harmony Gold's product catalog among other Tatsunoko anime.[3]
Foreign Dubs
There is some indication that this adaptation was sourced for a Spanish language dub produced in Los Angeles around 1991, titled Sabrina y sus Amigos, and also released under the title Las Aventura's de la Niña Sabrina for its VHS release. All 26 episodes were dubbed.
On a side note, among foreign dubs, the protagonist's name similarity to Shirley Temple seems to only have been retained in the French dub, as Shirley: la petite fille en ballon, of which three episodes were sold on VHS as a "feature cartoon".
References
- ↑ Copyright catalog referencing "Sabrina's Journey". Retrieved 26 Mar '15
- ↑ Copyright catalog referencing three versions of the title. Retrieved 26 Mar '15
- ↑ January 13th, 1986 issue of "Television/Radio Age" magazine. Retrieved 08 Nov '24
External Link
- A Doblaje Wikia article on Sabrina y sus amigos. Retrieved 26 Mar '15