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Onegai! Samia-don

Onegai! Samia-don

19856.51 Season39 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Please! Psammea-don is a Japanese anime that was broadcast from 2 April 1985 to 4 February 1986 with a total of 78 episodes produced. This anime is based on the 1902 novel Five Children and It by English author Edith Nesbit. The anime differs from the novel in revolving around four children rather than five. Three of the children are siblings while the fourth is their friend and neighbor. The four children encounter the Psammead who, in the anime, is depicted as being yellow with a blue hat, and more of a grumpy and lazy being than mischievous. In Latin America, the series was known as Samed, el duende mágico and in France and Quebec as Sablotin. In the Arab world, it was known as Moghamarat Samid.

Created by Edith Nesbit
Written by Edith Nesbit
Produced by Shunzou Katou
NetworksNHK BS1

Top Cast

Yoko Asagami

Yoko Asagami

アン・ホプキンス

Kazuyo Aoki

Kazuyo Aoki

ロバート・ターナー

Kiyoshi Kawakubo

Kiyoshi Kawakubo

サミアどん

Hiroshi Takemura

Hiroshi Takemura

シル・ターナー

Themes & Keywords

anime

About Onegai! Samia-don

Onegai! Samia-don is a animation, sci-fi & fantasy, kids series that first aired in 1985 exploring themes of anime. Created by Edith Nesbit, it stars Yoko Asagami, Kazuyo Aoki, Kiyoshi Kawakubo. Please! Psammea-don is a Japanese anime that was broadcast from 2 April 1985 to 4 February 1986 with a total of 78 episodes produced. This anime is based on the 1902 novel Five Children and It by English author Edith Nesbit. The anime differs from the novel in revolving around four children rather than five. Three of the children are siblings while the fourth is their friend and neighbor. The four children encounter the Psammead who, in the anime, is depicted as being yellow with a blue hat, and more of a grumpy and lazy being than mischievous. In Latin America, the series was known as Samed, el duende mágico and in France and Quebec as Sablotin. In the Arab world, it was known as Moghamarat Samid.

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