In the Beginning: The Bible Stories

Apr 01, 1997 (ja) Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama [24] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 01, 1997
  • Production
    Tezuka Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    55%
  • Original title
    手塚治虫の旧約聖書物語 In The Beginning
  • Release
    Apr 01, 1997
  • ja
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Overview

In the Beginning: The Bible Stories is an anime television series based on The Bible's Hebrew Scriptures created by Osamu Tezuka. The series was a coproduction between Nippon TV, Tezuka's Tezuka Productions, and Italy's government-owned broadcaster, Radiotelevisione Italiana. Although the series was in production during a period of several years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was not aired in Japan until 1997, on the satellite channel WOWOW. The series has also been aired on TV in the United States, Italy, Spain and Germany. In the Beginning marked the fourth time Bible stories formed the basis of a Japanese-animated television series, following the two Superbook series and The Flying House, which were made for Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network by Tatsunoko Production in the early 1980s. In the Beginning features episodes devoted to most of the major Bible stories of the Old Testament, including the stories of the Creation, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, Abraham and Isaac, Joseph, Moses, David, and Solomon, with the final episode featuring the birth of Jesus Christ. As with the second Superbook series, some stories were stretched out over several episodes. Unlike Superbook and The Flying House, however, no contemporary characters from modern times were inserted into the stories, save for the series mascot and viewpoint character, Roco the fox .

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts : 12 / Crews : 3

Season 1 ( 1997-04-01)

The Creation

Episode: 1

Cain and Abel

Episode: 2

The Story of Noah

Episode: 3

The Tower of Babel

Episode: 4

Abraham, The Forefather

Episode: 5

Sodom and Gomorrah

Episode: 6

Isaac and Ishmael

Episode: 7

Isaac's Destiny

Episode: 8

Jacob's Children

Episode: 9

Joseph's Triumph

Episode: 10

Moses, The Egyptian

Episode: 11

The Fire in the Desert

Episode: 12

Moses and Pharaoh

Episode: 13

The Exodus

Episode: 14

Laws Carved in Stone

Episode: 15

Israel's Treachery

Episode: 16

New Alliance

Episode: 17

Jericho

Episode: 18

One King for Israel

Episode: 19

King Saul

Episode: 20

King David

Episode: 21

King Solomon

Episode: 22

The Exile of Israel

Episode: 23

Release from Bondage

Episode: 24

Prophets in the desert

Episode: 25

The Birth of Jesus

Episode: 26
Apr 01, 1997 (ja)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama
[24] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 01, 1997
  • Production
    Tezuka Productions
  • Rotten tomato 55%
Original Title 手塚治虫の旧約聖書物語 In The Beginning
ja

Overview

In the Beginning: The Bible Stories is an anime television series based on The Bible's Hebrew Scriptures created by Osamu Tezuka. The series was a coproduction between Nippon TV, Tezuka's Tezuka Productions, and Italy's government-owned broadcaster, Radiotelevisione Italiana. Although the series was in production during a period of several years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was not aired in Japan until 1997, on the satellite channel WOWOW. The series has also been aired on TV in the United States, Italy, Spain and Germany. In the Beginning marked the fourth time Bible stories formed the basis of a Japanese-animated television series, following the two Superbook series and The Flying House, which were made for Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network by Tatsunoko Production in the early 1980s. In the Beginning features episodes devoted to most of the major Bible stories of the Old Testament, including the stories of the Creation, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, Abraham and Isaac, Joseph, Moses, David, and Solomon, with the final episode featuring the birth of Jesus Christ. As with the second Superbook series, some stories were stretched out over several episodes. Unlike Superbook and The Flying House, however, no contemporary characters from modern times were inserted into the stories, save for the series mascot and viewpoint character, Roco the fox .

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer