Dogtanian & the Three Muskehounds

1 9 8 1 – 1 9 8 2 (Spain)
26 x 25 minute episodes

Swashbuckling doggy-style featured in this cute canine re-working of the classic Alexander Dumas novel set in 17th Century France.

Originally titled D’Artacan y los tres Mosqueperros, the cartoon was created by Spanish studio BRB Internacional (who were also responsible for Around the World with Willy Fog) and made in Japan by Nippon Animation.

Dogtanian, en route from Gascony to Paris, joins the King’s Own Guard, falls in love with the beautiful Juliette (a golden-coloured afghan who is a lady-in-waiting to Quen Anne of Austria) and then teams up with master swordsmen Athos, Porthos and Aramis.

The series became something of a minor classic when it was (belatedly) shown on Children’s BBC in 1985, picking up numerous international awards.

Most people just remember the break-neck speed in which it was dubbed, and the catchy theme tune, “One for all and all for one, It’s a pretty story, Sharing everything with fun, That’s the way to be.”

A second series, – set some years later – was less well received.

D’Artacan (Dogtanian)
Eduardo Jover
Cam Clarke (English dub)
Juliet
Gloria Cámara
Rebecca Forstadt (English dub)
Rey Luis XIII (King Louis)
Javier Dotú
Simon Prescott (English dub)
Reina Ana de Austria (Queen Anne of Austria)
María Luisa Rubio
Robin Levinson (English dub)
Cardenal Richelieu (Cardinal Richelieu)
Rafael de Penagos
Kerrigan Mahan (English dub)
Duque de Buckingham (Duke of Buckingham)
Luis Lombardero
Tom Wyner (English dub)
Monsieur Treville
Claudio Rodríguez
Michael Forest (English dub)
Milady
Ana Ángeles García
Edie Mirman (English dub)
Conde de Rochefort (Count Rochefort)
Víctor Agramunt
Dave Mallow (English dub)
Widimer
José Martínez Blanco
Mike Reynolds (English dub)
Planchet
Daniel Dicenta
Milton James (English dub)
Porthos
Tesshô Genda
Dan Woren (English dub)
Athos
Michael Sorich (English dub)
Narrator (English dub)
Tom Wyner