is a fantasy adventure anime series created by Osamu Tezuka. The anime is based from classic film Konjok-gorbunok by Ivan Ivanov-Vano. The film in turn is based from Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov's The Little Humpbacked Horse. This was Tezuka's last anime series. Osamu Tezuka died while this series was in production. The studio completed the production according to his plans. The show was streamed at Anime Sols, but was removed, because it did not meet its goal of crowd-funding for DVD. It is currently only available for legal streaming at Viki.com. Story The story opens with the meeting between the hero, Kakeru, and a mystical pony named Blink. Kakeru saves Blink from a thunder shower and in gratitude, Blink tells him that if he is ever in trouble, all Kakeru needs to do is call out his name three times and he will appear. At the end of the summer when Kakeru returns home, his father, a writer of children's stories, is kidnapped. Kakeru, weeping, calls out Blink's name and, as promised, Blink immediately appears, and the two set out on the trail of Kakeru's father. Episode list Original Cast Masako Nozawa as Kakeru Miki Itou as Princess Kirara Ai Orikasa as Julie Goro Naya as Shiki Haruhiko Katsuya Kobayashi as Tanba Kei Tomiyama as Henry Kenichi Ogata as Nitch Mari Mashiba as Spika Saori Tsuchiya as Blink Satoko Yasunaga as Nana Sho Hayami as Prince Horo You Yoshimura as Satch Yuriko Fuchizaki as Rakururu Music See also The Little Humpbacked Horse (ballet) References External links Blue Blink in IMDB Aoi Blink Credits in BCDB 1989 anime television series debuts Action anime and manga Fantasy anime and manga Osamu Tezuka anime Supernatural anime and manga Tezuka Productions