peak, this slice-of-life anime about an unusually intelligent elementary-school-aged girl and her family and friends managed an audience rating of nearly 40%, making it one of the highest-rated anime series ever (and the highest-rated anime program in Japanese history at the time). Works adapted from Western literature World Masterpiece Theater series Other TV series Vicky the Viking (小さなバイキング ビッケ, Chiisana Viking Vikke) – 1974-75 (eps. 53-78, property of Zuiyo) Maya the Honey Bee (みつばちマーヤの冒険, Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken) – 1975 (began as Zuiyo Eizo production) Laura, The Prairie Girl (草原の少女ローラ, Sōgen no shōjo Rōra (Laura, Girl of the Prairies)) – 1975 Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures (Arabian Naitsu: Shinbaddo No Bôken) – 1975 The Adventures of Piccolino (Pikorīno no Bōken) – 1976 Little Lulu and Her Little Friends (Little Lulu to Chicchai Nakama) – 1976 Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac (Kuma no Ko Jacky) – 1977 Future Boy Conan (Mirai Shonen Conan) – 1978, a Hayao Miyazaki work Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel (Seton Dobutsuki Risu no Banner) – 1979 Ruy, the Little Cid (Little El Cid no Bouken) – 1980, co-production with BRB Internacional Heart (Cuore): An Italian Schoolboy's Journal (Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari) – 1981 Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (Wanwan Sanjushi, The Three Musketeers) – 1981; co-production with BRB Internacional (Madrid, Spain) The New Adventures of Maya the Bee (Shin Mitsubachi Maaya no Boken) – 1982 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu) – 1983 Around the World with Willy Fog (Anime 80 Sekai Isshu) – 1983 (In Spain), 1987 (In Japan); co-production with BRB Internacional Manga Aesop's Fables – 1983 Bosco Adventure (Bosco Daiboken) – 1986 Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (Grimm Meisaku Gekijo/Shin Grimm Meisaku Gekijo) – 1987–1989 Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli (2 October 1989 – 29 October 1990) Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Kaze no Naka no Shojo Kinptasu no Jeannie) – 1992 TV specials Manxmouse (Tondemo Nezumi Daikatsuyaku) (30 June 1979) Anne's Diary: The Story of Anne Frank (Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari) (28 September 1979) Back to the Forest (Nodoka Mori no Dobutsu Daisakusen, English titles: Peter of Placid Forest, Back to the Forest) (3 February 1980) The Story of Fifteen Boys (Hitomi no Naka no Shonen Jugo Shonen Hyoryuki) (19 October 1987) Other works TV series Dokaben (6 October 1976 – 26 December 1979) Attack on Tomorrow (4 April 1977 – 5 September 1977) Blocker Gundan