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I watched this anime when I was a kid. It was really old anime, probably 15
years ago. I remember very little about it but here it goes:

  * It's a drama anime. I remember it was very sad story.
  * I think this kid is a boy. He lives alone, probably orphan.
  * His guardian, maybe parent, father or uncle died protecting him (not really sure about this one)
  * This kid has a dog, and most likely a monkey, and probably has another pet but I can't remember about it.
  * I think later on this series, one of his pet died or got an accident, probably the dog.
  * As far as I remember, it was TV series, not movie. It aired long before Rorouni Kenshin in my local TV station.

That's all I can remember right now.


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Old drama anime about a dog and a kid


I think it could be [**Dog of
Flanders**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_of_Flanders_\(1975_TV_series\))
(1975, 52 episodes) or [**My
Patrasche**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Patrasche) (1992, 26 episodes),
adaptations of [_A Dog of
Flanders_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dog_of_Flanders).

This is the plot summary of the original _A Dog of Flanders_ from Wikipedia (
**emphasis** mine).

> In 19th century Belgium, **a boy named Nello becomes an orphan** at the age
> of two when his mother dies in the Ardennes. **His grandfather** Jehann
> Daas, who lives in a small village near the city of Antwerp, **takes him
> in**.
>
> One day, **Nello and Jehann Daas find a dog** who was almost beaten to
> death, and name him Patrasche. Due to the good care of Johaan Daas, the dog
> recovers, and from then on, Nello and Patrasche are inseparable. Since they
> are very poor, Nello has to help his grandfather by selling milk. Patrasche
> helps Nello pull their cart into town each morning.
>
> Nello falls in love with Aloise, the daughter of a well-off man in the
> village named Nicholas Cogez. Nicholas doesn't want his daughter to have a
> poor sweetheart. Although Nello is illiterate, he is very talented in
> drawing. He enters a junior drawing contest in Antwerp, hoping to win the
> first prize, 200 francs per year. However, the jury selects somebody else.
>
> Afterwards, he is accused of causing a fire by Nicholas (the fire occurred
> on his property) and **his grandfather dies**. His life becomes even more
> desperate. Having no place to stay, Nello goes to the cathedral of Antwerp
> (see Rubens' The Elevation of the Cross), but he doesn't have enough money
> to enter. On the night of Christmas Eve, he and Patrasche go to Antwerp and,
> by chance, find the door to the church open. The next morning, the boy and
> his dog are found frozen to death in front of the triptych.

According to Wkipedia, [_A Dog of Flanders_ spawns many
adaptations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dog_of_Flanders#Film.2C_TV_or_theatrical_adaptations).
Considering the fact that you watched the anime around 15 years ago, and it
was a TV series, it can be either of the series above.


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[Nobody's Boy
Remi](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2130) fits
quite well. It's a drama anime from 1977 and is indeed very sad.

![Nobody's Boy Remi](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GQLK5.jpg)

At around the midway point in the series, his guardian dies along with several
of his animals, leaving him to fend for himself. He is always accompanied by
his loyal dog Capi and has a monkey named Joli-Cœur. Hulu Plus has the
complete series if you're a subscriber.

The anime was remade in 1996 as [Nobody's Girl
Remi](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1101)
(switching the gender of the main character), but it isn't as highly regarded.


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