Puschel das Eichhorn

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ja_kanji = シートン動物記 りすのバナー
ja_romaji = Seton Dobutsuki Risu no Banner
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director = Fumio Kurokawa
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studio = Nippon Animation
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network = TV Asahi
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first = 4/7/79
last = 9/29/79
episodes = 26
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Puschel das Eichhorn (Puschel the Squirrel) is an anime series made by Nippon Animation in 1979. It is based on the 1922 book "" by Ernest Thompson Seton. It ran for a total of 26 episodes and told the story of Puschel, a young orphaned squirrel raised by a kindly mother cat, and his adventures in the forest.

Characters

*Puschel (Renate Danz) is the protagonist of the series, a young squirrel who wears a bell around his neck. Orphaned as a baby, he was taken in and raised by a cat. A fire in the first episode separates him from his adopted mother and he flees to the forest where he befriends the wold squirrels and learns to survive.
*Sue (Rebecca Völz) is a young female squirrel with a flower in her hair. She is attracted to Puschel due to his innocence and more than any of the others she is helpful in teaching him how to survive in the wild. The two eventually marry and have children.
*Graubart (Wolfgang Gruner) is Sue's grandfather and the oldest and wisest of the squirrels. He presides over festivals and ceremonies and makes all of the important decisions. He is very calm and thoughtful.
*Clay (Horst Gentz) is a squirrel much younger than Puschel. He is the first of the wild squirrels Puschel meets, when Puschel saves him from a fox. He and Puschel very quickly become best friends.
*Lilly (Ilse Pagé) is Clay's overprotective mother. She is constantly fearful for her child's safety, and like the others is initially distrustful of Puschel until he saves both her and Clay from a farmer.
*Felix and Rotbauch (Edith Hancke and Claus Jurichs) are the two comic relief friends of Puschel. They are initially antagonistic and distrustful of Puschel (Felix moreso than Rotbauch) but eventually become close friends with him.
*Spitzohr (Wilfried Fall) is a squirrel with long pointed ears who pines for Sue and develops a rivalry with Puschel for her hand in marriage. He is very cunning, underhanded and devious.
*Uncle Uhu (Franz-Otto Kruger) is an owl who is the first denizen of the forest who Puschel encounters. Initially he intends to eat him, but Puschel, thinking himself a cat, fights back rather than flee, earning Uhu's respect and eventually his friendship.
*Mother Cat (Inge Farm) is Puschel's adopted mother. She raised him as her own after he was found alone as a baby by the farmer's son. She is the one who gave Puschel the bell he wears at all times. She and Puschel were separated in a fire in the first episode.