Reporter Blues

{{Infobox animanga/Header

| image =

| caption =

| ja_kanji = レポーターブルース

| ja_romaji = Repōtā Burūsu

| genre =

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{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = tv series

| director = Kenji Kodama

| producer = Kazuhiko Yagiuchi
Kenji Mizunuma

| writer = Marco Pagot
Gi Pagot

| music = Stelvio Cipriani (title music)
Pino Massara (score music, Season 1)
Mario Pagano (score music, Season 2)

| studio = Tokyo Movie Shinsha

| licensee =

| network = RaiUno (Italy)
NHK-BS2 (Japan)

| network_en =

| first = 1991

| last = 1996

| episodes = 52

| episode_list =

}}

{{nihongo|Reporter Blues|レポーターブルース|Repōtā Burūsu}} is an Italian-Japanese animation television series written by Marco Pagot and Gi Pagot and directed by Kenji Kodama.{{cite web | url=http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/sources/show_fiche.php3?cle=282 | title=Reporter Blues | work=Planete Jeneusse | access-date=14 February 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715091457/http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/sources/show_fiche.php3?cle=282 | archive-date=15 July 2011 }} It consists of 52 half-hour episodes. The first season was aired in France in 1991. The second season was aired in 1996.

The show was co-produced by RAI, Seoul Movie and Tokyo Movie Shinsha.{{cite web | url=http://www.tms-e.com/english/search/index.php?pdt_no=178 | title=Reporter Blues | work=TMS Entertainment, Ltd | access-date=14 February 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717064345/http://www.tms-e.com/english/search/index.php?pdt_no=178 | archive-date=17 July 2011 }}

Plot

France, 1920s or 1930s. A beautiful redhead, Antoinette “Tony” Dubois, becomes a journalist at La Voix de Paris. Tony has two passions: her cat Filippon and her saxophone which she uses to play jazz or blues. With her teammate the photographer Alain Pichet, Tony begins to frequent high society and cover important events. This is how she notices Madame Lapin, a rich woman at the head of a huge criminal cartel. Tony and Alain begin to investigate her activities to capture her. During their investigations, Tony and Alain will experience adventures in the four corners of Paris (at the Louvre, on the Eiffel Tower, at the Opéra Garnier), on the Normandy, aboard the Orient-Express, in Spain and even in America and meet many personalities of the time (Al Capone, Johnny Weissmuller, Coco Chanel, etc.).

Characters

Antoinette "Tony" Dubois: She is the main character. A newspaper reporter who moves to Paris and works on La Voix de Paris (The Voice of Paris)
Alain Pichet: Photographer and partner of Tony
Madame Lapin: A notorious criminal
Monsieur Chailleau
Inspecteur Calvignac
Professeur

Episodes (found in English so far)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reporter Blues (english dub) |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_3VM7OP6g5kJmat9tmNrzY09TDZjxB7b |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=YouTube |language=en}}</ref>

Ep. 27
Ep. 28
Ep. 29
Ep. 30
Ep. 31
Ep. 32
Ep. 33
Ep. 34
Ep. 35
Ep. 36
Ep. 37
Ep. 48
Ep. 49
*none of these episodes have a title card

Release

Canal 9 Baba club Spain
NHK satellite Japan
RAI Italy
Tooniverse Korea

Music

The opening theme and the ending theme "We're going to Paris" both performed by the Italian singer Simona Patitucci. Music composed by the Italian musicians and composers Pino Massara and Stelvio Cipriani.{{cite web | url=http://www.coucoucircus.org/da/336-Reporter-Blues---Cover-opening | title=Reporter Blues Opening | work=Cou Cou Circus | access-date=14 February 2011}}

Reception

References

External links

[http://www.tms-e.co.jp/search/introduction.php?pdt_no=103 Reporter Blues on TMS Entertainment's official website] {{in lang|ja}}
[http://www.tms-e.co.jp/english/search/introduction.php?pdt_no=178 Reporter Blues on TMS Entertainment's official website] {{in lang|en}}
{{IMDb title|0296401}}
{{anime News Network|anime|9180}}

Category:1991 anime television series debuts

Category:Italian children's animated adventure television series

Category:Japanese children's animated adventure television series

Category:TMS Entertainment

Category:RAI original programming