The Cartoon

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds was created by Spanish studio BRB Internacional, who were also responsible for Around the World with Willy Fog and Sandokan. The cartoon was made in Japan by Nippon Animation.

Country of origin:	Spain
First broadcast:	1981
First UK broadcast:	1985 (Children's BBC)
English adaptation:	Dave Mallow, Doug Stone
Created, written and produced by:	Claudio Biern Boyd
Music by:	Guido & Maurisio de Angelis
Voices:	Cam Clarke, Dave Mallow, Mark Richards, Mike Sorich, Doug Stone, Rebecca Forstadt, Steve Kramer
Copyright:	BRB Internacional

Some information taken from Cult TV The Essential Critical Guide by Jon E. Lewis and Penny Stempel. Order it from amazon.co.uk.
For more on voice actors, try voices.fuzzy.com.

Awards

Honorable mention at the 7th international 'Child of Our Time' festival, Milan.
Bronze medal at the International Film & TV Festival of New York.
The TP award for most popular children's series.
Special award in the International Contest for Children & Youth of Gijon.

Yep, you were right - it was good!

In Other Languages

Afrikaans: Brakenjan
Finnish: Kolme Muskettikoiraa
French: Les Trois Mousquetaires
German: D'Artagnan und die drei MuskeTiere
Hebrew: Shloshet HaMusketerim
Italian: D'Artacan e i tre moschettieri
Japanese: Wanwan Sanjushi (ワンワン三銃士) [Woofwoof Musketeers]
Polish: Czworonozni muszkieterowie
Portuguese: Dartacão e os três Moscãoteiros
Spanish [original]: D'Artacan y los tres Mosqueperros

Perro and can mean 'dog' in Spanish. The English version is faithful to the pun in the original, as are the Portuguese ('cão' - 'dog') and Finnish ('koira' - 'dog') versions. In German the pun is on Musketier, the German form of 'Musketeer', and tier, meaning 'animal'.