Tico and Friends
- TV series
- Winter 1994
- 39 episodes
- 23 min
- Nippon Animation
- Original work
- G
- Adventure
- Slice of Life
Contents
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| Japanese | 七つの海のティコ | |
|---|---|---|
| Romanized | Nanatsu no Umi no Tico | |
| Also known as | Sekai Meisaku Gekijou Tico and Nanami | |
| Genre | Adventure, Slice of Life | |
| Type | TV series | |
| Directed by | Jun Takagi | |
| Character design | Satoko Morikawa | |
| Music by | Michiru Oshima | |
| Studio | Nippon Animation | |
| Original run | January 16, 1994 – December 18, 1994 | |
| Episodes | 39 | |
| Episode length | 23 min | |
| Broadcast | Sundays | |
| Total running time | 14 hr 57 min | |
| Status | Finished airing | |
| Season | Winter 1994 | |
| Age rating | G – All ages | |
| Score | ★ 7.39 | |
| On users' lists | 1,229 Kitsu, Shikimori | |
Tico and Friends (Japanese: 七つの海のティコ, Hepburn: Nanatsu no Umi no Tico) is a 1994 Japanese original anime television series. It is animated by Nippon Animation and directed by Jun Takagi. It aired from January 16, 1994 to December 18, 1994, with 39 episodes.
Characters
Main characters
Supporting characters
Natalya Kaminskaya Benex · Brad · Brunai · Captain Wilkes · Carlo · Carlo's Wife · Coast Guard Lieutenant · Coast Guard Officer · Conrad · Cooper · Cruise Ship Captain · Cruise Ship Cook · Cruise Ship MC · Daniel · Dr. Curie · Elliot · Enrico · Female Reporter · Fernando · Gayle · Geordino · Philip Gilmore · Golowa · Gordon · Harold · Helicopter Pilot · Hotel Employee · James · Keith · Charles Le Conte · Luigi · Male Reporter · Man on Boat · Marcelini
Voice cast by language
Voice actors in each language, as listed by Kitsu. A language appears only where a dub of this title is listed.
| Character | Japanese | German |
|---|---|---|
| Nanami SimpsonMain | Megumi Hayashibara | Saskia Weckler |
| Scott SimpsonMain | Shuuichi Ikeda | Eberhard Haar |
| Alfonso AndrettiSupporting | Kenichi Ogata | – |
| Thomas Le ConteSupporting | Mami Matsui | – |
| Cheryl MelvilleSupporting | Yuuko Mizutani | Tina Eschmann |
| Rosalind AndrettiSupporting | Hisako Kyouda | – |
| Natalya Kaminskaya BenexSupporting | Chiyoko Kawashima | – |
| GayleSupporting | Hiroya Ishimaru | Lutz Schnell |
| JamesSupporting | Hiroshi Masuoka | – |
| Charles Le ConteSupporting | Rokurou Naya | Holger Mahlich |
| Nagisa SuzukiSupporting | Maya Okamoto | – |
| Youko SimpsonSupporting | Kayoko Fujii | – |
All languages (5)
| Character | Japanese | German | French | Spanish | Italian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanami SimpsonMain | Megumi Hayashibara | Saskia Weckler | – | Cristina Hernández | – |
| Scott SimpsonMain | Shuuichi Ikeda | Eberhard Haar | Jerome Keen | – | – |
| Alfonso AndrettiSupporting | Kenichi Ogata | – | – | – | Tony Fuochi |
| Thomas Le ConteSupporting | Mami Matsui | – | – | – | – |
| Cheryl MelvilleSupporting | Yuuko Mizutani | Tina Eschmann | – | – | – |
| Rosalind AndrettiSupporting | Hisako Kyouda | – | – | – | – |
| Natalya Kaminskaya BenexSupporting | Chiyoko Kawashima | – | – | – | – |
| GayleSupporting | Hiroya Ishimaru | Lutz Schnell | – | – | – |
| JamesSupporting | Hiroshi Masuoka | – | – | – | Cesare Rasini |
| Charles Le ConteSupporting | Rokurou Naya | Holger Mahlich | – | – | – |
| Nagisa SuzukiSupporting | Maya Okamoto | – | – | – | – |
| Youko SimpsonSupporting | Kayoko Fujii | – | – | – | – |
Production
Key staff
Jun TakagiDirectorSatoko MorikawaCharacter Design
Michiru OshimaMusic
Sadayoshi FujinoSound DirectorShigeru MorimotoArt Director
Nippon AnimationStudioStaff
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
|---|---|
| Director | Jun Takagi |
| Script | Hideki Mitsui |
| Character Design | Satoko Morikawa |
| Music | Michiru Oshima |
| Sound Director | Sadayoshi Fujino |
| Art Director | Shigeru Morimoto |
| Color Design | Akiko Koyama |
| Editing | Shinichi Natori |
| Theme Song Performance | Cristina D'Avena, Frédérique Hoschédé |
| Producer | Yoshihiro Suzuki |
Music
| Composer | Michiru Oshima |
|---|
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “The Girl With the Killer Whale: Nanami the Adventuress”シャチをつれた少女 冒険者ナナミ | January 16, 1994 | Aired |
| 2 | “Caribbean pirates chasing after children!?”カリブの海賊は子供をねらう!? | January 30, 1994 | Aired |
| 3 | “The Atlantic ocean gang is coming!?”大西洋のギャングがやって来る!? | February 6, 1994 | Aired |
| 4 | “Run, run, run!!”逃げて逃げて逃げまくれ!! | February 13, 1994 | Aired |
| 5 | “Rio de Janeiro never sleeps”リオデジャネイロは眠らない | February 20, 1994 | Aired |
| 6 | — | Aired | |
| 7 | — | Aired | |
| 8 | — | Aired | |
| 9 | — | Aired | |
| 10 | — | Aired | |
| 11 | — | Aired | |
| 12 | — | Aired | |
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| 24 | — | Aired | |
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| 37 | — | Aired | |
| 38 | — | Aired | |
| 39 | — | Aired |
Videos and pictures
Gallery
Ratings and statistics
Score distribution
On users' lists
- Plan to watch381
- Watching13
- Completed84
- On hold22
- Dropped67
Ratings and list counts come from Shikimori, whose scores mirror MyAnimeList.
Audience
How many people follow this anime on the largest anime databases. The numbers are refreshed every few days; one person may use several sites.
Related works
| Side story | Happy Pasta Story (ONA, 2010) |
|---|---|
| Summary | Nanatsu no Umi no Tico Specials (TV special, 2001) |
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- “Nanatsu no Umi no Tico”. Shikimori. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Nanatsu no Umi no Tico”. MyAnimeList. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Tico and Friends”. Kitsu. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Q1377929”. Wikidata. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
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