Zuiyo Enterprise, a Japanese animation studio, was most notable for creating their popular adaptation of Heidi in 1974. Their newfound success was short as they soon got troubled with financial issues. With the company dissolved, Koichi Motohashi decided to found Nippon Animation in 1975. Nippon is now most remembered for their ‘World Masterpiece Theatre’ series, which include their first titles, Dog of Flanders and Maya the Bee.