HISTORY
Two Italian dubs of the Little Lulu anime were produced, with the first being released in 1981 and the second being released in 1995.
In 1980, Italy was sold on ZIV International’s catalog of titles by Agrama Film Enterprises, founded by Frank Agrama, who would later open up Harmony Gold in 1983. Little Lulu was included in the bundle. The show was bought by VID (Video International Distributors).
The 1981 Italian dub is currently lost media. The only clip was uploaded by Dailymotion user ‘maruse,' containing a low-quality rip of the opening.
In 1981, Heritage Cinematografica produced a movie for Italian cinemas that comprised several episodes of the Little Lulu anime. The movie was called, "The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu" (Le incredibili avventure della Piccola Lulú). As seen in promotional posters, the artwork was made exclusively for this movie, sticking very close to the original style of the anime. New music was used in replacement of Mark Mercury's soundtrack. Two songs composed by Cesare Regazzoni and Massimo Chiodi were used for the movie's opening and closing, both sung by Beatrice Cori.
EMI Film released the movie on DVD in 2010. One of the original posters was used for the cover. The DVD can still be bought on Amazon and other sites.
On June 20, 2019, Youtube channel ‘FilmIsNow Drive-In’ began to release short clips from the movie. In early 2020 however, the channel unlisted most of the clips that they originally uploaded. Fortunately on May 15, 2020, ‘FilmIsNow Drive-In’ brought the entire movie up on YouTube for free.
The second dub was produced in 1995 by SD Cinematografica. An Italian cover of the English theme song was used for both the opening and ending sequences. All 26 episodes were dubbed in Italian, providing the best video quality of the series to date.
This dub can be viewed on our YouTube channel and on the Internet Archive.
Disclaimer: Some of the translated titles may not be 100% accurate.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VINYL RECORDS
1) Angelo Del Gruppo Clown – Little Lulu (Angelo Del Gruppo Clown – Piccola Lulú)
1980 release
2014 release
Year: 1980 (rereleased in 2014)
Type: 45
Company: Meeting Music
Contents: 2 songs
Description: An Italian cover of the Spanish theme song is here, along with another song called Tubby.
Tracklist:
A - Angelo Del Gruppo Clown - Piccola Lulù
B - Orchestrale - Tubby
🎵 Listen to the 1980 ver. of the record on YouTube!🎵
2) Sorrisi – Little Lulu (Sorrisi – Piccola Lulú)
Regular release
Rare release with "Original version" label
Year: 1981
Type: 45
Company: VIP
Contents: 2 songs
Description: Includes the Italian theme song from the 1st dub, and an exclusive instrumental track.
Tracklist:
A - Piccola Lulu
B - Piccola Lulu (Strumentale)
3) Beatrice Cori – Little Lulu (Beatrice Cori – La Piccola Lulú)
Year: 1981
Type: 45
Company: WEA
Contents: 2 songs
Description: Despite having the exact name as the Italian opening, this release contains the theme song from the movie, "The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu," as well as another song, 'Lulú Boy Scout.'
Tracklist:
A - La Piccola Lulú
B - Lulú Boy Scout
DVD
1) The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu (Le incredibili avventure della piccola Lulú)
Year: 2010
Company: EMI Film
Contents: 1 movie
Description: Years after the movie initially released, it was finally brought to DVD by EMI Film.
POSTERS
1) Small Posters (Fotobustas) - The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu
Description: A fotobusta is basically a small Italian poster that usually contains a scene from a particular movie. "The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu" movie has a couple of these small posters.
All scenes here are from "Good Luck Guard" and "Save the Prisoners."
2) Tall Poster - The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu
Description: A promotional poster advertising the Little Lulu movie.
3) Normal Sized Poster - The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu
Description: Another promotional poster advertising the Little Lulu movie.
SOURCES (HISTORY)
1) Bubblegum TV. “Sigle Saban Records: Piccola Lulu.” TV-Pedia 25 Feb, 2019
http://www.tv-pedia.com/zapzaptv/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6876
2) Youtube Channel "FilmIsNow Drive-In"
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC65LZ_Z4taPE_keEF25o6Pw/videos
3) Dailymotion Channel “maruse”
https://www.dailymotion.com/M4RCET/videos
4) Youtube Channel "Emozioni Ritrovate"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS0NDglDwfY
5) Zona Animazione
https://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/anim/lapiccolalulu.htm
6) Seiyuu's List of Television Series
SOURCES (MULTIMEDIA)
2) Sorrisi – Little Lulu2a: https://www.discogs.com/it/Sorrisi-Piccola-Lulu/release/5101615Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200529044930/https://www.discogs.com/it/Sorrisi-Piccola-Lulu/release/51016152b: http://tds.sigletv.net/dettaglio_dischi.php?id_disco=piccolalulu_2&so=1&sd=aArchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200614000833/http://tds.sigletv.net/dettaglio_dischi.php?id_disco=piccolalulu_2&so=1&sd=a
3) Beatrice Cori – Little Lulu 3: https://www.discogs.com/Beatrice-Cori-La-Piccola-Lulu/release/8260897Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528053725/https://www.discogs.com/Beatrice-Cori-La-Piccola-Lulu/release/8260897
ITALIAN - DVD1) The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu 1a: https://www.amazon.com/incredibili-avventure-della-piccola-Lulu/dp/B006JLFXC4Screenshot Archive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v99ahUcv_IWbLtHwlSQ5y0sicCgvMLEQ/view?usp=sharing1b: https://www.amazon.com/incredibili-avv-della-piccola-Italian/dp/B004DE910OArchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200614001405/https://www.amazon.com/incredibili-avv-della-piccola-Italian/dp/B004DE910O1c: https://picclick.it/Le-Incredibili-Avventure-Della-Piccola-Lulu-Cartone-Animato-273846758021.htmlArchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528044408/https://picclick.it/Le-Incredibili-Avventure-Della-Piccola-Lulu-Cartone-Animato-273846758021.htm
ITALIAN - POSTERS1) Small Posters (Fotobusta) - The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu1a: https://www.ebay.it/itm/FOTOBUSTA-INCREDIBILI-AVVENTURE-DELLA-PICCOLA-LULU-ANIME-MANGA-JAPAN-ANIMAZIONE/324063700306?hash=item4b73b3a552:g:gisAAOSwzLlXhCwVArchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528044907/https://www.ebay.it/itm/FOTOBUSTA-INCREDIBILI-AVVENTURE-DELLA-PICCOLA-LULU-ANIME-MANGA-JAPAN-ANIMAZIONE/324063700306?hash=item4b73b3a552%3Ag%3AgisAAOSwzLlXhCwV1b: https://www.ebay.it/itm/FOTOBUSTA-INCREDIBILI-AVVENTURE-DELLA-PICCOLA-LULU-ANIME-MANGA-JAPAN-ANIMAZIONE/324063700310?hash=item4b73b3a556:g:Wm8AAOSwzLlXhCoTArchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528045011/https://www.ebay.it/itm/FOTOBUSTA-INCREDIBILI-AVVENTURE-DELLA-PICCOLA-LULU-ANIME-MANGA-JAPAN-ANIMAZIONE/324063700310?hash=item4b73b3a556%3Ag%3AWm8AAOSwzLlXhCoT1c: https://www.ebay.it/itm/FOTOBUSTA-INCREDIBILI-AVVENTURE-DELLA-PICCOLA-LULU-ANIME-MANGA-JAPAN-ANIMAZIONE/324063700313?hash=item4b73b3a559:g:3n8AAOSw7XZXhCspArchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528045159/https://www.ebay.it/itm/FOTOBUSTA-INCREDIBILI-AVVENTURE-DELLA-PICCOLA-LULU-ANIME-MANGA-JAPAN-ANIMAZIONE/324063700313?hash=item4b73b3a559%3Ag%3A3n8AAOSw7XZXhCsp1d: https://www.ebay.it/itm/FOTOBUSTA-INCREDIBILI-AVVENTURE-DELLA-PICCOLA-LULU-ANIME-MANGA-JAPAN-ANIMAZIONE/324063700309?hash=item4b73b3a555:g:6wwAAOSwAPlXhCvkArchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528045450/https://www.ebay.it/itm/FOTOBUSTA-INCREDIBILI-AVVENTURE-DELLA-PICCOLA-LULU-ANIME-MANGA-JAPAN-ANIMAZIONE/324063700309?hash=item4b73b3a555%3Ag%3A6wwAAOSwAPlXhCvk1e: https://www.ebay.it/itm/324063700311Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528045610/https://www.ebay.it/itm/3240637003111f: https://www.ebay.it/itm/324063700312Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528045757/https://www.ebay.it/itm/324063700312
2) Tall Poster - The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu 2: https://www.ebay.it/itm/L141-LOCANDINA-LA-PICCOLA-LULU-LULU-HOLLANDER-RUDERIAN-JIM-GATES-ANIMAZIONE/193065093106Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200614001932/https://www.ebay.com/itm/L141-LOCANDINA-LA-PICCOLA-LULU-LULU-HOLLANDER-RUDERIAN-JIM-GATES-ANIMAZIONE/193065093106?hash=item2cf39387f2%3Ag%3Agh8AAOSw5QZdYTT2
3) Normal Sized Poster - The Incredible Adventures of Little Lulu3: https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/animation/little-lulu-and-other-lot-heritage-cinematografica-1970s-italian-2-foglis-2-39-x-5525-animation-total-2-items-/a/161725-53245.sArchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200614002151/https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/animation/little-lulu-and-other-lot-heritage-cinematografica-1970s-italian-2-foglis-2-39-x-5525-animation-total-2-items-/a/161725-53245.s
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