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The Adventures of Pepero, Son of the Andes (1975)

Action · Adventure · Animation

The Adventures of Pepero or The Adventures of Pepero the Andes Boy is a 26-episode anime TV series created by Tatsuya Ono and Sumio Takahashi and aired on the NET Network from 1975-10-06 to 1976-03-29 in Japan. It has since been then translated and broadcast in several languages worldwide. The story follows the young boy Pepero as he searches for his father who has gone missing while seeking the mythical golden city of El Dorado. The theme songs for the series are Pepero's Adventure and O Wind, Please Carry My Message, both composed by Takeo Yamashita and arranged by Hiroshi Tsutsui, with lyrics by Kazuo Umezu and vocals by Mitsuko Horie.

IMDb rating
7.5 (133 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
JA
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1975)

5.46 avg 26 episodes 7.6 → 5.9 24 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 12 votesEp 2: 6.4 · 10 votesEp 3: 5.0 · 10 votesEp 4: 6.6 · 10 votesEp 5: 5.4 · 9 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 9 votesEp 7: 5.1 · 9 votesEp 8: 2.2 · 10 votesEp 9: 5.2 · 9 votesEp 10: 6.9 · 9 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 9 votesEp 12: 6.1 · 9 votesEp 13: 2.0 · 10 votesEp 14: 5.7 · 9 votesEp 15: 5.1 · 9 votesEp 16: 3.1 · 10 votesEp 17: 2.9 · 11 votesEp 18: 5.8 · 10 votesEp 19: 5.7 · 10 votesEp 20: 2.9 · 11 votesEp 21: 6.7 · 11 votesEp 22: 6.5 · 10 votesEp 23: 6.2 · 9 votesEp 24: 7.0 · 9 votesEp 25: 5.8 · 10 votesEp 26: 5.9 · 10 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Departure for El Dorado7.612
2Goodbye, Indian Village6.410
3Circus Boy Chuchu5.010
4Crossing the Evil Lake6.610
5Quena in the Mist5.49
6Dangerous Rope Bridge7.19
7White Cliff with Condors5.19
8Puma Lullaby2.210
9Disappearance of the Temple at the Summit5.29
10Illusory White Horse Jupiter6.99
11The Mysterious Narua Treasure7.09
12Song of the Golden Condor6.19
13Goodbye, Titicaca2.010
14Showdown! The Black Eagle Gang5.79
15Hurry Pepero! On the Wolf Valley5.19
16Anaconda the Man-Eating Great Snake3.110
17Baby Stolen by an Eagle2.911
18Queen of the Crystal Temple5.810
19Revive, City of the Sun5.710
20Chuchu's Sister2.911
21An Amazon Tribe of Women Only6.711
22Golden Temple Under the Lake6.510
23Mysterious Kingdom Under the Earth6.29
24Lorena, Nazca King's Daughter7.09
25El Dorado, the Lost City of Gold5.810
26The Secret Treasure of El Dorado5.910