a dog of flanders

A children's classic novel written by Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramée) and published in 1872.
It was adapted into two TV anime & an animated film:

• Flanders no Inu (part of the World Masterpiece Theater series, 1975, by Zuiyou & Nippon Animation)
• Flanders no Inu: Boku no Patrasche ("My Patrasche", 1992-1993, by Tokyo Movie Shinsha)
• THE DOG OF FLANDERS / Flanders no Inu (1997 film)

See also

• Wikipedia for the first TV anime