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{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Hello! Sandybell
| image           = Sandybell.jpg
| image_size      = 230px
| caption         = Screenshot from the series, featuring Sandybell and Oliver, the dog.
| ja_kanji        = ハロー!サンディベル
| ja_romaji       = Haro! Sandiberu
| genre           = [[Adventure]], [[slice-of-life]], [[drama]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv series
| director        = Hiroshi Shidara <small>(Chief Director)</small>
| producer        = Yuyake Usui <small>(TV Asahi)</small>
| writer          = Noboru Shiroyama<br />Hirohisa Soda
| music           = [[Takeo Watanabe]]
| studio          = [[Toei Animation]]
| network         = [[TV Asahi]]
| first           = March 6, 1981
| last            = February 26, 1982
| episodes        = 47 (24min approx.)
| episode_list    = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{nihongo|'''''Hello! Sandybell'''''|ハロー!サンディベル|Haro! Sandiberu}} is an [[anime]] series made by [[Toei Animation]] in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/lineup/tv/sandybell/|title=ハロー！サンディベル - TOEI ANIMATION|website=www.toei-anim.co.jp|language=ja|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref> It was aired in Japan by [[TV Asahi]].

In the original title when it was first made in Japan, an "E" was added to the title; "Sandybelle".

Similarly to ''[[Silver Fang]]'', the show is relatively unknown in the U.S. but was quite popular in Asia, [[Latin America]], [[Arab countries]] and Europe, particularly Scandinavia. It first aired in France in [[La Cinq]] in the late 1980s,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2014/01/08/Sandy-Jonquille-mene-la-danse-chez-Black-Box|title= Sandy Jonquille mène la danse chez Black Box|date=8 January 2014|access-date= 8 January 2014|work= manga-news.com|language= fr}}</ref> starting on 15 April 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/dvd/Sandy-Jonquille|title= Sandy Jonquille|access-date= 8 January 2014|work= manga-news.com|language= fr}}</ref>
The series depicts four years in Sandybell's life as she goes from 12–16 years old.

==Plot==
''Hello! Sandybell'' is the story of a girl who lives in [[Scotland]] with her father. She spends her time playing with her faithful dog (Oliver) and her friends.  One day she meets the [[Countess]] of Wellington, a kind-hearted woman living in the castle near their village.  She also meets Kitty, an arrogant young lady who lives in the large [[mansion]] outside their village.

Kitty hates Sandybell and constantly visits the Countess in the hope of winning the love and interest of her son, Marc, who falls in love with Sandybell. The Countess gives Sandybell a [[Madonna lily|white lily]] and she plants it outside the village. She also brings other flowers and plants them around the lily, making a small [[garden]] of flowers around it. Sandybell treasures the lily because it reminds her of her deceased mother.

Sandybell's goal throughout the series is to find her mother someday. In the final episodes, they finally reunite. However, upon their meeting Sandybell finds that her mother suffers from amnesia, and Sandybell fails to convince her that she was her daughter. Later, when a young child falls into the water and Sandy saves his life,  [[Flashback (psychological phenomenon)|flashbacks]] strike her mother and she remembers the past.

==Staff==
*Series Director: Hiroshi Shitara
*Episode Director: Kazumi Fukushima
*Original Story: Shiroh Jinbo
*Script: Hiroshisa Soda, Makoto Sakurai, Noboru Shiroyama
*Music: [[Takeo Watanabe]]
*Character Design: Makoto Sakurai
*Background Art: Eiji Itô
*Planning: Yasuo Yamaguchi
*Production manager: Akira Sasaki
*Theme Song Arrangement: [[Joe Hisaishi]]
*Theme Song Lyrics: [[Yoshiko Miura]]
*Theme sung by [[Mitsuko Horie]]
*Production: [[TV Asahi]], [[Asatsu DK|Asatsu Shinsha]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0294099}}
*{{anime News Network|anime|1436}}
*[http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/lineup/tv/sandybell/ ''Hello! Sandybell''] at Toei Animation {{in lang|ja}}

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[[Category:1981 anime television series debuts]]
[[Category:1982 Japanese television series endings]]
[[Category:Adventure anime and manga]]
[[Category:Drama anime and manga]]
[[Category:Slice of life anime and manga]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Scotland]]
[[Category:Television shows set in London]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Paris]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Greece]]
[[Category:Anime and manga set in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Anime and manga set in France]]
[[Category:Toei Animation television]]
[[Category:TV Asahi original programming]]
[[Category:1980s children's television series]]


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