The Three Musketeers (1987 TV series)

The Three Musketeers (1987 TV series)
	Film poster
アニメ三銃士; (Anime San Jūshi)
Anime television series
Directed by	Kunihiko Yuyama
Studio	Studio Gallop
Licensed by	US: RetroCrush;
Original network	NHK
Original run	9 October 1987 – 17 February 1989
Episodes	52
Anime film
The Three Musketeers: Aramis the Adventure
Directed by	Kunihiko Yuyama
Studio	Studio Gallop
Licensed by	US: RetroCrush;
Released	11 March 1989
Runtime	46 minutes

The Three Musketeers (アニメ三銃士, Anime Sanjūshi, lit. The Three Musketeers: The Animation) is a Japanese animated television series based on the d'Artagnan Romances written by Alexandre Dumas, that ran from October 1987 to February 1989.

A feature film sequel, The Three Musketeers: Aramis the Adventure (アニメ三銃士アラミスの冒険, Anime San Jūshi: Aramisu no Bōken, lit. The Three Musketeers: The Animation: Aramis' Adventure), was released in March 1989.

The TV series and the film are licensed by RetroCrush in the US for streaming, and are available on their website as well as on Prime Video.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Plot edit

D'Artagnan leaves his hometown in the province of Gascony for Paris, in order to join the King's Musketeers or the Guards of the Cardinal. At his arrival, he gets into an argument with Athos, Porthos and Aramis and provokes them into a sword-fight. While fighting, they are interrupted by the Guards of the Cardinal, who are enforcing the King's decree banning duels. Afterwards, d'Artagnan and the others become friends and adopt the motto "All for one, and one for all".