世界名作劇場
The series was broadcast on World Masterpiece Theater, an animation staple that showcased each year an animated version of a different classic book or story. It was originally titled "From the Apennines to the Andes". Nippon Animation, producers of World Masterpiece Theater, adapted "Cuore" into a second anime television series in 1981, although this second series was not part of the WMT.