In the Beginning: The Bible Stories

TV ShowTV-PG199225dkstar3.8(3)trending_up3
AnimationAction & AdventureDrama
Creator:Osamu Tezuka

In the Beginning features episodes devoted to most of the major Bible stories of the Old Testament, including the stories of the Creation, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, Abraham and Isaac, Joseph, Moses, David, and Solomon, with the final episode featuring the birth of Jesus Christ. As with the second Superbook series, some stories were stretched out over several episodes. Unlike Superbook and The Flying House, however, no contemporary characters from modern times were inserted into the stories, save for the series mascot and viewpoint character, Roco the fox.

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Original Title手塚治虫の旧約聖書物語
StatusEnded
First AiredNovember 30, 1992
Last AiredMay 9, 1997
Episode Runtime25dk
Seasons1
Episodes26
TypeScripted
Origin CountryItaly, Japan
Original LanguageJapanese
Spoken Languages日本語

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Tezuka ProductionsRAINippon Television Network Corporation

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WOWOW Prime
The Birth of Jesus
Last Episode

S1 E265/9/1997

The Birth of Jesus

Mary is traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem because Herod the Great has decided to collect taxes from the Jews, and demands that all the people register as residents. It is a difficult journey for the pregnant Mary, but she endures the pain with a firm sense of mission that she is carrying a sacred life within her. Mary and her husband Joseph arrive at her cousin Elizabeth's house. She has a baby too, and his name is John. Mary gives birth to a baby boy in the stable. The sky that night is lit by a start marking the event.

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In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1992)