Synopsis

France, 17th century. As a secret plot is on motion to overthrow King Louis XIII, the little daughter of Dogtanian, the brave muskehound of the Royal Guard, is kidnapped.

In 1989 The Return of Dogtanian was produced by BRB Internacional, TelevisiÃ³n EspaÃ±ola and Thames Television with animation of Wang Film Productions.

Like the first series, 26 episodes were produced.

Its budget was 650 million pesetas (â‚¬3.9 million).

The story is loosely based on the novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later also by Alexandre Dumas, itself building on the myth of The Man in the Iron Mask.

It picks up ten years after the first series story ends, with Dogtanian and Juliette now married and living together on the outskirts of Paris with their two children, Philippe and Fleur.

As it was animated in Taiwan by Wang Film Productions, Nippon Animation, the Japanese studio which animated the first series, was not involved in the sequel, as BRB had started finding new partners outside Japan, due to the high costs caused by the Japanese asset price bubble.