Original Anime Cel (with background) from Lucy of the Southern Rainbow

Original anime celluloid from Lucy of the Southern Rainbow featuring the two sisters, Lucy May and Kate.

This rare piece is more than 35 years old.

This cel was used in episode 38 which was released on the 3rd of October, 1982. While the background was used in episode 34 which was released on the 5th of September, 1982.

Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow (Minami no Niji no Rūshī) is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. This 1982 adaptation is part of the studio's popular World Masterpiece Theater franchise, based on the 1982 novel Southern Rainbow by Australian writer Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001), and tells the story of a young girl named Lucy and the hardships and excitement she and her family encounter when they move from England to Adelaide in Australia to start a farm.
 
The anime has been dubbed into French, Italian, Arabic, Spanish, German and Persian.
 
Another adaptation of the story, written by Ken Wakasaki as a tie-in to the anime, was also published in Japan in 1982.