http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_and_Sebastian_(TV_series)

Belle and Sebastian (名犬ジョリィ, Meiken Jorii?, Jolly the famous dog) is an anime adaption of a series of French novels called Belle et Sébastien by Cécile Aubry. The series ran on the Japanese network NHK from April 7, 1981 – June 22, 1982. It consists of 64 episodes and was a co-production of France's MK Company and Visual 80 Productions and Japan's Toho Company, Ltd.. Toshiyuki Kashiwakura was the animation director and character designs were by Shuichi Seki. The show was broadcast on French and Japanese television in 1981, with American cable network Nickelodeon picking it up in 1984. In the United Kingdom, it aired on Children's BBC in 1989 and 1990.

This and David the Gnome make me happy. Fraggle Rock too.