Bosco Adventure ( , Bosco Daiboken?) is an anime TV series produced by Nippon Animation, mainly inspired by a book "Storie del Bosco" of the Italian writer Tony Wolf, and other books of this author. The series was very popular in Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and were shown in many European countries (Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, SFR Yugoslavia, Spain, Poland, Russia), America (Canada, Chile, Mexico, ...), and other parts of world like Egypt, Djibouti, Cameroon and South Korea. They were big success in France, Italy and Japan, but not very famous and was not commercialized in the UK or USA since they were never released in English.

The Japanese DVDs were released on 25 July 2003. The story is about a young elvish princess Apricot ( ) whose mission is to return to her home - Fountain land, occupied by evil forces of a monster called Scorpion (), before the total eclipse of the Sun. If she manages to sit on a throne before the eclipse, she'll release a great power of water that will destroy the occupators.

To prevent that from happening, she's been kidnapped by mysterious cloacked man called Hoodman (), and his, rather clumsy, aides: Jack () and Franz (). Their mission is to keep princess away from her home land until the eclipse. In the first episode, she escapes from the villains by sending a message by her trusty mechanical bird Speak ().

The princess's urgent call for help is accidentally heard by habitants of Bosco forest: brave and adventurous Frog (), intelligent and ingenious inventor Tutty (), and cowardly, but kind and warm-hearted Otter (). They save her from the villains, and the princess becomes a part of Bosco crew. Guys decide to help Apricot finding her way back home, before it's too late.

On their way to Fountain land they get into myriad of adventures, where they prove their desire and ability to help and protect those who are in need, and where their own relationships between each other flourish and develop into strong friendship and love. Background music in Bosco Adventure varies from colorful and cheerful, to moody, nostalgic and sentimental, with typical Japanese sounds. It has variety of cues, for every situation and place which crew visits (Sleeping Giant, Oasis, Ocean...) Several cues repeat throughout the episodes, depending on the situation.

Songs that were released on Bonus Disc as a part of DVD are: Tokimeki wa Forever (Forever, opening song, sung by Noriko Hidaka), Hareta hi nimo ai wo kudasai (, closing song, also sung by Noriko Hidaka), Kara Kara Makkura (, sung by voice actors that gave voice to Hoodman, Jack and Franz) and Bosco Adventure (, sung by voice actors that gave voice to Apricot, Frog, Tutty and Otter).

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