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''A Charlie Brown Valentine'' is an animated television special, based on characters from the Charles M. Schulz comic strip ''Peanuts''. It features the ''Peanuts'' characters during the week leading up to Valentine's Day. Initially broadcast on February 14, 2002, ''A Charlie Brown Valentine'' was the first new ''Peanuts'' special to air on television since 1996's ''It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown'' and the first original special to be televised since Schulz's death in February 2000. The special was animated and produced by United Feature Syndicate with animation assistance from Gainax (the studio best known for working with Tatsunoko Productions on ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' in 1995). The special was released to DVD and VHS on January 6, 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=''A Charlie Brown Valentine'' DVD at Amazon.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=''A Charlie Brown Valentine'' VHS at Amazon.com )〕 It was also the second television special to revolve around the Valentine's Day holiday, the first being 1975's ''Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown''. ==Significance== ''A Charlie Brown Valentine'' was the first ''Peanuts'' special to be produced after the death of ''Peanuts'' creator Charles M. Schulz in 2000. It also marked the third time a ''Peanuts'' special was animated with digital ink and paint as opposed to traditional cel animation (the first one to do so was ''It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown'' in 1997.) It also utilized the drawing style similar to the comic strip, with a white outline around Lucy's hair and Snoopy's ears (this was dropped in future specials). The bulk of the music score is classic melodies composed by Vince Guaraldi, some tunes which had only be utilized once ("Heartburn Waltz"). Other more notable tunes, such as "Charlie Brown theme", "Peppermint Patty" and a jazz/rock version of "Linus and Lucy", were used as well. All themes were performed by David Benoit. ''A Charlie Brown Valentine'' also depicts the Little Red-Haired Girl in full view, though she remains unnamed in this special, in contrast to her first full-view appearance in ''It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown'' (1977) when she was named Heather. She also does not resemble the "Heather" version in any way; that version last appeared in the 1988 special ''Snoopy!!! The Musical''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Charlie Brown Valentine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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