Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (Spanish: "D'Artacan y los Tres Mosqueperros"; Japanese: ワンワン三銃士 [Wan Wan Sanjuushi; lit., "The Woof Woof Three Musketeers"]) is a Spanish-Japanese animated adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas story of d'Artagnan and "The Three Musketeers". Most of the characters are anthropomorphizations of dogs, hence the title of the cartoon; although there are a few exceptions, most notably Dogtanian's two sidekicks Pip the mouse and Planchet the bear, among several others. The story, set in 17th century France, follows a young Dogtanian (D'Artacan in the original Spanish version and Darutaniyan (ダルタニヤン) in
The Club Dumas Several of these books are inventions of Perez-Reverte. The works of Alexandre Dumas, père, the source of the eponymous title, influence nearly every element of the plot. The books mentioned are as follows: Also mentioned are works by Dumas' ghostwriter Auguste Maquet, including in particular, "Le Bonhomme Buvat or the Conspiracy of Cellamare", published in "Le Siècle", the magazine in which "The Three Musketeers" originally appeared between March and July 1844. Other works mentioned are: Occultist works published by the fictional historical author Aristide Torchia in Venice: Other occultist writings in novel "The Club Dumas": Books written by the character