Maeterlinck’s Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl’s Adventurous Journey (メーテルリンクの青い鳥 チルチルミチルの冒険旅行 Maeterlinck no Aoi Tori: Tyltyl Mytyl no Bōken Ryokō) is a 1980 Japanese animated television series directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa with character designs from Leiji Matsumoto. It is based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck. The series was 26-episodes long when aired on Japanese television.