It's quite possible that some inspiration was provided by Disney's 1960 live-action film that was adapted, quite loosely, from the book, since there are elements in that film that pop up in this series, such as the ostrich that one character rides and the elaborate treehouse that the family builds and makes into a home.
The emphasis in this series is on the details of day-to-day living on the island and the process of acquiring food and establishing shelter and protection for the members of the family and their domesticated animals.
Video: Meet Titan, the Robot Greeter in Abu Dhabi.
Still, it's a great series and I'll take it any way I can get it.
Titan has gone through several revisions since then.
The series was apparently dubbed into English back in 1989 and released on home video in the U.