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Plot Summary:
Fables of the Green Forest is an anime adaption based on a series of books published in the 1910s and 1920s by Thornton W. Burgess which ran on the Japanese network Fuji TV from 7 January 1973–30 December 1973. It consists of 52 episodes and was created by the animation studio Zuiyo Eizo. The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan, such as Germany, Spain, Romania, Portugal, Venezuela and Canada. The release of the series into Canada was done through Ziv International in 1978.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, anime
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Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987)
Plot Summary:
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics is a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, anthology, anime, touching, feel good, stylized, semi serious
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The Enchanted Journey (1981)
Plot Summary:
Enthralled with tales of the Great North Forest conveyed to him by friendly carrier pigeon Pippo, young chipmunk Glikko leaves the safety of his comfortable cage to explore the world. Stars Jim Backus and Orson Welles.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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The Wind in the Willows (1984)
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The Wind in the Willows is a TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1987, based on characters from Kenneth Grahame's classic story The Wind in the Willows and following the 1983 film The Wind in the Willows. It was made by animation company Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television and shown on the ITV network. An hour-long feature, A Tale Of Two Toads, was broadcast in 1988, and a fifth season of 13 episodes was shown in 1989 under the title Oh! Mr Toad in some countries, whilst retaining the title The Wind in the Willows in others.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 961
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: light, light hearted, feel good, humorous, captivating, witty, stylized, semi serious
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The Adventures of Peter Pan (1989)
Plot Summary:
The Adventures of Peter Pan is an anime series by Nippon Animation, and directed by Takashi Nakamura and Yoshio Kuroda, which first aired in Japan on the Fuji TV network between January 8, 1989 and December 24, 1989. It is an adaptation of the classic Peter Pan novel by James Matthew Barrie, and spanned a total of 41 episodes. It was part of the World Masterpiece Theater, a famed animation staple by Nippon Animation, which produced an animated version of a different classical book or story each year. The anime, while adapting material from the original novel, also adds numerous original story arcs. The series was also later translated and released in several international audiences worldwide. In Europe, it was broadcast on the television networks Telecinco, RTL Television, Kika, Italia 1, TV3 and Fox Kids, Yleisradio and TVP 2. It also aired in numerous other countries, such as Israel, Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, feel good, captivating, semi serious
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Harvey Beaks (2015)
Plot Summary:
A mild-mannered young bird and his best friends, a pair of rambunctious siblings called Fee and Foo, seek adventure and mischief in the magical forest that they call home.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, sincere, anime, cult classic, not serious, 2d animation
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Goldie and Bear (2015)
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You’ve heard the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but did you hear what happened after the story ended? Goldilocks apologized to Bear and now they’re best friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, semi serious, feel good, light, computer animated
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Doki (2009)
Plot Summary:
Join the pup Doki on his adventures with his friends exploring how stuff works.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992)
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends is a British animated television series based on the works of Beatrix Potter, featuring Peter Rabbit and other anthropomorphic animal characters created by Potter. It was originally shown in the U.K. on BBC between 1992 and 1995 and subsequently broadcast in the U.S. on Family Channel from 1993–1995. The series has also been released on VHS and DVD by Carlton Video.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK, Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anthology, anime, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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A Little Snow Fairy Sugar (2001)
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Season Fairies create and control the weather using special musical instruments. Sugar, an apprentice Snow Fairy, and her friends Salt and Pepper, all want to become full-fledged Season Fairies, and the only way to achieve this is to search for and find the "Twinkles" that will make their magical flowers bloom. The only problem is that none of them have any idea what a Twinkle is. They enlist the somewhat unwilling help of Saga, a human girl who can see Season Fairies. Together, they search for the mysterious Twinkles while trying to perfect their magic.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Maya the Bee (1975)
Plot Summary:
Maya the Bee is an anime television series produced by Zuiyo Enterprise in Japan. The series consisted of 52 episodes and was originally telecast across Japan from April 1975 to April 1976 on the TV Asahi network. Based on the classic children's book Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels, the anime series has become extremely popular in Europe and has been rebroadcast in countries and languages all around the world since its premiere. Two English-dubbed versions of the series exist, a British version, using a translated version of the original theme tune, and featuring British accents for the characters; and a United States version with an entirely new theme tune, produced by Saban Entertainment, which was broadcast from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1992 on the children's television channel Nickelodeon. Maya the Bee aired alongside other juvenile-targeted anime such as Adventures of the Little Koala, Noozles and The Littl' Bits as part of Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block of programming for young children. A second Maya the Bee series, Shin Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken, was a co-production made in 1979 by Wako Productions and Austrian/German Apollo Film, Wien. The second series first premiered in Germany from September 1979 to September 1980. The very different and cartoon-like second series, which lasted for 52 episodes, wasn't very popular and did not premiere in Japan until October 1982, on TV Osaka, and aired through September 1983. Ten episodes from this series were added to 45 from the original for the U.S. broadcast run, bringing the total of Maya episodes aired on Nickelodeon in the U.S. to 55.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Austria, Japan, West Germany
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Sandra, The Fairytale Detective (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sandra, The Fairytale Detective is a Spanish TV series. Created by Imira Productions. It is an animated program aimed at young children that attempts to combine the genres of fairy tales and detective novels. A few years back, Imira Entertainment sought a way to combine those two concepts while simultaneously creating one of the most inventive cartoons in years. Now, the company is taking its proven success and shopping it around a number of new locations, bringing Sandra to TG4 in Ireland and RSI in Switzerland. The Fairytale Detective is accompanied by her pal Fo the Elf, a 508 year old assistant who gathers Sandra’s cases, as well as Rachel, Sandra’s best pal. As if the mysteries weren’t tough enough, Markus will appear on occasion, hoping to spoil the day by bullying Sandra. Thankfully, though, Sandra always finds her way.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: fairy tale, humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, detective
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Hello Kitty's Paradise (2000)
Plot Summary:
A kitty and her friends are off to explore the world together. With the help of her friends, Hello Kitty will learn a lot about life. Adventure awaits.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime
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The New Adventures of Lassie (2014)
Plot Summary:
For generations, Lassie the beautiful collie has been known and loved by viewers all over the world. Once again she enters the homes of millions of viewers as she talks for the first time in a TV adventure series for children aged 6 to 9.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: India, Germany, USA, France
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, feel good, realistic, anime, humorous, semi serious
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Heart and Yummie (2010)
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A Tyrannosaurus called Heart was raised by a herbivorous dinosaur. As he grew up, he was scared by other dinosaurs. One day, Heart meets a baby Ankylosaurus and he names the baby "Umasou (looks delicious)". Umasou started to be attached to Heart and a strange family love develops between the two.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 927
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, educational
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The Jungle Bunch: News Beat (2011)
Plot Summary:
Through this series of reports and interviews, these animals will reveal a bit of their private lives to us and we will discover their habitat, their eating habits, their hobbies etc. In this way, they may explain to us how they spend their days; things that are not necessarily as extraordinary as we may think but certainly very interesting. These are everyday events, from their daily lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Pecola (2001)
Plot Summary:
Pecola is a 3D Japanese anime series from Canada which stars cube-shaped anthropomorphic animals in a place called Cube Town. It is based on a series of children's picture books by Naomi Iwata. The series aired on Cartoon Network in 2003 for 26 episodes. It was produced by Nelvana and Milky Cartoon. This show uses the same graphics as Gregory Horror Show, which was also created by Iwata. The series has also been shown on TV Tokyo, Teletoon in Canada, YoYo TV in Taiwan, Nick Jr. in Australia, TF1 in France and Qubo in the US. The show stars Pecola, a curious and hyperactive penguin who tries to help the people of Cube Town but often wreaks havoc instead. Pecola is an orphaned penguin who lives with Pecolias, his grandfather. Cube Town is a small, isolated coastal village which contains an art museum, a beach, a lighthouse and a canal. It is located adjacent to Crescent Bay surrounded by the Rookery Mountains coastal range and serviced by regular ships which deliver mail, food and other supplies, as well as occasional tourists from a nearby metropolis named Cubic City. The heights above it lead into Glacier Valley which is snowbound even during summer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2001)
Plot Summary:
Dora goes to school and lives in Playa Verde, which is a city. Together with the explorer girls Emma, Kate, Naiya, and Alana and her only male companion, Pablo, Dora and her friends work together and go on amazing adventures while discovering the secrets of their city. Dora has a magical charm bracelet and a smart phone, complete with an app version of the previous Map to aid her. Her friend Kate is fond of drama, while Emma loves music. Alana is tomboyish but loves animals, Naiya is smart and loves to read, and Pablo loves playing soccer.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: semi serious, light, humorous, entertaining, feel good, captivating, educational
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The Jungle Bunch: To the Rescue (2013)
Plot Summary:
Maurice, a penguin raised in the jungle who thinks he is a tiger, leads a group of misfit animals on missions to rescue their fellow animals, no matter what their trouble is.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: France
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Stormy Night (2005)
Plot Summary:
A goat named Mei wanders into a barn one night seeking shelter from a storm. In the barn, the goat meets another refugee. The two can neither see nor smell each other, but never the less they huddled together fending off the cold, and begin to talk. Eventually they establish a friendship. The two decide to meet later and will recognized each other by using the password "one stormy night." The next day, when they meet, Mei learns that his companion from the night before was a wolf named Gabu. Despite their natural predisposition as enemies, they share a common bond and begin meeting regularly. However, Mei's flock and Gabu's pack eventually find out about their relationship and forbid the friendship. Mei and Gabu, hoping to preserve their friendship, cross a river during a storm. They hope to find an "emerald forest" free from persecution.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: anime, semi serious, sad, emotional, allegory, sentimental, touching
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Gnomes & Trolls: The Secret Chamber (2009)
Plot Summary:
Junior, a teenage gnome, wants nothing more than to invent gizmos and gadgets in his tree-house laboratory. But Junior's old school father, Jalle, the head gnome of the forest, would prefer his son follow in his footsteps and one day be in charge of his own forest. In spite of their differences, on the eve of the first winter storm Junior helps Jalle distribute food rations. Then disaster strikes.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, computer animated, captivating, anime
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Snorks (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Snorks is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera which ran on NBC from September 15, 1984, to May 13, 1989. Although not as popular as the animated series The Smurfs, the program continued to be available in syndication from 1986 to 1989 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera's 3rd season, on USA Network in the late-1980s and early-1990s, on the BBC in the late 1990s, and from 2009–2011 and again from 2012–Present on Boomerang.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Belgium, France, Philippines, Taiwan
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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My Big Big Friend (2011)
Plot Summary:
My Big Big Friend is a series created by Canadian and Brazilian Claudia and Andres Lieban Koogan Breitman, co-produced by Brazilian studio 2D Lab and the Canadian company Breakthrough Animation. Had its first showing on August 9, 2010 on Discovery Kids Latin America and May 9, 2011 premiered on TV Brazil. It premiered in Canada on Treehouse TV on August 20, 2011. It was financed with the laws of federal tax incentives, the Procult and the Audiovisual Sector Fund - FSA. The show centers around the friendships of three children, Yuri, Lili and Matt, each of whom has a "Big Big Friend" who is invisible to adults and other children but seen by all three friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Brazil, Canada
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting, semi serious
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Chloe's Closet (2009)
Plot Summary:
An animated children's program about a little girl, her security blanket, and the adventures she has wile playing dress up in her closet.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Ireland, France
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: computer animated, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985)
Plot Summary:
A group of reclusive humanoid bears and a few trusted humans explore their lost heritage and prevent their enemies from exploiting it.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, funny, captivating, colorful, fairy tale, children's program, semi serious, retro, absurd
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Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (2004)
Plot Summary:
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends is an animated program based on the children's books by David Kirk, which airs on Nick Jr. in the United States, on Treehouse TV in Canada, and on Discovery Kids in Brazil. Each episode follows the everyday adventures of a family of bugs, who have made their home in what is called the Hollow Tree, led by the gentle, kind-hearted Miss Spider. Our gifts, they are many: We hop, fly and crawl. But kindness is the finest of all! - Miss Spider.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, computer animated
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Pinky Dinky Doo (2005)
Plot Summary:
Pinky Dinky Doo dances her way into her Story Box to tell stories and solve problems using her big imagination and fancy words.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, exciting
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Zack and Quack (2012)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of an inventive boy named Zack and his best friend, a young duck called Quack. Resourceful friend and neighbour, Kira, joins the dazzling duo on each adventure and is on hand to fix any paper problem with her expert pop-up tool kit.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Israel, UK, South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation
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A Fox's Tale (2008)
Plot Summary:
The film is about Little Vuk, the son of the legendary fox who proves its excellent mind and courage.
IMDB Rating: 1.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, anime, 3d animation
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Guess How Much I Love You (2012)
Plot Summary:
Based on the books by Sam McBratney, and illustrated by Anita Jeram, Guess How Much I Love You sees Little and Big Nutbrown Hare explore their beautiful surroundings, play with their friends and delight in the love between them. The series not only explores the tender idea of the boundless love between father and son, but opens up their world... a beautiful and pristine valley full of playful friends and delights of nature in every season.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, UK, Singapore
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, touching, semi serious
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Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures (2009)
Plot Summary:
The new Strawberry Shortcake is a comedy/educational CG series of 22-minute episodes for girls ages 3-6. The series focuses on the quirky community of Berry Bitty City, a miniature town tucked into a strawberry patch. It is home to Strawberry Shortcake and her five girlfriends, all nine years old and two inches tall. The series teaches social/emotional lessons and Emotional Intelligence lessons on community life that will benefit our young audience. The series is also fruit forward Strawberrys earlier series has evolved from a world plentiful with cake and candy to one that now emphasizes fruit, vegetables and healthy eating. Colorful, whimsical fruit motifs are used in visuals and naming conventions.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, USA, Canada
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, computer animated, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, sentimental