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Plot Summary:
Maple Town, known as Maple Town Stories in Japan is a 1986 anime series created by Chifude Asakura and directed by Junichi Sato. The series is animated by Toei Animation, consisting of 52 half-hour episodes, which aired on TV Asahi in Japan from January 19, 1986 to January 11, 1987. It focuses on the adventures of Patty Rabbit, Bobby Bear, and their families, in a small utopian anthropomorphic city named Maple Town. The series gave way to a 50-episode sequel, New Maple Town Stories: Palm Town Chapter, which made Patty Rabbit the only ongoing member from both series, although Maple Town's citizens made cameos from time to time. To date, this has not seen an official English release. The program spawned collectible figurines with changeable clothing as well as houses, furniture, and vehicles; Tonka was the licensee and manufacturer in the US market. VHS compilations of Maple Town appeared in North America, Europe and Japan during the late 1980s and early 1990s. As of 2009, official DVDs of the show have only surfaced in Spain and Hungary, with no release plans announced for other territories.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Adventure, Animation, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli is an anime adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's original collection of stories, The Jungle Book. It aired in 1989, and consists of a total of 52 episodes. The series, a compromise between the original Mowgli stories and the Walt Disney version, received international acclaim and was aired in different countries around the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, sentimental, retro, epic
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 11
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Japan, Singapore
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: funny, light, captivating, entertaining, anime, iyashikei
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Fables of the Green Forest (1973)
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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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Kimba the White Lion (1965)
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The adventures of a brave and optimistic little white lion, moral leader for good animals in a jungle surrounded by dangers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, exciting, 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 Paddington Bear (1997)
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The Adventures of Paddington Bear was a Canadian/French animated children's television series. It was based on the book Paddington Bear by Michael Bond and written by Bruce Robb. It was produced by Cinar and Protecrea and ran for 117 episodes. The show aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV from November 2008 - August 2009. However, all CINAR references in these broadcasts have been replaced by Cookie Jar references. It was also shown on HBO.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Connie the Cow (2002)
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Connie is a young cow who is very curious about everything. Each day, she meets new friends and explores the colorful world around her.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada, Spain, Germany, UK
Duration: 7 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Horseland (2006)
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Far away, in spectacular countryside, there's a fantastic place called Horseland - a complex of stables, arenas, barns, rolling green pastures, and riding trails through verdant mountain forests. A lot of kids board horses here. We follow the adventures of three girls and one boy, all 11-12 years old. They become best of friends as they learn all about horsemanship: the intricate dance of dressage, the thrills (and spills) of show jumping, and the care and grooming of their animals. We'll also meet two spoiled sisters with attitudes, and an older boy who serves as mentor for them all. But what makes Horseland such a special place is that the horses and stable animals talk... at least, to each other. The animals' rich, exciting lives complement and illuminate the experiences of our human cast - and help make 'tween life a little less confusing.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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Almost Naked Animals (2011)
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Underwear-clad animals led by Howie the canine run the beachfront hotel Banana Cabana, leading to mayhem, destruction and tons of all-around fun.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, light, entertaining, absurd
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Doki (2009)
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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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Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks (2006)
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Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks is a children's show on Discovery Kids, that premiered in the fall of 2006 and was produced by Endgame Entertainment and Bigfoot. It is a CGI-style animation, presenting the fictional adventures of some monster trucks with the personalities of young children. In 2007, Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Special Class Animated Program category. Head writers credited on the show were Ken Cuperus, Alice Prodanou and Dave Dias. The series was cancelled on October 11, 2010, because of the last day of Discovery Kids' broadcast. Its successor, Hub Network, has not included it in their lineup, so the ending of the series is in limbo. It is currently seen on Simle of a Child as "Monster Truck Adventures".
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
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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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Maya the Bee (1975)
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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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Hello Kitty's Paradise (2000)
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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)
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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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Baby Looney Tunes (2001)
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Baby Looney Tunes is an American animated television series showing the Looney Tunes characters as babies. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The show premiered on WB stations usually before or after the Kids' WB! block on September 7, 2002 and continued to air on Cartoon Network until 2006. The show is similar to Muppet Babies, with the main characters taken care of by Granny.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, anime, exciting, cute, 2d animation
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Hamtaro (2000)
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Hamtaro is a Japanese children's manga and storybook series created and illustrated by Ritsuko Kawai. The manga is serialized in Shogakukan's all girl's magazine Ciao in 1997, focusing on a hamster named Hamtaro who has a variety of adventures with other hamsters, known as "Ham-Hams". VIZ Media published the manga adaptations and storybooks in English. An anime adaptation was then produced by TMS Entertainment and aired in TV Tokyo from July 7, 2000 to March 31, 2006.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, cult classic
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The Jungle Bunch: News Beat (2011)
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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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Wonder Pets! (2006)
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Wonder Pets! is an American animated children's television series. It debuted on March 3, 2006, on the Nick Jr. block of the Nickelodeon cable television network and Noggin on the same day. It won an Emmy Award in 2008 for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition in the United States.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting
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Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2001)
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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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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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The ZhuZhus (2016)
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Frankie Pamplemousse, an energetic 8-year-old girl, lives in Anytown with her four talking, extraordinary hamsters; Pipsqueak, Mr. Squiggles, Num Nums, and Chunk.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985)
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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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Willa's Wild Life (2008)
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Willa's Wild Life is a French/Canadian/American animated television series that first aired on ABC2 in 2008, then on Qubo and Nickelodeon Canada in 2009. The show is based on Dan Yaccarino's book An Octopus Followed Me Home. It is about a 9 year old girl named Willa who has some very unusual pets. She has, so far, acquired a giraffe, two elephants, an alligator, and many more exotic animals. The show airs on Qubo at 5:00 pm and 10:00 pm Monday - Sunday, and 9:30 am on Fridays at ION Television.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, feel good, captivating
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101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997)
Plot Summary:
101 Dalmatians: The Series is an animated television series produced by the Walt Disney Company based on the classic 1961 Disney animated feature of the same name and its 1996 live-action remake.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Australia, South Korea, Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation, nostalgic
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Eek! the Cat (1992)
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Eek! The Cat is a Canadian-American animated series, created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp and produced by Fox Kids and Savage Studios with animation by Nelvana, that ran from 1992 to 1997.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: not serious, retro, anime, humorous
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Go, Diego, Go! (2005)
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Go, Diego, Go! is a children's television series created by Chris Gifferd and Valerie Walsh, and is a spin-off of Dora the Explorer. The show premiered on September 6, 2005 and ended on September 16, 2011 on Nickelodeon. It also aired as part of the Nick Jr. on CBS block from September 17, 2005 to September 9, 2006. On December 20, 2006, Nick Jr. announced that it had ordered twenty new episodes that were in production. Since April 2008, the show has been dubbed into Spanish and airs in the United States on Univision as part of their Planeta U block.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, entertaining, educational
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Pettson and Findus (1999)
Plot Summary:
Gubben Pettson och katten Findus är nere vid sjön och fiskar. Det blåser upp, börjar snöa och blir mörkt. Vilse i stormen tvingas de söka skydd i en igloo av fiskblock och där inne berättar de om året som gått.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Garfield Show (2008)
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The Garfield Show is a French/American CGI animated television series that premiered in France on France 3 on December 22, 2008. English-language episodes started airing on Boomerang UK on May 5, 2009. It premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on November 2, 2009, at 3:00pm. It also aired on YTV in Canada. However, it was taken off the air on May 30, 2011, for a hiatus and returned on September 6, 2011. The show was taken off the schedule in Canada once again on December 23, 2011. Based on the American comic strip, Garfield, the series is executive produced by Garfield creator, Jim Davis, and co-written and voice directed by Mark Evanier, who also wrote most of the episodes for the Garfield and Friends series. Returning from Garfield and Friends are the voice actors Julie Payne and Gregg Berger. Frank Welker replaces the late Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield, and Thom Huge, as the voice of Jon Arbuckle, is replaced by Wally Wingert. Also returning is David Lander, reprising his role as Doc Boy from the earlier Garfield prime-time special A Garfield Christmas Special. The show is produced by Dargaud Media and Paws Inc. The show is directed by Philippe Vidal and the music is done by Laurent Bertaud and Jean-Christophe Prudhomme.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: France, USA, India, Singapore
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny, light, feel good, captivating, computer animated, sitcom, 3d animation
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Pim & Pom: The Big Adventure (2014)
Plot Summary:
The friendship between the impulsive and adventurous Pim and the more cautious Pom is put to the test when they are faced with trying to find their way home.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, anime, 2d animation