Fables of the Green Forest (å±±ããšã¿ãƒãƒƒã‚ーãƒãƒ£ãƒƒã‚¯, Yama Nezumi RokkÄ« Chakku, lit. "Rocky Chuck, the Mountain Rat") is an anime television series based on a series of books published in the 1910s and 1920s by Thornton W. Burgess which ran on the Japanese network Fuji Television from 7 January 1973 to 30 December 1973. It consists of 52 episodes and was created by the animation studio Zuiyo Eizo (the predecessor to Nippon Animation).
The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan, such as Germany (on Bayerischer Rundfunk), Spain (TVE), Romania (TVR 1), Portugal (RTP), Venezuela (VTV), Canada (TVOntario), and Hong Kong. The release of the series into Canada was done through Ziv International in 1978.
Synopsis
The series consists of the adventures of Rocky, a woodchuck, and his mate Polly in the Green Forest. They make a lot of friends among their neighbors, and everyone works together to avoid the attacks of the different predators that put them in danger, such as man, the weasel, and the fox.
Characters
- Rocky Chuck (a woodchuck)
- Polly Chuck
- Peter Rabbit (a rabbit)
- Sammy Blue Jay
- Josie Otter
- Jimmy (a skunk)
- Bobby Raccoon (a raccoon. He wears yellow pants and suspenders in the anime.)
- Bob Quail
- Chatterer the Squirrel (a squirrel)
- Buster Bear (a black bear)
- Reddy Fox (a fox)
- Rocky-papa
- Rocky-mama
- Johnny Chuck
- Grandpa Frog (a frog)
- Paddy Beaver (a beaver)
Episodes
- Spring comes
- Forest calls
- Rocky and Polly
- Mysterious Traces
- The Fish-thief
- The Forrest-monster
- Scharfzahn's Revenge
- The Dam
- The Bold Four
- Bird-children
- Sammy's Revenge
- Where Is Polly?
- The Foxhunting
- Pete in Danger of Life
- The Old Toad
- Help in Affliction
- The Watercastle
- The Duckhunting
- Duck's Well that Ends Well
- Alert in the Henhouse
- A Weird Bird
- Baffle-games
- The Bear Is Out
- The Trappers
- A Coup with Consequences
- Rabbit-hunting
- The Black Bird
- Family Condor
- Fright in the Night
- Cojote and Porcupine
- A Frog for Eating
- The Water-thief
- Bobby in Search of a Domicile
- The World-tour
- Entrapped
- Danny, the Field-mouse
- The Lonely Baby
- Fox and Rabbit
- Rogue
- Rocky Travels the World
- Egg-thieves
- The Trap
- Wool-tail
- A Good Human
- The Insidiousness
- Revenge Is Sweet
- The Cave of the Bears
- The Winter Sleep
- Danger in the Snow
- Caught
- Traces in the Snow
- The Winter Comes
Music
- Opening Theme: Midori no Hidamari by Micchī (Mitsuko Horie) and Chatterers
- Ending Theme: Rocky to Polly (Rocky and Polly) by Micchī and Chatterers
In Popular Culture
In the 2014 anime Shirobako, Aoi states that her favorite anime is "Andes Mountain Chuck" which features a predominantly animal cast, and is inspired by Fables of the Green Forest.
External links
- Fables of the Green Forest at the Internet Movie Database
- Fables of the Green Forest (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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