Fables of the Green Forest


Fables of the Green Forest 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 series has been aired in many countries outside Japan, such as Italy, Germany, Spain, Romania, Portugal, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Ireland, the Emirates, Nigeria, Cyprus, New Zealand, Brazil, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa, Namibia and Hong Kong, also in Trinidad and Tobago. The release of the series into Canada was done through ZIV International in 1978.

Synopsis

The series consists of the adventures of Johnny, a woodchuck, and his mate Polly in the Green Forest. They make a lot of friends among their neighbours, 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.

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Music

In the 2014 anime Shirobako, protagonist Aoi Miyamori states that her favorite anime is "Andes Hedgehog Mountain Chucky", which features a predominantly animal cast and is inspired by Fables of the Green Forest.