Maple Town

Maple Town, known as Maple Town Monogatari in Japan and Gúshi de Mapletown in Taiwan, was an anime series centering on the adventures of Patty Rabbit, Bobby Bear, and their families, in a small utopian anthropomorphic city. The program is best known through its collectible merchandising, with a variety of figurines with changeable clothing as well as houses, furniture, and vehicles; it can be well described as toyetic.

The show prominently displayed traditional values. In the United States, each episode was prefaced with a live-action introduction by Mrs. Maple (Janice Adams), who delivered the moral of the episode.

Credits

Japanese credits:

Supervising director: Junichi Sato

Assistant director: Kunihiko Ikuhara
Production Company: Toei Animation and Asatsu

US credits:

VP of production: J. Edward Bergh

Supervising director: Robert V. Barron

Live action producer and director: Mary Jo Blue

Music: Haim Saban and Shuki Levy
Music coordination: Andrew Dimitroff

Video editing: Larry Porsche

Distribution: Saban/Maltese Companies
Some voices by Susan Roman

Episodes (52 Total)

• "A Baby Comes to Maple Town" [JP airdate: Feb 16, 1986]
• "The Case of the Missing Candy" [JP airdate: Mar 2, 1986]
• "The Children's Forest Patrol" [JP airdate: Apr 6, 1986]
• "The Greatest Treasure of All" [JP airdate: Feb 9, 1986]
• "House Made of Love, The" [JP airdate: Mar 16, 1986]
• "Medicine from Maple Mountain" [JP airdate: Apr 13, 1986]
• "A Most Unlikely Heroine" [JP airdate: Mar 23, 1986]
• "The Pot that Wouldn't Hold Water" [JP airdate: Feb 2, 1986]
• "The Prettiest Dress in Maple Town" [JP airdate: Mar 30, 1986]
• "The Ransom of Maple Forest" [JP airdate: Apr 20, 1986]
• "The Stolen Necklace" [JP airdate: Jan 26, 1986]
• "Teacher Please Don't Go" [JP airdate: Mar 9, 1986]
• "When Children Must Be Grownups" [JP airdate: Feb 23, 1986]
• "Welcome to Maple Town" [JP airdate: Jan 19, 1986; US airdate: Sep, 1987]
  

  New Maple Town Stories - Palm Town Chapter

  
  Maple Town had a sequel (Shin Maple Town Monogatari - Palm Town Hen in Japan) consisting of about 44 episodes that aired in Japan until about 1990 and never came to America. In this series, Patty and the Rabbit family moved to a tropical setting.

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