Cartoon Resource entry #259 - Maple Town (1986)

MAPLE TOWN

ORIGINAL JAPAN AIRDATES: Jan 19, 1986-Jan 11, 1987 on TV Asahi (as ‘Maple Town Monogatari’)
ORIGINAL US AIRDATES: 1987 in syndication, Apr 13, 1987-Sep 1, 1989 on Nickelodeon and US syndication; Sep 4, 1989-Sep 13, 1990 on The CBN Family Channel (now Freeform)
EPISODES: 52 (26 in English Dub)
ANIMATION BY: Toei Animation
ENGLISH VERSION PRODUCED BY: Saban Entertainment and The Maltese Companies
DISTRIBUTED BY: Multicom Entertainment (formerly The Kushner-Locke Company) 

SUMMARY:

Maple Town is inhabited by animals who lived like humans.  Patti Rabbit and her friend Bobby Bear have all sorts of adventures in Maple Town.  Live action segments that introduced the episode and closed it were hosted by Mrs. Maple, played by Karen Hartman, would repeat the day’s moral.  A toyline was produced by Tonka.  Only the first 26 episodes of the 52 were dubbed and aired in English. A sequel series, New Maple Town Story: Palm Town Chapter was produced the following year with 50 episodes. This series featured Patty Rabbit and her family in a new tropical location. So far this series has not been dubbed and released for the US.

EPISODE GUIDE (English Titles / Japan Airdates)

#01 Welcome to Maple Town (01.19.1986)
#02 The Stolen Necklace (01.26.1986)
#03 Box Go Boom! (02.02.1986)
#04 The Greatest Treasure of All (02.09.1986)
#05 The Pot That Wouldn’t Hold Water (02.16.1986)
#06 Medicine From Maple Mountain (02.23.1986)
#07 The Children’s Forest Patrol (03.02.1986)
#08 The Ransom of Maple Forest (03.09.1986)
#09 A Most Unlikely Heroine (03.16.1986)
#10 The Prettiest Dress In Maple Town (03.23.1986)
#11 The House Made of Love (03.30.1986)
#12 Teacher Please Don’t Go (04.06.1986)
#13 The Letter That Saved Mayor Dandy Lion (04.13.1986)
#14 Father Still Knows Best (04.20.1986)
#15 A Baby Comes To Maple Town (04.27.1986)
#16 The Spirit of Twin Peaks (05.04.1986)
#17 When Children Must Be Grown-Ups (05.11.1986)
#18 A Love Letter to Miss Deer (05.18.1986)
#19 The Beaver Family’s Swimming Hole (05.25.1986)
#20 The Maple Town Children’s Newspaper (06.01.1986)
#21 The Mystery Man of Maple Town (06.08.1986)
#22 The Case of the Missing Candy (06.15.1986)
#23 The Forgotten Dream (06.22.1986)
#24 Friends of Maple Town (06.29.1986)
#25 Angels of the Valley (07.06.1986)
#26 The Witch’s Castle (07.13.1986)
#27 Please Give Me a Shellfish! (07.20.1986)
#28 Lover’s Blue Sea (07.27.1986)
#29 The Mysterious Piano (08.03.1986)
#30 A Big Hospital (08.10.1986)
#31 Welcome, Customers! (08.17.1986)
#32 I Want an Invasion! (08.24.1986)
#33 Gretel’s Love Story (08.31.1986)
#34 Drowa’s Sister (09.07.1986)
#35 Say Cheese! (09.14.1986)
#36 How Fanny Found a Cardinal In a Cage (09.21.1986)
#37 The Violin of Yearning (09.28.1986)
#38 The Wedding (10.05.1986)
#39 Meet Diana (10.12.1986)
#40 A Girl In a Secret House (10.19.1986)
#41 My Pen Friend (10.26.1986)
#42 Jasmine Party At Night (11.02.1986)
#43 A Letter That Reached a Star (11.09.1986)
#44 A Gift of Mufflers (11.16.1986)
#45 Snow On the Mountain House (11.23.1986)
#46 Ice Skating (11.30.1986)
#47 Maybe Goddess? (12.07.1986)
#48 Open That Safe Vault! (12.14.1986)
#49 Twin Babies (12.21.1986)
#50 Happy New Year With a Cake! (12.28.1986)
#51 Aunt of the South Town (01.04.1987)
#52 Patty’s Departure (01.11.1987)

ENGLISH DUB VOICE ACTORS

Rebecca Forstadt (1953) as Patty Rabbit
Barbara Goodson (1949) as Bobby Bear, Mikey Mole
Karen Hartman (credited as Janice Adams) as Mrs. Maple
Steve Kramer (1950) as Wilde Wolf
Theodore Layman (1922-2018) as Mayor Lion
Marbry Steward (credited as Maureen O’Connell) as Fanny Fox