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August 15, 1985 (estimated) TV Episode Koala Bôi Kokki

Foreign title: Kolbi E I Suoi Piccoli Amici (Italian)

Series title: コアラボーイ&#12467

Studio
Nagata, Tôhoku Shinsha Film Corporation
Animation studio
Top Craft, Kuk Dong

Characters

Kokki, Laura, Panny the Penguin, Kangaroo Brothers, Whale, Witch

Credits

Producing

Producer
Haruo Nakayama (Co-producer)

Voices

Voice
Toshiko Fujita (Kokki), Chisato Nakajima (Laura), Yoshie Asai (Mommy), Hachirou Azuma (Poppa), Mayumi Shou (Mimi), Yumiko Shibata (Nick)

Music

Music
Tsuyoshi Kawano

Production notes

This series ran for 26 episodes.

Released to capitalize on the Koala craze in Japan in 1984. The government of Australia sent six koalas to the Tama Zoo in western Tokyo as a token of goodwill.

Animation studio Top Craft is also known for animating many of Rankin-Bass' American animated TV specials as well as the feature film The Last Unicorn. Top Craft also provided animation assistance for Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 feature film Kaze No Tani No Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind).