Editing Maple Town (section)

{{Short description|1986 Japanese anime series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
|image = MapleTownBox1.jpg
|caption = Cover of the first DVD box set released in Japan
|ja_kanji = メイプルタウン物語
|ja_romaji = Maple Town Monogatari
|genre = Adventure, [[slice of life]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = TV series
|director = [[Junichi Sato]]
|producer = Shinji Nabeshima (ABC) <br> Azuma Kasuga (Asatsu) <br> Yasuo Yamaguchi<ref name=mapletv/>
|writer = Shigeru Yanagawa
|music = Akiko Kosaka
|studio = [[Toei Animation]]
|licensee = {{English anime licensee|US = [[The Kushner-Locke Company]]<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.kushnerlocke.com/catalog_int_series.html |title=INTERNATIONAL SERIES & MINI SERIES |publisher=The Kushner-Locke Company |access-date=December 10, 2009}}</ref>
}}
|network = [[All-Nippon News Network|ANN]] (ABC, [[TV Asahi]]<ref name=mapletv/>)
|network_en = {{English anime network| CA = [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] | US = [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]] <small>(episodes 1-10)</small><ref name=Erickson>{{cite book|last1=Erickson|first1=Hal|title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003|date=2005|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=0786420995|pages=542–545|edition=2nd}}</ref><br>[[Nickelodeon]] <small>(episodes 11-26)</small><ref name=tv-age/><br>[[Freeform (TV channel)|The CBN Family Channel]]<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48136515/maple-town-and-sylvanian-families-on-cbn/|title=Daytime listings|date=1989-09-22|work=The News-Messenger|access-date=2020-04-19|pages=23}}</ref> | HK = [[TVB Pearl]]}}
|first = {{Start date|1986|1|19}}
|last = {{End date|1987|1|11}}
|episodes = 52
|episode_list = List of Maple Town episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = Film
|title = Maple Town Monogatari
|runtime = 30 minutes
|director = [[Junichi Sato]]
|studio = Toei Animation
|released = {{Start date|1986|7|12}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = TV series
|title = New Maple Town Stories: Palm Town Chapter
|director = Hiroshi Shidara
|producer =
|writer =
|music =
|studio = Toei Animation
|network = ANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
|first = {{dts||1|18}}
|last = {{End date|1987|12|27}}
|episodes = 50
|episode_list = List of Maple Town episodes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type = Film
|title = New Maple Town Stories: Home Town Collection
|runtime = 30 minutes
|director = Hiroshi Shidara
|studio = Toei Animation
|released = {{Start date|1987|3|14}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
'''''Maple Town''''', also known as {{Nihongo|'''''Maple Town Stories'''''|メイプルタウン物語|Meipuru Taun Monogatari|lead=yes}}, is a 1986 Japanese [[anime]] series created by Chifude Asakura and directed by [[Junichi Sato]]. The series, produced by [[Toei Animation]], [[Asatsu-DK|Asatsu]] and [[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation]], consists of 52 half-hour episodes, which aired on ABC, [[TV Asahi]] and other [[All-Nippon News Network|ANN]] stations in Japan from January 19, 1986, to January 11, 1987.<ref name="mapletv">{{cite web|url=http://www.anime.marumegane.com/1986/mapletown.html|title=''Maple Town'' (メイプルタウン物語) cast and crew information|website=marumegane.com|publisher=Takashi Murakami|language=ja|access-date=20 October 2016|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111214852/http://www.anime.marumegane.com/1986/mapletown.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The show focuses on the adventures of Patty Rabbit, Bobby Bear and their families, in a small city inhabited by [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic animals]] named Maple Town. The series was followed by a 50-episode sequel, ''New Maple Town Stories: Palm Town Chapter'', which retained only Patty Rabbit (and her voice actor, [[Maya Okamoto]]) from both series, although Maple Town's citizens made [[cameo appearance|cameo]]s from time to time. To date, this has not had an official English release.

The show was [[Dubbing|dubbed]] into English and syndicated in the United States in 1987.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=524–525}}</ref> The program spawned [[collectable]] [[figurine]]s with changeable clothing, as well as houses, furniture and vehicles. [[Tonka]] was the US licensee and manufacturer.<ref name=tonka>{{cite journal |last=Weiss |first=Barbara |title=No blockbusters in sight to boost holiday toy sales |journal=Drug Topics |date=October 20, 1986 |volume=130 |page=46 |publisher=Copyright Medical Economics Company}}</ref>

[[VHS]] compilations of ''Maple Town'' appeared in North America, Europe and Japan during the late 1980s and early 1990s. As of 2013, official DVDs of the show had surfaced in Japan, Spain<ref name=zonadvd>{{cite web |url=http://www.zonadvd.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8374 |title=La Aldea del Arce – Serie Completa DVD |language=es |publisher=ZONADVD.com |date=February 21, 2007 |access-date=2009-12-10}}</ref> and Hungary,<ref name=animeaddicts>{{cite web |url=http://animeaddicts.hu/encyclopedia.php?anime.696 |title=AnimeAddicts – Ismertetők – Anime: Maple Town Monogatari / メイプルタウン物語 |language=hu |publisher=Animeaddicts.hu |date=February 16, 2007 |access-date=2009-12-10}}</ref> with no release plans announced for other territories.