Maple Town Stories
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family
Country: USA
Release Year: 1986
Synopsis: The original Maple Town series, created by Chifude Asakura, consisted of 52 half-hour episodes,which aired on TV Asahi in Japan and on several European networks including Italia 1 in Italy, RTL Veronique and BRT1 in Belgium, and FR3 in France. In the US, Maple Town was produced and distributed by Saban Entertainment with The Maltese Companies,dubbed in English for US audiences. This version prominently displayed traditional (Western) values in bookending live-action segments: each episode was prefaced with an introduction by "Mrs. Maple" (Janice Adams), who delivered the moral of the episode.
