Ox Tales
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| Ox Tales | |
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| げらげらブース物語 (Geragera Bus Monogatari) |
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| Genre | Comedy |
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| Directed by | Hiroshi Sasagawa |
| Studio | Telescreen Japan Inc / Teleimage ltd / Meander Studio |
| Network |  TV Tokyo Één TV Station Nederland 1 CITV |
| Original run | April 7, 1987 – March 29, 1988 |
| No. of episodes | 102 x 12 minutes |
Ox Tales (Japanese: げらげらブース物語) is an animated television series produced by Telescreen, Teleimage and Meander Studio. It was a Dutch/Japanese co-production based on a Dutch comic strip "Ox Tales" created by Wil Raymakers and Thijs Wilms. The series ran on the Japanese network TV Tokyo from April 7, 1987–March 29, 1988. It consists of 102 12 minute episodes, however these were usually transmitted as double deliveries in 24 minute slots.
The series has been aired in many countries outside Japan and has been dubbed and subtitled in French, Dutch, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Arabic, English, Italian, Japanese and Hebrew.
The plot follows the adventures of Ollie the Ox as he run The Funny Farm, containing possibly every creature known, with his best friend Jack the Turtle whilst narrated by a sarcastic Toucan.
The English versions are known for the sheer amount of (sometimes painful) puns spoken by the characters to accompany the visuals, giving the impression that translation as such may not have actually taken place, rather the visuals were watched and as many cracker style puns were fitted in as possible about whatever was on screen at the time.
A few episodes of the show were released on VHS in the early 1990's, the show was officially released in DVD, in Portugal and Spain in 2006.
Ox Tales still continues to appear as a column strip in several Dutch daily and weekly newspapers.
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[edit] Characters
[edit] Main Characters
[edit] Others
- Edward the Elephant
- Ellen the Elephant
- Igor the Octopus
- Gaylord the Gorilla
- Bongo the Gorilla
- Audrey the Ostrich
- Rodney the Rhino
- Holly the Kangaroo
- Bob the Kangaroo
- Weave the Kangaroo
- Jenny the Kangaroo
- Turbo Tail Teddy the Kangaroo
- Lenny the Lion
- Towilla the Toucan
- Bruce the Bear
- Horace the Horse
- Moe the Mole
- Hannah the Hen
- Shirley the Sheep
- Walter the Woodpecker
- Willy the Woodpecker
- Hilda the Hippo
- Robby the Rooster
- Paul the Polar Bear
- Down Hill Donny the Stork
- Nessie the Cow
- Calvin the Calf
- Tom the Turkey
- Patrick the Porcupine
- The MacDuffs the Storks
- Zane the Zebra
- Peggy the Pig
- Peter the Pig
[edit] Alternative Titles
- Boes (Dutch title)
- Chuckling Bus Story of Boes (Alternative English title)
- Fantazoo (Italian title)
- Funny Farm Madness (English title)
- げらげらブース物語 (Geragera Bus Monogatari) (Japanese Title)
- מוש השור (Mush Hashor) (Israeli Title)
- مغامرات بسيط (Arabic Title)
- Boi Bocas (Portuguese title)
- Olé, Ollie (Brazilian title)
- Bof! (French title)
- Ollie Ollie Oxen
- Story of the Geragera Bus
- Μπουσμπους (Boes Boes) (Greek title)
- Toribio (Chilean Title)
[edit] Credits
Original Credits:
- Director: Haramaki Naka
- From an Original Idea by: Wil Raymakers, Thijs Wilms
- Realisation : Hiroshi Sasagawa
- Writers : Nao Furukawa, Toshi Ôhira
English Version Credits:
- Executive Producer: Haim Saban
- Supervising Producer: Winston Richard
- Directors: Robert Barron, Tom Wyner
- Executive In Charge of Production: Jerald E Bergh
- Associate Producer: Eric S Rollman
- Script Supervisor: Tony Oliver
- Music By: Haim Saban & Shuki Levy
- Original Idea & Character Designs: Wil Raymakers, Thijs Wilms
English Dubbed Episode Writers
- Tracy Alexander
- Robert Axelrod
- Robert Barron
- Robert Benedict
- R. Dwight
- Richard Epcar
- Melora Hart
- Benjamin Lesko
- Tony Oliver
- Michael Reynolds
- Barbara Riel
- Donald Roche
- Michael Sorich
- Jeff Winkless
- Tom Wyner
[edit] External links
- Internet Movie Database
- Ox Tales at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
