Sylvanian Families (OVA series)

Sylvanian Families
シルバニアファミリー
(Shirubania famirī)
Genre Slice of life
Original video animation
Directed by Akira Takamura
Produced by Kōji Kawaguchi
Yumiko Muriai
Written by Hiroko Odaka
Music by Koichiro Kameyama
Studio Dyna Method
Released June 20, 2007
Runtime 24 minutes
Episodes 3

Sylvanian Families (Japanese: シルバニアファミリー Hepburn: Shirubania famirī) is a 2007 3DCG original video animation series based on the Sylvanian Families toy line by Epoch Co. It was produced by Kōji Kawaguchi and Yumiko Muriai, directed by Akira Takamura and the stories were written by Hiroko Odaka. The OVAs are animated by Dyna Method in cooperation with Itochu, Epoch, Nippon Columbia and Shogakukan and were released in June 20, 2007 on DVD.

The OVA series is the third adaptation of the Sylvanian Families characters to animation. It is preceded by the American animated series Sylvanian Families (1987) and the British stop motion animation Stories of the Sylvanian Families (1988).

Characters

Voice actors

=Anime

The OVAs are all released at the same date on June 20, 2007 on DVD. Each of the DVDs feature English-language subtitles.[1]

Episodes

No. Title Release Date
01 "Heart Pounding Mischief Magic"
"Dokidoki itazura majikku" (ドキドキいたずらマジック) 		June 20, 2007

Buster Slydale hosts a magic show for the Sylvanian kids. Rebecca Periwinkle and Saffron Walnut like it, but their friends Dennis Huckleberry, Asparagus Macavity and Piers Petite do not. When Buster shows up. Rebecca talks to him about his tricks and he gives her a Kaleidoscope. But she finds out that he tricked her as Buster leaves. The kids plan to play a prank on Buster. However, Asparagus has an idea to outprank him.

Meanwhile at Mr. Periwinkle's photo shop, Dr. Slydale is discussing his troubles with the other kids while remembering how they pulled pranks. Dr. Slydale however is getting worried about his son losing his friends. 
02 "The Longingly Princess"
"Purinsesu ni akogarete" (プリンセスにあこがれて) 		June 20, 2007

Saffron dances with a prince in her dreams and was about to receive a kiss. But the clock struck twelve and left her, annoyed by the sounds of loud ringing bells until she woke up from her sleep. She then saw a strange contraption her father built in her room as she was dumped out of bed, rather mad. The rest of her morning routine is not as good as she expected, getting into serious trouble. Downstairs, Saffron's parents were both in the kitchen as another invention prepared their breakfast as Ralph arrived, still sleepy after being woken up by the machine. Saffron came next and had an argument with her father regarding his inventions, stating it's not making her happy as she left in anger. A while later, Rebecca, Saffron and Shelley discussed about what happened that morning. Rebecca was happy that Saffron's father is an inventor, but for her, it just caused her trouble. They then discussed about the annual play and Saffron should play as the princess, in which she is worried.

At school, Scarlett shows off her dress that she will wear if she was picked to play the part of the princess for the school's annual play. The classmates were amused as Rebecca and the others arrived and heard that Willow wanted to audition for the part. As the bell rang, the children went to their seats as their teacher came in and discussed about the play, titled "The Princess who Ran Away from her Castle". With a few more discussions, Shelly voted Saffron to play the part of the princess as everyone agreed. Saffron however, thought it was the start of her worries. 
03 "The Gift of the Shooting Star"
"Nagareboshi no okurimono" (流れ星のおくりもの) 		June 20, 2007

One night in Sylvania, everyone witnessed a comet passing through Acorn Mountain as they saw it sparkle and burst out some small stars. The next day at school, the kids discussed about the comet they saw until Rumpus appeared and told them the legend of the Silvery Comet, in which its fragments can grant anyone their wishes. However, Gromwell thinks it's just fiction while the others are excited about the legend and want their wishes to come true. Rumpus decided to explore the mountains by himself but the others wanted to come along to see it for themselves. Both Rumpus and Gromwell got into a disagreement with each other regarding the legend and how will it grant their wish until Rebecca told him to come with them to see if the legends were true.

Later that night, Rebecca and Oliver discussed with their parents regarding the comet and the wishes. She asked her father about his wish and he told her that his wish came true: To get Mrs. Periwinkle to marry him. The other kids were also preparing themselves for the expedition tomorrow. As the day arrived, Rumpus was disappointed on each one of them on how they prepared as they went to the mountains. However not knowing to them that the legends were beyond true. 

Music

Koichiro Kameyama, of Project.R fame, was composed the score. for the OVA series

The OVA's opening song is titled Sylvanian Families (シルバニアファミリー Shirubania famirī), performed by Hitomi Yoshida and the ending theme is titled Become Tomorrow♪ (明日になぁれ♪ Ashita ni nāre♪) by Tomoko Kawakami, Akiko Hasegawa, Kōki Miyata, Fushigi Yamada, Kaori Mizuhashi and Maya Okamoto.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/search3.html?q=Sylvanian&media=&r=any&step=20&order=score

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