Shin Maple Town Monogatari: Palm Town-hen

A stack including all the series that have continuously aired in this TV slot, which has been running since 1984.

For 18 years now has only been Precure, but before that it included several different series (almost all of them 4-cour), and even though it is known to have a shoujo demographic as its target, it actually wasn't the case with some of the earlier titles.

Series that highlight the slice of life aspect of a family and explore the relationships within the family

Animes starring anthropomorphic animals.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3719
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3720

Anime about rabbits. 🐇🐰

For more anime about pets, check the 'Pets' genre page: https://myanimelist.net/anime/genre/71/Pets

Tags: Animal, Bunny, Cute, Furry, Hare, Hop, Kawaii, Pet, Rabbit, Usagi

Kamiusagi Rope Watch Order Guide: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20135
Maple Town Watch Order Guide: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/59513
Sugar Bunnies Watch Order Guide: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21941

➡️Rabbit: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/11236
Rabbit [part 2]: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55707
Rabbit [part 3]: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/61393

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There are more anime about/with rabbits so I might create another stack…

Kunihiko Ikuhara was involved in this anime work as a director, assistant director, director, storyboard, screenplay, etc. other than directing.

This includes those in which he participated as a staff member under a different name.

watch order

Collection of series with coherent moral presentation and friendly atmosphere for the audience sometimes tackling more heavy topics or conflict.

Anime that ran for approximately a single year. Episode counts including 45-55. Japanese anime only.

"Maple Town is a peaceful town in which various animals live. One day, Patty, a fine, bright girl rabbit, moved in. The heart-warming story of Patty and everybody in town starts."
(Source: Toei)

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Maple Town Watch Order:
(2 TV Series, 2 Movies, 2 OVAs)
* 1. Maple Town Monogatari (Jan 19, 1986 to Jan 11, 1987) | TV | 52 episode x 24 min. per ep. - Parent Story / Character / Prequel
2. Maple Town Monogatari (Movie) (Jul 12, 1986) | Movie | 1 episode x 26 min. - Side Story
3. Maple Town no Shouboutai (1987) | OVA | 1 episode x 10 min. - Other
4. Maple Town no Koutsuu Anzen (1987) | OVA | 1 episode x 14 min. - Other
* 5. Shin Maple Town Monogatari: Palm Town-hen (Jan 18, 1987 to Dec 27, 1987) | TV | 50 episodes x 24 min. per ep. - Sequel / Alternative Version
6. Shin Maple Town Monogatari: Palm Town-hen - Konnichiwa! Atarashii Machi (Mar 14, 1987) | Movie | 1 episode x 30 min. - Alternative Version

Note: Those with asterisks (*) are the main stories. Wikipedia, Fandom, AniDB and ANN links are also included for more info.

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Genres: Fantasy, Slice of Life
Theme: Anthropomorphic, Educational
Demographic: Kids

Tags: Animal, Anthropomorphic, Bunny, Hare, Rabbit, Usagi, Kodomo, Franchise
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Official Sites: JP: https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/tv/mapletown/ | EN: https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/en/tv/mapletown/
AniDB: https://anidb.net/anime/2078/relation/graph
ANN: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1376

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Town
‣ List of Maple Town episodes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Maple_Town_episodes
Maple Town Wiki: https://maple-town.fandom.com/wiki/Maple_Town_Wiki
Toei Wiki: https://toei.fandom.com/wiki/Maple_Town_Stories
Dubbing Wiki: https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Maple_Town

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Rabbit: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/11236
Rabbit [part 2]: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/55707

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Note: Use JustWatch to check availability in your region.
https://www.justwatch.com/us/search?q=Maple%20Town

✔️。

Fantasy stories set in magical lands, Fairy Tale kingdoms, worlds of High Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy, or Sugar Bowls and Science Fiction stories set in a Crystal Spires and Togas Utopia or somewhere on the squishier end on the Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness seemingly take place in universes far removed from the concerns of reality. Yet despite how fantastic these worlds seem upon the first impression, it can turn out that their denizens still spend much of their time dealing with the same ordinary matters (e.g., money, employment, taxes, bureaucracy, politics, lawsuits, potholes in the street, etc.) that people do in Real Life. This is how the Extraordinary World, Ordinary Problems trope works. It can be invoked by anything from a quick joke, a parody of fantasy and science fiction tropes, or a complete deconstruction of either genre. One way to get the point across is to feature an outsider who's initially in awe of the new setting but soon learns things really aren't much different from the mundane world he or she came from.