is an anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 TV series produced by Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. It aired originally in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 on TV Tokyo

TV Tokyo

is a television station headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Also known as , a blend of "terebi" and "Tokyo", it is the key station of TX Network. It is one of the major Tokyo television stations, particularly specializing in anime...

 from October 4, 1984 through March 28, 1985, and then aired in the United States on Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

 dubbed

Dubbing (filmmaking)

Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...

 in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 from 1987 to 1994. It also aired in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, in the Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

-speaking world and other countries, but its biggest success by far was in the United States on Nickelodeon. Production of the English and French versions of the series was done by the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 studio Cinar Films. The storyline revolved around Roo-bear Koala and his friends in a utopia

Utopia

Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt...

n village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

.

Characters

• Roobear - a young boy koala
  Koala
  The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae....
  
  , the series' central character and protagonist. Smart, adventurous, inquisitive, and athletic, he enjoys surfing, skateboarding, and baseball. His name is Kokki (sometimes spelled "Kocky") in the original Japanese version and "Kolbi" in the Italian dub. Voiced by Steven Bednarski
  Steven Bednarski
  Steven Bednarski is a Canadian historian and actor.He was born in Montreal, Québec. He has lived in Toronto, Ontario, and now lives in Waterloo, Ontario....
  
   (English) and Toshiko Fujita
  Toshiko Fujita
  is a Japanese seiyū. She currently works at Aoni Production.-Roles:*Bonobono in the first Bonobono film*Cross in Ginga Nagareboshi Gin*Corazón Muto in Allison & Lillia...
  
   (Japanese).
• Laura - Roobear's younger sister. Although she is sometimes a bit of a brat, she is generally kind-hearted and is also a strong-willed girl. In the original Japanese, she is "Lala" (or technically "Rara"). Voiced by Morgan Hallet (English) and Chisato Nakajima
  Chisato Nakajima
  is a Japanese voice actress currently represented by Aoni Production. Her hobbies include painting, singing, and tennis.She is most known for the roles of Mari-san in Kinnikuman and Percy the Small Engine in the Japanese dub of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.-Anime television:*Kimagure Orange...
  
   (Japanese).
• Mommy - Roobear and Laura's mother, known as simply "Mommy" to her children and her husband, and as "Mrs. Koala" to the other children. She is a devoted homemaker, wife and mother, and an excellent cook, but she has other talents as well: ten years prior to the events in the series, she won the village's airplane race, and proceeded to win a second time in the episode "Mommy Can Fly" (despite not being an official entrant in the race and only taking the cockpit in order to rescue other contestants who were stranded following a crash). Voiced by Jane Woods (English) and Yoshie Asai (Japanese).
• Papa - Roobear and Laura's father, known as "Papa" to his children and wife and as "Mr. Koala" to the others. He works as a photographer for Miss Lewis' magazine. His biggest vice is a tendency to overeat, leading his family to try to put him on a diet and exercise program (despite his protests) in the episode "Papa On Stilts." Voiced by Walter Massey
  Walter Massey (actor)
  Walter Edward Hart Massey is a Canadian actor. He has had numerous roles on stage, movies, and television for more than five decades. Massey is the cousin of actor Raymond Massey and is a founding member of Canadian Actors' Equity.He played the part of U.S. President Taft in the 2005 movie The...
  
   (English) and Hachirou Azuma (Japanese).
• Betty - Another girl koala, Roobear's girlfriend. Generally a kind-hearted girl, she also can be somewhat vain at times, and her relationship with Roobear is sometimes colored by misunderstandings. Voiced by Cleo Paskal
  Cleo Paskal
  Cleo Paskal is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, , Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, India and Adjunct Professor of Global Change, School of Communication and Management Studies, Kochi, India. Also she was a consultant for the U.S...
  
  .
• The Kangaroo Brothers - Led by Walter, a self-described expert boomerang thrower, and also including his brothers, the taller Horsey and the shorter Colt. Walter was the ringleader of this group, who loved nothing more than stirring up trouble in the village; Pamey and Mingle were the most frequent recipients of their teasing. Walter had an unrequited crush on Betty but, oddly given his character, was too shy to tell her how he felt (one episode revealed that he had written seventy unmailed love letters to Betty). Walter is voiced by A.J. Henderson
  A.J. Henderson
  A.J. Henderson is a Canadian voice actor, born in Montreal, Quebec.- Biography :He is very prolific, having done voices for numerous anime, cartoons, and video games...
  
  , Horsey by Dean Hagopian, and Colt by Rob Roy.
• Floppy - Roo-bear's best friend. Floppy, a boy rabbit
  Rabbit
  Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
  
  , is a science enthusiast and budding inventor who also has a strong competitive streak when it comes to sports and other contests. He always wears a Walkman
  Walkman
  Walkman is a Sony brand tradename originally used for portable audio cassette, and now used to market Sony's portable audio and video players as well as a line of Sony Ericsson mobile phones...
  
  . Voiced by Timothy Webber (English) and Kyōko Tongū (Japanese).
• Mimi - Floppy's twin sister. Voiced by Barbara Pogemiller (English) and Mayumi Shou (Japanese).
• Pamie - A girl penguin
  Penguin
  Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers...
  
   who loves to eat (although she temporarily turned anorexic
  Anorexia nervosa
  Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Although commonly called "anorexia", that term on its own denotes any symptomatic loss of appetite and is not strictly accurate...
  
   in the episode "Balloon Pamie" as a result of Walter's teasing about her big stomach, which resulted in her fainting). She also has an unrequited crush on Roobear and has ambitions of being a nurse one day. Pamie and her brother Nick always wore scarves, even in hot weather, and had three younger brothers who were triplets. Voiced by Bronwen Mantel
  Bronwen Mantel
  Bronwen Mantel is a Canadian actress who has appeared in several movies including Secret Window and Gothika, and as a voice actress in the TV series Mega Babies, Adventures of the Little Koala, Arthur, Bobobobs, Tripping the Rift, Sharky and George, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Papa Beaver's...
  
   (English) and Noriko Hara (Japanese).
• Nick - Pamie's twin brother. While he is generally more level-headed than his sister and also has a bit of a sarcastic streak, he often goes along with Pamie's antics even though he knows better. In the episode "Pamie Falls in Love" he concocted a plan to cancel Roobear's planned picnic date with Betty so that Pamie could have the date with Roobear instead, but the plan ended in disaster for all. He also wore a bobble hat in addition to his scarf. Voiced by Ian Finlay (English) and Yumiko Shibata
  Yumiko Shibata
  is a Japanese voice actress employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce.-TV:*Gō Q Chōji Ikkiman *Headmaster *High School! Kimengumi *Kyōryū Wakusei...
  
   (Japanese).
• Kiwi - A bespectacled boy kiwi bird who worked as Papa Koala's assistant. Voiced by Phillip Pretten.
• Miss Lewis - A young adult female koala who worked as editor-in-chief for the village magazine and was always on the hunt for stories that would interest her readers. She had a close relationship with Roo-bear and his friends, acting as a surrogate teacher of sorts, and encouraged them when they decided to start their own children's newspaper. Voiced by Bronwen Mantel.
• Maki-Maki - A paranoid adult male frilled-lizard, who served as Miss Lewis' assistant, and would often act as a town-crier: loudly trumpeting whatever breaking-news he'd discover, usually before checking its accuracy, and thus often being completely wrong.
• Weather - An enigmatic dingo
  Dingo
  The Australian Dingo or Warrigal is a free-roaming wild dog unique to the continent of Australia, mainly found in the outback. Its original ancestors are thought to have arrived with humans from southeast Asia thousands of years ago, when dogs were still relatively undomesticated and closer to...
  
   who was always shrouded with a heavy coat, scarf and hat, even in hot weather, and could forecast the weather with great accuracy. Like Miss Lewis, he had a close relationship with Roo-bear and his friends and acted as a sort of mentor and counselor for them. Voiced by Richard Dumont
  Richard Dumont
  Richard M. Dumont is a voice actor and director who has worked in both Canada and the United States. He voices Menator, the aging leader of the Olmecs in The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Grognard in Night Hood and Scarecrow in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
  
  .
• Mingle - A meek, sensitive sugar glider
  Sugar Glider
  The sugar glider is a small gliding possum originating from the marsupial family.The sugar glider is native to eastern and northern mainland Australia and is also native to New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.- Habitat :Sugar gliders can be found all throughout the northern and eastern parts of...
  
   and Weather's constant companion, who was often involved in the children's adventures; particularly when his airborne/gliding capabilities could come in handy, such as when the children were learning how to fly hang-gliders. Voiced by Barbara Pogemiller.
• Duckbill - A duckbill platypus who enjoyed collecting old junk and fashioning useful things out of it. The children called him "Bill" for short. Voiced by Arthur Grosser
  Arthur Grosser
  Arthur Grosser is an actor who also works as a physical chemistry professor at McGill University, Montreal. He has done a lot of voice acting work in several animated series as well as in video games such as Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed.-Filmography:...
  
  .

The series takes place in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, with the village being located in the shadow of The Breadknife

The Breadknife

The Breadknife is a dyke located in New South Wales, Australia. The dyke is nearly 850 metres high, but often is only 500 m wide, which is particularly rare. The Breadknife was part of a large shield volcano, that first erupted about 18 million years ago and stopped about 15 million...

. Including different types of animal creatures in the daily life of the village was likely meant to demonstrate the virtues of pluralism and diversity

Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g...

.

Historical background

In 1984, the Tama Zoo

Tama Zoo

The is a zoo, owned by the government of Tokyo, and located in Hino, Tokyo, Japan. Tama Zoo was opened on May 5th, 1958, originally as part of Ueno Zoo...

 in western Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 welcomed its first koala, and the government of Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 sent six koalas to Japan as a token of goodwill. As a result, according to The Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy, Japan went into a koala frenzy and anything to do with koalas became very popular. It was during this "koala-mania" that The Adventures of the Little Koala was made, as was another anime on Fuji TV, Nippon Animation

Nippon Animation

is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chūō and production facilities in Tama City....

's Fushigi na Koala Blinky, which would later be broadcast alongside Little Koala on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in 1988, as Noozles

Noozles

, also known as The Wonderous Koala Blinky, is a 26-episode anime by Nippon Animation Company that was originally released in Japan in 1984, under the title Fushigi na Koara Burinkī or Brinky and Printy. It depicts the adventures of a 12-year old girl named Sandy and her koala friends, Blinky and...

.

Production Notes

The Japanese animation studio Top Craft, best known for providing animation duties on many of Rankin-Bass' American animated TV specials as well as the feature film The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn

The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel written by Peter S. Beagle and published in 1968. It has sold more than five million copies worldwide since its original publication, and has been translated into at least twenty languages....

, worked on The Adventures of the Little Koala. Top Craft provided animation assistance for Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki

is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli,...

's 1984 feature film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind; in fact, some of the animators who worked on Little Koala also worked on Nausicaa. After Nausicaa, a number of Top Craft animators went on to work for Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli

is a Japanese animation and film studio founded in June 1985. The company's logo features the character Totoro from Hayao Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro...

.

Some notable animators who worked on this series included Katsuhisa Yamada

Katsuhisa Yamada

is a Japanese animator. He is most noted for directing such memorable anime series as Genesis Climber Mospeada, Gatchaman, Mazinger Z, Devil Hunter Yohko and Record of Lodoss War.-External links:...

 and Hidekazu Ohara.

Japan

Sources: Anime News Network, Allcinema.net (Japanese)

• Producers: Yoshihiro Osada, Daisaku Shirakawa, Toru Hara
• Art Director: Kazuo Okada
• Series Director: Takashi Tanazawa
• Animation Character Design: Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Hidekazu Ohara
• Sound Director: Hiroshi Yamazaki
• Music: Kunihiro Kawano
• Production Manager: Kiyoshi Sakai
• Supervisor: Kazuyuki Kobayashi
• Animation Production: Top Craft
• Production: Hakuhodo, Osada Co.

• Co-producer: Haruo Nakayama
• Scripts: Ken'ichi Ogawa, Kiichi Takayama, Mamoru Kanbe, Nanako Watanabe, Naoko Miyake, Riki Matsumoto, Toshiaki Imaizumi, Toshiro Ueno, Tsuyoshi Yatsuki, Yoshiaki Yoshida
• Storyboards: Akio Mitani, Katsuhisa Yamada
  Katsuhisa Yamada
  is a Japanese animator. He is most noted for directing such memorable anime series as Genesis Climber Mospeada, Gatchaman, Mazinger Z, Devil Hunter Yohko and Record of Lodoss War.-External links:...
  
  , Kozo Takagaki, Masamitsu Sasaki, Iku Ishiguro, Takashi Tanazawa, Tatsuya Matsumoto
• Directors: Takashi Tanazawa, Masamitsu Sasaki, Akio Mitani, Iku Ishiguro, Daisuke Todoroki, Shigeru Omachi
• Animation Directors: Ai Kagawa, Hidekazu Ohara, Hiroshi Yamagishi, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Masahiro Sasaki, Masahiro Yoshida, Masaru Hirakawa, Masayuki Uchiyama, Shinnosuke Kon, Takashi Watanabe, Takashi Hattori, Tadashi Tsubokawa, Iku Ishiguro

• Original Animation & Story: Tohokushinsha Film Co., Ltd.

English version (produced in Montreal, Canada)

• Adaptation & direction: Ernest Reid
• Executive Producer: Micheline Charest
  Micheline Charest
  Micheline Charest was a television producer and founder of the Cinar television company.-Biography:...
  
  
• Producer: Ronald A. Weinberg
• Associate Producer: Elizabeth Klinck
• Post-Production Supervisor: Pierre Michaud
  Pierre Michaud
  Pierre A. Michaud, is a Canadian lawyer, lately Chief Justice of Quebec until his retirement, and currently counsel with the Montreal law firm Ogilvy Renault....
  
  
• Production Coordinator: Liz Joyce
• Talent Coordinator: Marrielle Gaudreault
• Production Secretary: Donna Vekteris
• Sound Editor: Tony Reed
  Tony Reed
  Tony Reed was an American college and professional football player. A star at Colorado, he played five professional seasons as a running back from 1977-1981. When he was in Kansas City he wore number 32. Rushing the ball his stats were 2,340 total rushing yards 8 rushing Touchdowns. Receiving...
  
  
• Music Production: Andre Perreault
• Rerecording Engineer: Andre Perreault
• Titles Sequences: Tony Reed
• Production: Cinar
  Çinar
  Çınar is a district of Diyarbakır Province of Turkey and also the name of downtown of Denizli city of Denizli Province of Turkey....
  
   Films
• Distribution: Viacom International
  Viacom International
  Viacom International, Inc. is a current subsidiary of Viacom .It is the holding company for copyrights associated with Viacom's corporate website and its cable networks, specifically MTV Networks, and is the division which licenses the product rights for their various properties...
  
   Inc.

Characters/Voice actors

• Betty Koala (Cleo Paskal
  Cleo Paskal
  Cleo Paskal is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, , Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, India and Adjunct Professor of Global Change, School of Communication and Management Studies, Kochi, India. Also she was a consultant for the U.S...
  
  , Japanese: Yuriko Yamamoto
  Yuriko Yamamoto
  is a Japanese voice actress currently employed by Aoni Production.-Notable voice roles:* Arcadia of My Youth as La Mime* Dancouga as Sara Yuki* Earthian as Takako* Fight! Iczer One as Iczer One* Fist of the North Star as Yuria...
  
  )
• Colt Kangaroo (Rob Roy)
• Curator, Mr. (Michael Rudder
  Michael Rudder
  Michael Rudder is a Canadian film, television, theatre and voice actor, who was injured in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.-Acting work:...
  
  )
• Duckbill Platypus (Arthur Grosser
  Arthur Grosser
  Arthur Grosser is an actor who also works as a physical chemistry professor at McGill University, Montreal. He has done a lot of voice acting work in several animated series as well as in video games such as Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed.-Filmography:...
  
  , Japanese: Isamu Tanonaka
  Isamu Tanonaka
  was a Japanese seiyū from Taitō, Tokyo. During his life he has been attached to Gekidan Tōgei and then Theatre Echo; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death...
  
  )
• Floppy Rabbit (Timothy Webber, Japanese: Kyōko Tongū)
• Horsey Kangaroo (Dean Hagopian)
• Kiwi (Phillip Pretten)
• Laura Koala (Morgan Hallet, Japanese: Chisato Nakajima
  Chisato Nakajima
  is a Japanese voice actress currently represented by Aoni Production. Her hobbies include painting, singing, and tennis.She is most known for the roles of Mari-san in Kinnikuman and Percy the Small Engine in the Japanese dub of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.-Anime television:*Kimagure Orange...
  
  )
• Lewis, Miss (Bronwen Mantel
  Bronwen Mantel
  Bronwen Mantel is a Canadian actress who has appeared in several movies including Secret Window and Gothika, and as a voice actress in the TV series Mega Babies, Adventures of the Little Koala, Arthur, Bobobobs, Tripping the Rift, Sharky and George, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Papa Beaver's...
  
  , Japanese: Fuyumi Shiraishi
  Fuyumi Shiraishi
  is a Japanese voice actor.-Voice Roles:*Ashita no Joe *Osomatsu-kun 1966 *Obake no Q-Taro 1985 *Kaibutsu-kun 1968 *Mobile Suit Gundam 1979-1980 *Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam 1985...
  
  )
• Macky Macky (Richard Dumont
  Richard Dumont
  Richard M. Dumont is a voice actor and director who has worked in both Canada and the United States. He voices Menator, the aging leader of the Olmecs in The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Grognard in Night Hood and Scarecrow in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
  
  )
• Mayor, Mr. (A.J. Henderson
  A.J. Henderson
  A.J. Henderson is a Canadian voice actor, born in Montreal, Quebec.- Biography :He is very prolific, having done voices for numerous anime, cartoons, and video games...
  
  )
• Mimi Rabbit (Barbara Pogemiller, Japanese: Mayumi Shou)
• Mingle (Barbara Pogemiller)
• "Mommy" Koala (Jane Woods, Japanese: Yoshie Asai)
• Nick Penguin (Ian Finlay, Japanese: Yumiko Shibata
  Yumiko Shibata
  is a Japanese voice actress employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce.-TV:*Gō Q Chōji Ikkiman *Headmaster *High School! Kimengumi *Kyōryū Wakusei...
  
  )
• Nose, Dr. (Walter Massey)
• Pamie Penguin (Bronwen Mantel
  Bronwen Mantel
  Bronwen Mantel is a Canadian actress who has appeared in several movies including Secret Window and Gothika, and as a voice actress in the TV series Mega Babies, Adventures of the Little Koala, Arthur, Bobobobs, Tripping the Rift, Sharky and George, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Papa Beaver's...
  
  , Japanese: Noriko Tsukase
  Noriko Tsukase
  was a Japanese voice actress and chanson singer active during the 1970s and 1980s.Tsukase was born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Her most popular roles included Spank in Ohayō! Spank, Miss Alphonne in the original Cutie Honey TV series, and Non in Majokko Megu-chan...
  
  )
• "Papa" Koala (Walter Massey, Japanese: Hachirou Ozuma)
• Roobear Koala (Steven Bednarski
  Steven Bednarski
  Steven Bednarski is a Canadian historian and actor.He was born in Montreal, Québec. He has lived in Toronto, Ontario, and now lives in Waterloo, Ontario....
  
  , Japanese: Toshiko Fujita
  Toshiko Fujita
  is a Japanese seiyū. She currently works at Aoni Production.-Roles:*Bonobono in the first Bonobono film*Cross in Ginga Nagareboshi Gin*Corazón Muto in Allison & Lillia...
  
   as "Kokki")
• Walter Kangaroo (A.J. Henderson
  A.J. Henderson
  A.J. Henderson is a Canadian voice actor, born in Montreal, Quebec.- Biography :He is very prolific, having done voices for numerous anime, cartoons, and video games...
  
  , Japanese: Naoki Tatsuta
  Naoki Tatsuta
  is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production.He is most known for the roles of Buta Gorilla , Daima Jin , Oolong , Ashibe's Father , and Scoop-kun ....
  
  )
• Weather (Richard Dumont
  Richard Dumont
  Richard M. Dumont is a voice actor and director who has worked in both Canada and the United States. He voices Menator, the aging leader of the Olmecs in The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Grognard in Night Hood and Scarecrow in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
  
  , Japanese: Kaneto Shiozawa
  Kaneto Shiozawa
  Kaneto Shiozawa , real name was a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo affiliated with Aoni Production. He had a distinctive cold, calm voice which usually typecast him in roles as villains or anti-heroes....
  
  )

Japanese theme music

• Music: Hiro Nagasawa
• Performed by: Akasaka Komachi (later Princess Princess
  Princess Princess (band)
  was a five-piece Japanese Rock/Pop girl band from 1983-1996. They were previously known as "Julian Mama" and "Akasaka Komachi" ....
  
  )

English version "Koala Song" theme

• Music: Pierre-Daniel Rheault
• Lyrics: Liz Joyce
• Performed by: Sonja Ball, Shari Chaskin and Maxie Vaughann

List of episodes

There were 52 episodes; they are listed in the pairs they were aired in.

• The Old Clock Tower / Mingle Takes A Dive
• Is Weather A Frog? / Lost In A Race
• Ghost Ship / Balloon Pamie
• The King of the Castle / Hang-Gliding With Roobear
• The Mysterious Moa Bird / Love That Baby Moa!
• Snow White and the Seven Koalas / Roobear's Invention
• Papa On Stilts / Detective Roobear
• The Dinosaur Egg / Treasure Hunt
• Pamie Falls In Love / The Koala Butterfly
• The Koala Bear Gang / Back To Nature
• Roobear Saves the Day / Editor-In-Chief Roobear
• Monster Scoop / The Biggest Jigsaw Puzzle In the World
• Who Will Be the Flower Queen? / Circus Day
• Roobear the Babysitter / Papa Makes a Pie
• The Amazing Boomerang / The Runaway Hat
• Conquering Mt. Breadknife / Save the Eucalyptus
• Mommy Can Fly / The Secret of the McGillicuddy Vase
• Heavenly Fireworks / Save that Junk
• The Winner / A Hundred-Year-Old Camera
• Nurse Pamie / Any Mail Today?
• The Writing on the Wall / A Ride In A Spaceship
• Is Mingle a Nuisance? / Allowance Problems
• A Whale of a Ride / Laura Finds An Egg
• A Broken Umbrella / Save The Butterflies
• The Moon Goddess / The Flying Doctor
• A Eucalyptus Rocket / Penguins Don't Fly