Ox Tales

Ox Tales, also known as is an anime television series produced by Telecable Benelux B.V. in association with Saban Entertainment and animated by Telescreen Japan. It was a co-production between Japan and the Netherlands based on the comic strip Boes created by Wil Raymakers and Thijs Wilms. The series ran on the Japanese network TV Tokyo from 7 April 1987–29 March 1988. It consists of 102 fifteen-minute episodes, that were regularly broadcast as 51 half-hour shows of two episodes each. The series currently has two English dubs. The 1989 dub produced by Saban and the 2010 dub produced by m4e, the current owner of the Telescreen library. Ox Tales is still remained to appear as a column strip in several Dutch daily and weekly newspapers.
Plot
The series follows the adventures of Ollie as he runs the Funny Farm, containing possibly every animal known.
Characters
Main characters
Ollie (Boes in the 2010 dub) - Ollie/Boes is a ox that owns the Funny Farm and isn't exactly the greenest grass on the farm. Although he means well, For some reasons, he makes situations worse than they normally are, but this is actually rare.
Jack Turtleson (Tad in the 2010 dub), - Jack/Tad a turtle who is Ollie's best friend, as he's seen mostly hanging out with him in each episode. However, in every mess that he and Ollie/Boes get into, you can bet that his shell will break apart at least once. In the Dutch comics and anime version, along with the Italian version, he is a female turtle.
Sammy (Saffie in the 2010 dub), a greyhound - Ollie's/Boes' most loyal pet on the farm who accompanies Ollie/Boes and Jack/Tad on their adventures in some episodes.
Others
Edward - an elephant who acts as a fireman.
Ellie the Elephant
Igor the Octopus
Crown the Bald eagle
Gaylord - a Mountain gorilla who usually doesn't know his own strength at times.
Audrey - a ostrich who usually gets his head stuck in the ground somewhere on the farm.
Rodney - a hot-headed Black rhinoceros who cannot seem to keep his horn on or even in for one part.
Holly the Kangaroo
Bob the Kangaroo
Weave the Kangaroo
Jenny the Kangaroo
Teddie the Kangaroo
Larry the Cheetah
Lenny - a lion that imagines himself as a great hunter, although he cannot seem to take the initiative when he finally catches his food.
Towilla - a sarcastic Toco toucan who is the narrator of the English, German and Japanese dubs of the show and normally would insult a character and comment on what happens in the episode and will interrupted by the events in the episode. He breaks the fourth wall for some reason.
Bruce - a greedy grizzly bear who often tries to steal Ollie's honey.
Buggy the Stork
Horace - a hot-headed and stubborn Thoroughbred horse that tends to have a knack for fighting.
Moe - a mole who acts as a comic relief.
Harry the Sloth
Hannah - The leader of a gang of chickens that never take kindly to having their eggs stolen by predators.
Mr. Croack the Frog
Bibbo the Owl
Jojo - a olive baboon who likes to climb.
Samson - a sea lion who likes to play with voleyballs.
Shirley - a lazy Cheviot sheep.
Walter the Woodpecker
Willy the Woodpecker
Helda the Hippopotamus
Robby the Chicken
Paul the Polar Bear
Donny the Stork
Nessie the Cow
Calvin - a calf who always has the need to suck on an udder.
Topsy the Aardvark
Tom the Turkey
Tim the Orangutan
Patrick the Porcupine
The MacDuffs- a group of storks.
Snuffles the panda
Zane - a zebra who has about as much stubbornness as Horace.
Peggy- a female Yorkshire pig
Peter the Pig
Jolly the dolphin
Cecil - a mischievous skunk with both an abundant flatulence issue and a rather sadistic habit of only wanting to relieve his massive amounts of gas, if he can do so in the presence of others.
Bura the Crow
Rott the Parrot
Cal - a Saltwater crocodile with a big appetite, and will try to eat any animal on the farm, but fails to do so in any way.
Morris - a strategic mouse who knows how to get away in a hurry, and ruin mouse-catching plans of others in the process.
Calvin the Cat - a Bengal cat that acts themouse hunter on the farm, although Morris mostly gets the better of him.
Theme songs
Japanese version
Kimi no freedom (君のフリーダム)
Performed by Raffle (OP)
Joke DE mou dash (ジョークDE猛ダッシュ)
Performed by Koorogi '73 (OP)
Credits
Original credits
Directors: Hiroshi Sasagawa, Maki Nakahara (co-director)
From an original idea by: Wil Raymakers, Thijs Wilms, Maki Nakahara
Music: Shinsuke Kazato (Original version), Clous van Mechelen (Dutch version)
Special effects and sound design: Hisao Shirai
Series Composition: Matsue Jinbo, Tony Dirne, Rob Dirne, Mario de Vries
Writers: Nao Furukawa, Toshi Ohira, Kiyoshi Onishi, Kaoru Jushina
Executive producer: Dennis Livson
Prosucer: Kazuo Tabata
Saban English version credits
Executive producer: Haim Saban
Supervising producer: Winston Richard
Directors: Robert V. 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 and character designs: Wil Raymakers, Thijs Wilms
Re-recording mixers: Clive Mizumoto, Gary Coppola, R.D. Floyd
Music administration: Ron Kenan
Music supervisor: Andrew Dimitroff
Music orchestrations and arrangements by: Barry Trop, Richard Firth
Music engineers: Barron Abramovitch, Xavier Garcia
Music editors: Nick Carr Paul Ray, Patrick Von Wiegandt, Mark Ryan Martin
Sound effects editors: Gary Jaye, John Valentino, Scott Page
Additional direction: Scott Page, Jeff Winkless
Script and talent coordinator: Kelly Griffin
Engineers: Scott Page, Bruce Peters, David Walsh
Assistant engineers: Ron Salaises, Kevin Newson, Bill Filipiak
Film transfers by: Action Video
On-line editor: Susan Jenkins
Title art by: Sam Johnson
Post production assistant: Amber Santilli
Assistant to Mr. Saban: Sherry Jeffreys
Accounting executive: Carol Diesel
Production accountants: Vicky Werby, Val Decrowl, Janice Auchterloine, Sharon Staine
Copyright 1987/88 Meander Studio/Telecable Benelux/T.V. Tokyo
Copyright 1989 Saban Productions, Saban International Services, Inc., Saban International N.V.
Saban English dubbed episode writers
Tracy Alexander
Robert Axelrod ("If The Clog Fits...")
Robert V. Barron
Robert Benedict
Robert Deutsch
Melora Harte
Dave Mallow
Benjamin Lesko
Richard Epcar
Tony Oliver
Steve Kramer
Doug Stone
Michael McConnohie
Mike Reynolds
Barbara Riel
Donald Roche
Michael Sorich
Jeff Winkless
Tom Wyner
Shannon Mahan
Eric Elfman
Lisa Paulette
Dayna Barron
Wendee Manhel
Johnny Goff
Heather Upjohn
Tim Reid
Michael Santiago
Jon Page
Byrd Ehlmann
Ann Burgund
Nora L. Goodman
Joe Ellison
Edie Mirman
Ardwight Chamberlain
Barbara Oliver
Mark Ryan-Martin
Eric Early
Saban English dubbed voice actors
Jeff Winkless - Olly the Ox, additional characters
Michael Sorich - Jack Turtleson, additional characters
Steve Kramer - Towilla the Toucan, additional characters
Barbara Goodson - Moe the Mole, additional characters
Hoek & Sonépouse English version credits
Dubbing English version: Hoek & Sonépouse
With the voices of: Michael Diederich, Amber Ruffin, Rob Andrist-Plourde and Brian Tijon Ajong
Director English version: Michael Diederich
Translation English version: Michael Diederich
Worldwide distribution: Telescreen B.V
© 2010 Re-mastered and revised version: Meander Studio, Telecable Benelux, TV Tokyo
Broadcast and home media
The series has been aired in several countries outside Japan and has been dubbed and subtitled in English and numerous other languages. The series was broadcast in the United Kingdom several times between 1991 and 1996, on the ITV network.
In the late 1990s, the series was planned to air on Fox Family in the USA. However this was scrapped for unknown reasons.
In the USA, a few episodes of the show were released on VHS by Just for Kids in the early 1990s; the show was officially released on DVD in Portugal and Spain in 2006.
In 1989 Arab World, It first aired on Saudi TV.
In the 2010s, the entire series is now uploaded by YouTube's m4e channel.
References
External links
1987 anime television series debuts
1988 Japanese television series endings
Japanese children's animated comedy television series
Comedy anime and manga
Television shows based on comic strips
Anime based on comics
TV Tokyo original programming
ITV children's television shows
Television series about cattle
Animated television series about turtles
Animated television series about dogs
Television series by Saban Entertainment
Television shows set on farms