Shimajiro (series)

Shimajiro is a popular Japanese anime kids show featuring anthropomorphic animals including **Shimajiro** the boy tiger, **Flappie** the Parrot bird, **Mimi-Lynne,** the white rabbit, **Nikki,** the pink cat. Shimajrio lives with his mother and father and his tiger sister **Hana**. As Shimajiro explores the world around him on Challenge island and goes to kindergarten with his friends.

This TV show aired in Japan on Tokyo TV in December 13, 1993 and ended on March 31, 2008.

This TV show was revived as *Shimajiro: A World of Wow!* in 2012.

This TV show also featured movies including Shimajiro and Fufu's Great Adventure: Save the Seven-Colored Flower! released in 2013, Shimajiro and the whale song released in 2014, Shimajiro and the Big Tree 2015, Shimajiro in Bookland 2016, Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis 2017.

For the characters of Shimajiro see List of Characters

## Characters

**Shimajiro Shimano**

**Mimi-Lynne**

**Flappie**

**Nikki**

**Hana Shimano**

**Shimajiro's Mother**

**Shimajiro's Father**

**Shimajiro's Grandma**

**Shimajiro's Grandpa**

**Ramurin Makiba**

**Dr. Roarson**

**Mimi's Mother**

**Mimi's Father**

**Flappie's Mother**

**Flappie's Father**

**Flappie's Grandma**

**Flappie's 3 Siblings**

**Nikki's Mother**

**Nikki's Grandma**

**Nikki's Brother**

**Lion Police Officer**

**Shikako Teacher**

**Music Box Squirrel Girl**

**2 Rabbit Puppets**

## Locations

**Shimajiro's House**

**Mimi's House**

**Flappie's Cabin**

**Dr. Roarson's House**

**Pantaro's Mansion**

**Shimajiro's School**

**Kirigashima Island**

## Voice Actors

**Omi Minami as Shimajiro**

**Miki Takahashi as Mimi-Lynne, Hannah**

**Takumi Yamazaki as Flappie**

**Saori Sugimoto (1964-2021) as Nikki, Ramurin Makiba**

**Minoru Inaba as Dr. Roarson**

**Kikuko Inoue as Shimajiro's Mother**

**Chafûrin as Shimajiro's Father**

**Kanon Kimoto as Punitan**

**Mayuka Thais as Mayuka Oneesan**

**Yuki Masuda as Music Box Squirrel Girl**

## TV series

***Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō*** 1993-2008

***Hakken Taiken Daisuki! Shimajirō*** 2008-2010

***Shimajirō Hesoka*** 2010-2012

***Shimajirō: A World of Wow!*** 2012-Present

**TV episode list**

## Songs

* Holding Hands
* Hello Song
* The Alphabet Song
* World of Wow Theme Song
* Happy Jam Jam
* Wonderland
* The Good Morning Song
* Shimashima Daisuk
* Yes I Can!
* Happy Party
* Samba Pizza

## Movies

* **Shimajiro and Fufu's Big Adventure** **2013**
* **Shimajiro and the Whale's Song** **2014**
* **Shimajiro and the Mother Tree 2015**
* **Shimajiro in Bookland 2016**
* **Little Shimajiro 2016**
* **Shimajiro and the Rainbow Oasis 2017**
* **Shimajiro the Movie: Adventures on Magic Island 2018**
* **Shimajiro and Ururu's Hero Island 2019**
* **Qiaohu and the Fantastic Flying Ship 2019**
* **The Adventures of Qiaohu Magic Island** **2021**
* **Shimajiro and The Prince of Glittering Kingdom 2022**

## Trivia

* Shimajiro is TV show that was never translated into English which is strictly in Japanese, however there are some TV episodes that are in English which is to teach Japanese people how to speak English. There are some episodes that are in Chinese speaking audience which features different voice actors.