Art of Maple Town
/Maple Town, also known as Maple Town Stories, is an animation series produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Junichi Sato in 1986. The series was created by Chifude Asakura and it served as one of the first projects for Kunihiko Ikuhara, who later joined the crew of Sailor Moon and Revolutionary Girl Utena. Ikuhara also served as an assistant director and production manager for some of the show's later episodes. The pictures on this page are a collection of artworks created for this series.
THE STORY
Patty Hoperabbit, along with her family, arrives in Maple Town, a small town inhabited by friendly animals. However, in a train heist by the sly, if usually "endearingly unsuccessful" thief, Wilde Wolf stole the mailbag from her father and escaped into the forest. Soon she followed after him to retrieve the mailbag. In the midst of getting the bag back from the thief, she befriends a boy of her age named Bobby Kumanoff who has the bag. After they escape from Wilde Wolf and outwit him, they deliver the mailbag safely to her father. Soon, the Rabbit Family settles in Maple Town as mail carriers and the bitter, yet sweet friendship of Patty and Bobby begins to blossom. At the same time they try to foil Wilde Wolf's plans…
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