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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, known in Japan as Oz no Mahōtsukai (オズの魔法使い), is a Japanese anime television series adaptation based on four of the original Oz books by L. Frank Baum. In Japan, the series aired on TV Tokyo from 1986 to 1987. It consists of 52 episodes, which explain other parts of the Oz stories, including the events that happened after Dorothy returned home.

Synopsis

A young girl named Dorothy has gone to live with her uncle and aunt on their small farm. One day when Dorothy is left alone in the house a tornado appears. Dorothy fails to get to the basement in time, and the entire house is picked up and transported to a magical land, falling on and killing a wicked witch. There she is informed by a good witch that she must travel to the Emerald City and meet a great wizard who may be able to help her find a way home. Along the way she makes some incredible friends and sees many strange and fantastic things.


Dubbing History[]

In 1987, HBO purchased the rights to the series and dubbed it into English. Production for the English version was done by the Canadian company Cookie Jar Entertainment (known then as Cinar). Actress Margot Kidder was hired as narrator, and the Canadian band Parachute Club provided songs for the series, which aired as a mini-series. The English version attempted to completely occlude the show's Japanese origins, going so far as to remove all Japanese names and studios from the credits and to credit key aspects of the animation to Westerners, which applied primarily to the CGI opening sequence.

To give it a secondary market, episodes of the show were later re-edited into four films and released in the United States on VHS and Laserdisc (and later DVD), in which major plots and storylines are removed in favour of cutting each story-arc down into their retrospective book-canon story.

Cast[]

Image Character Seiyū Voice Actor
Dorothy Dorothy Gale Sumi Shimamoto Morgan Hallett
Scarecrow Scarecrow Yoshito Yasuhara Richard Dumont
Cowardly Lion Lion Ichirō Nagai Neil Shee
Tin Man Tin Man Takuzō Kamiyama George Morris
Aunt Em Aunt Em Haruko Kitahama Bronwen Mantel
Uncle Henry Uncle Henry Eisuke Yoda Walter Massey
Guardian of the Gates Guardian of the Gates Junji Chiba A.J. Henderson
Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz Tadao Futami Vlasta Vrána
Good Witch of the North Good Witch of the North Mitsuko Tomobe Bronwen Mantel
Wicked Witch of the West Wicked Witch of the West Hisako Kyōda
Winged Monkey Head Winged Monkey Shingo Kanemoto Arthur Grosser
Glindaanime Glinda, the Good Witch
of the South 		Aiko Konoshima Barbara Poggemiller
Omby Amby Omby Amby Osamu Katō Terrence Labrosse
Tip Tip Masako Nozawa Steven Bednarski
Princess Ozma Princess Ozma
Prince Ed Prince of Ev Eiko Yamada
Mombi Mombi Chie Kitagawa Kathleen Fee
Pumpkinhead Jack Pumpkinhead Kazuyo Aoki Adrian Knight
Sawhorse Sawhorse Akio Nojima
Queen Field Mice Queen of the Field Mice Fumi Hirano Jane Woods
Billina Billina Rihoko Yoshida Kathleen Fee
Jinjur General Jinjur Runa Akiyama Jane Woods
Tik-Tok Tik-Tok Yūji Mitsuya A.J. Henderson
Princess-Langwidere Princess Lulu Yoko Asagami Bronwen Mantel
Nome-King The Nome King Osamu Saka Rob Roy
Brandy Lord Kaliko Tamio Ōki Arthur Grosser
Guph General Guph Jōji Yanami Dean Hagopian
Growleywog The Growleywog Tetsuo Mizutori
Narration N/A Margot Kidder

Episodic Characters[]

Character Seiyū Dub Actor Episode
Munchkins Isamu Tanonaka
Atsuko Mine
Mie Suzuki 		¿? 1-2
Boq Eken Mine ¿? 2
Peaches Haru Endō ¿?
Crow Kaneta Kimotsuki ¿?
Wicked Witch of the East Masako Nozawa Bronwen Mantel 3
Stork Rihoko Yoshida ¿? 5
Mice Shigeru Chiba
Naoki Tatsuta
Junichi Sugawara 		¿?
Jellia Jamb Rihoko Yoshida ¿? 6-7, 21, 42-43, 46
Munchkins Ikuo Nishikawa
Takeo Ono 		¿? 6
The Giant Head Seizō Katō Vlasta Vrána
The Beautiful Lady Mari Yokoo Barbara Poggemiller 7
The Beast Toshiya Ueda Vlasta Vrána
The Ball of Fire Mahito Tsujimura
Head Wolf Santarō Tsuji ¿?
Head Crow Shigeru Chiba ¿? 8
Old Winkie Minoru Yada ¿?
Winkie Captain Kenichi Ogata ¿?
Winkie Soldiers Keaton Yamada
Shōhei Sakaguchi
Naoki Tatsuta
Bin Shimada 		¿?
Winkie Overseer Mahito Tsujimura ¿? 9-10
Winkie Guard Keaton Yamada ¿?
Winkie Slaves Naoki Tatsuta
Junichi Sugawara 		¿? 9
Winkie Soldiers Bin Shimada
Shō Hayami 		¿?
Villager Fumio Matsuoka A.J. Henderson 11
Emerald City Inhabitants Keaton Yamada
Mie Suzuki 		¿? 13
China General Yūji Fujishiro ¿? 15-16
China Princess Gara Takashima ¿? 16
China Soldier Kiyonobu Suzuki ¿?
Hammerheads Kōichi Kitamura
Shōzō Iizuka 		¿?
Quadlings Yuri Nashiwa
Mie Suzuki 		Susan Glover
Guard Rumiko Ukai ¿? 17, 27
Circus Workers Masaru Ikeda
Kōzō Shioya 		A.J. Henderson 18
Army of Revolt Eriko Hara
Naoko Matsui 		Gayle Garfinkle 21-25, 28-30
Wheelers Mahito Tsujimura
Kōichi Kitamura
Kaneta Kimotsuki 		¿? 31
Mouse Ryūsei Nakao ¿? 32
Stone Monsters Masaharu Satō
Shigezō Sasaoka 		¿? 35
Nomes Masaharu Satō
Kōzō Shioya
Junichi Sugawara 		¿? 36-40
Woman Atsuko Mine ¿? 43
Man Kōzō Shioya ¿?
Miss Cuttenclip Miyuki Ichijō Bronwen Mantel 44
Mr. Fuddle Hitoshi Takagi Walter Massey
Sergeant Bristol Yūji Fujishiro ¿?
Paper Bird Eriko Hara Bronwen Mantel
Soldiers Kenichi Ono
Kazutaka Sekiguchi 		¿?
Metalworker Yasuo Muramatsu ¿? 46
Old Man Masaharu Satō ¿?
Winkie Kōzō Shioya ¿? 48

Additional Voices[]

Transmission[]

Date(s) Channel Country
1987 HBO United States United States
1990's ABC Australia Australia
2008-2012 This TV United States United States

Video Releases[]

Distributor Year Format Contents Region Country
Discotek Media 2017 DVD The Complete Series 1
NTSC 		United States United States
6 Discs
Bluray fontlogo 3 The Complete Series A
NTSC
1 Disc*

*Released on Standard Definition Blu-Ray.

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