Baby Felix
Baby Felix | |
ベイビーフィリックス (Beibī Firikkusu) | |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Negishi Kunitoshi Okajima (Chief) |
Produced by | Don Oriolo |
Written by | Yasunari Suda Nobuaki Kishima |
Music by | Katsumi Horii |
Studio | Radix AEON NEC Interchannel |
Licensed by |
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Original network | NHK (2000–2001) |
Original run | October 8, 2000 – June 29, 2001 |
Episodes | 65 |
Baby Felix (ベイビーフィリックス, Beibī Firikkusu) is a Japanese children's animated television program that follows the adventures of a young Felix the Cat and infant versions of the characters from Joe Oriolo's Felix television program from the 1950s. It was launched by Oriolo's son, Don Oriolo in 2000 with NHK Educational, NEC Interchannel and AEON inc. of Japan. The show consists of 26 half-hour episodes. It follows in the long line of "Baby Cartoon Revivals" alongside such shows as Muppet Babies, Baby Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry Kids, and The Flintstone Kids. All 26 episodes were released in Bulgaria on 9 DVDs by A-Design. In 2010, DVDs have been released in Hungary as well.
The series became available on Peacock on July 15, 2020.
Voice cast
- Baby Felix: Yumi Touma (Japanese voice) Denise NeJame (English voice)
- Felix: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese voice) Don Oriolo (English voice)
- Marin Kitty/Baby Kitty: Ai Maeda (Japanese voice) Jennifer Brassard (English voice)
- Skippy: Motoko Kumai (Japanese voice)
- Mookie: Noko Konoha (Japanese voice)
- Mimi: Atsuko Enomoto (Japanese voice) Jennifer Brassard (English voice)
- Tattoo: Hisayo Mochizuki (Japanese voice)
- Bull/Biff: Tesshō Genda (Japanese voice)
- Rock Bottom: Kōichi Nagano (Japanese voice)
- Zoo: Kōichi Sakaguchi (Japanese voice)
- Professor: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese voice) Don Oriolo (English voice)
- Master Cylinder: Kōichi Nagano (Japanese voice) Don Oriolo (English voice)
- Poindexter: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese voice) Don Oriolo (English voice)
- Marty: Ryūsei Nakao (Japanese voice)
- Majorina/Esmeralda: Rei Sakuma (Japanese voice) Jennifer Brassard (English voice)
- Play-by-play Announcer: Showtaro Morikubo (Japanese voice)
Episodes
Each episode is 22 to 23 minutes long, and it has 4 sub-episodes which makes a storyline, all 5 minutes each. After two sub-episodes is an in-between "Music-Time" segment (both 'Music-Time' segments are 2 minutes total).
Volume 1: His Magic Bag of Tricks
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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01 | "Baseball-O-Rama" | TBA | TBA | October 8, 2000 October 15, 2000 October 22, 2000 November 5, 2000 | 001 |
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02 | "Magic Bag Mania" | TBA | TBA | November 12, 2000 November 19, 2000 December 3, 2000 December 10, 2000 | 002 |
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03 | "The Professor is Bad News" | TBA | TBA | December 17, 2000 December 24, 2000 January 7, 2001 January 14, 2001 | 003 |
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04 | "The Great Outdoors" | TBA | TBA | January 21, 2001 January 28, 2001 February 4, 2001 February 11, 2001 | 004 |
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05 | "Mirror Mirror" | TBA | TBA | February 18, 2001 February 25, 2001 March 4, 2001 March 11, 2001 | 005 |
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Volume 2: Magic Bag, Do Your Stuff
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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01 | "Medieval~A~Go~Go" | TBA | TBA | April 30, 2001 May 1, 2001 May 2, 2001 May 3, 2001 | 001 |
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02 | "Space Case" | TBA | TBA | May 4, 2001 May 7, 2001 May 8, 2001 May 9, 2001 | 002 |
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03 | "Which Witch is Which?" | TBA | TBA | May 10, 2001 May 11, 2001 May 14, 2001 May 15, 2001 | 003 |
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04 | "Welcome to Adventure Island" | TBA | TBA | May 16, 2001 May 17, 2001 May 18, 2001 May 21, 2001 | 004 |
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Volume 3: I Want my Chocolate!
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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01 | "Brain Power" | TBA | TBA | May 22, 2001 May 23, 2001 May 24, 2001 May 25, 2001 | 001 |
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02 | "The Professor Strikes Back" | TBA | TBA | May 28, 2001 May 29, 2001 May 30, 2001 May 31, 2001 | 002 |
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03 | "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" | TBA | TBA | June 1, 2001 June 4, 2001 June 5, 2001 June 6, 2001 | 003 |
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04 | "Baby Felix's Hijinxs" | TBA | TBA | June 7, 2001 June 8, 2001 June 11, 2001 June 12, 2001 | 004 |
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Citations
External links
- Baby Felix & Friends Official Website
- Baby Felix (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Baby Felix at IMDb
References
- Baby Felix Official Website (archived)
- Pax-Koo's HomePage
- 2000 anime television series debuts
- 2000 anime television series
- Japanese children's animated comedy television series
- Japanese children's animated fantasy television series
- Comedy anime and manga
- Fantasy anime and manga
- Felix the Cat television series
- Animated television series about children
- NHK shows
- Anime and manga featuring anthropomorphic characters
- Anime spin-offs
- Child versions of cartoon characters
- Animated television series about cats