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'''''Cherry Town Story''''' aka '''''Cherry Town Monogatari''''' (チェリータウン物語, Cherry Town Stories) was a short anime film shown at Ōji Fancy Land, an amusement park that existed in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture from 1989 to 1995. It was produced by Toei Animation to commemorate the opening of the park, Poppy Cinema Theater attraction and was about 12 minutes long. Note that it is unrelated to ''Maple Town Stories'' (''Maple Town Monogatari''), also produced by Toei Animation. The short, featuring the park's mascot Cherry Mimi and her friends, was specifically shown at the park's Poppy Cinema Theater attraction. 

The film is not well known to many people and its plot was unknown for a long time. The only resources that could be found on the Internet were staff information from Wikipedia and a single captured image from a 1989 Toei Animation brochure<ref>[https://archive.org/details/1989-toei-animation-pamphlet/page/n37/mode/2up 1989 Toei Animation Brochure] Retrieved June 17, 2023</ref>.

The full film was uploaded by YouTube user asakusa taro on August 25, 2023.

==Cast==
*Yumi Tōma as Cherry Mimi
*Keiichi Noda as Father
*Nana Yamaguchi as Mother
*Banjō Ginga as Mayor Biglon
*Tomiko Suzuki as Jiro
*Hiromi Tsuru as Muscat
*Shigeru Chiba as Jackie
*Naoki Tatsuta as Goggle Sam
==Staff==
*Creator - Isamu Tsuchida
*Planning - Kenrō Murayama, Ikuo Itō Tadanao Tsuji
*Producer - Toyohiko Hiraga, Hidenobu Hata
*Music - Goichi Misumi
*Production Manager - Masahisa Saeki
*Scenario - Mitsuru Shimada
*Film Director - Hisao Shirai
*Artist - Yūko Kobayashi, Tomoko Arikawa
*Character Design/Animation - Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
*Director - Toshihiko Arisako
*Storyboard - Yoshikatsu Kasai
*Key Animation - Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Masami Suda, etc.
*Animation - Hideki Nagashima, Masayuki Shibano, etc.
*Background - Yūko Kobayashi, Tomoko Arikawa
*Inspection - Yoshiko Sakuma, Yasue Itasaka, etc.
*Special Effects - Subaru Sekiai
*Filming - Motoaki Ikegami, Noriko Suzuki, etc.
*Editor - Shinichi Fukumitsu
*Recording - Taneyoshi Imaseki
*Effects - Michihiro Itō
*Choosing Music - Soeno Satō
*Assistant Director - Junichi Fujise, Harumi Kosaka
*Production Progress - Hideyuki Fujibashi
*Inspection Progress - Yutaka Kosada
*Art Progress - Hiroshi Misono
*Recording Studio - TAVAC Co., Ltd.
*Film Developing - Toei Labo Tech Co., Ltd.

==Gallery==
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Cherry Town characters.jpg|Key visual of the park mascot character in the 1989 Toei Animation brochure.
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===Park Commercials===
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==See Also==
===Toei Animation===
*[[Apache Baseball Academy (found Isao Takahata anime series based on manga; 1971-1972)]]
*[[Calimero (partially found original Japanese version of anime series; 1974-1975)]]
*[[Calimero (partially lost original Japanese version of anime series, 1992-1993)]]
*[[Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (partially found Toei pitch pilot of anime adaptation of Cartoon Network animated series; 2005)]]
*[[Dragon Ball (partially found Animax English dub of anime series; 2006)]]
*[[Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z (found original broadcast audio of anime series; 1986-1996)]]
*[[Dragon Ball Z Kai (lost unaired Ocean Productions English dub of anime series recut; 2010)]]
*[[Fist of the North Star (partially lost original uncensored version of anime film; 1986)]]
*[[Gegege no Kitaro: Ominous Sky! Yokai Castle (lost anime short film; 1996)]]
*[[Ghost Sweeper Mikami (partially found English dub of anime series; 1993-1994)]]
*[[Hannah Montana (lost production material of cancelled anime adaptation of Disney Channel teen sitcom; 2009-2010)]]
*[[Hyokkori Hyoutan-jima (partially found Toei anime film based on Japanese puppet show; 1967)]]
*[[Jigoku-Dōji (lost animated pilot of "Saishinban Gegege no Kitarō" manga series character; mid 1990s)]]
*[[The Little Twins (partially found English dub of Japanese animated series; 1992)]]
*[[Little Women (partially found anime adaptation of American novel; 1981)]]
*[[Magical DoReMi (lost Ocean Studios English dub pilot of anime series; 1999)]]
*[[Magical DoReMi (lost Singaporean English dub of anime series; 2004)]]
*[[Maple Town (partially found Saban English dub of anime series; late 1980s)]]
*[[One Piece (found 4Kids English dub of anime; 2004-2006)]]
*[[One Piece (found Singaporean English dub of anime series; 2003-2004)]]
*[[One Piece (partially found English pilot dubs of anime series; early 2000s)]]
*[[Pink Lady Monogatari: Eiko no Tenshitachi (partially found anime TV series; 1978-1979)]]
*[[Pretty Cure (partially found various English pilot dubs of anime franchise; 2000s)]]
*[[Ring ni Kakero (lost English dub pilot of anime series; mid-2000s)]]
*[[Slam Dunk (partially found Canadian English dub of anime series; 2005-2006)]]
*[[Toriko: Capture the Barbarian Ivy! (lost anime special; 2010)]]

==External Links==
*[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E5%AD%90%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89 Wikipedia article on Ōji Fancy Land.]

==References==
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[[Category:Found animation]]
[[Category:Found films]]
[[Category:Found media]]