Alfred J. Kwak (partially lost Japanese dub of Dutch-German-Japanese animated series; 1989-1990)

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The logo for the anime series.

Status: Partially Lost

Alfred J. Kwak is a Dutch-German-Japanese anime comedy-drama television series based on a Dutch theatre show by Herman van Veen and was co-produced by VARA, Telecable Benelux B.V., ZDF and TV Tokyo and first shown in 1989. It consists of 52 episodes.

Despite the fact that it was animated in Japan, the only home media related to this anime that was released in Japan was music CD with show's theme song sang by Megumi Hayashibara.

This made the Japanese dub much rarer than any European dub show had considering there were DVD's and VHS's produced in many European countries with respectful dub of country in question.

On October 13th, 2008, YouTube user 6satan6lucifer6 uploaded the Japanese opening of Alfred J. Kwak, which seems to be TVRip, proving that recordings out there existed. In the comment section of the video, YouTube user OldClassicGamer asked if it's possible to find episodes of the show in Japanese. One of the answers stated that a long time ago, someone did upload all episodes in Japanese on YouTube but it seems like they were removed at some point, most likely due to copyright claims. Nevertheless, the user did say he had some episodes saved before they were removed thus sending OldClassicGamer 32 out of 52 episodes in the Japanese dub.[1]

Given the copyright law in Japan, it is likely possible that quite a few Japanese people have this anime recorded in their private collection but cannot upload it due to constant internet monitoring. Unless someone comes forward and says they have managed to saved episodes while they were on YouTube, chances of this dub being found are quite low.

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The opening to Alfred J. Kwak.

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