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|title=<center>Demetan Croaker ( | |title=<center>Demetan Croaker (also known as Adventures on Rainbow Pond)</center> | ||
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<br><span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> (English, full series) | |||
<br><span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span> (French, full series) | |||
<br><span style="color:orange">'''Partially Found'''</span> (Spanish, full series) | |||
<br><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (English, feature-length adaptation) | |||
<br><span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (Spanish dub, feature-length adaptation) | |||
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<br>14 Sep 2014 (English, feature-length adaptation) | |||
<br>14 Jul 2016 (Spanish, full series) | |||
<br>14 Jul 2016 (French, full series) | |||
<br>18 Jul 2024 (Spanish, feature-length adaptation) | |||
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<br>[https://www.youtube.com/@AriesArtist02 AriesArtist] (English, ''The Brave Frog'') | |||
<br>[https://www.youtube.com/@NeilNadelman Neil Nadelman] (English, ''The Brave Frog's Greatest Adventure'') | |||
<br>[https://www.youtube.com/@PabloHumberto El rincón del anime] (French & Spanish, full series) | |||
<br>[https://www.youtube.com/@ScarletVortex Scarlet Vortex] (Spanish, feature-length adaptation) | |||
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'''''Adventures on Rainbow Pond''''' (also known as '''''The Brave Frog''''' and '''''Demetan Croaker''''') is an English adaptation of the TV anime ''Demetan The Frog'' (けろっこデメタン ''Kerokko Demetan''), produced by Harmony Gold at some point in the mid-to-late '80s (exact year unknown).<ref>[http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?s=a7eb20f7119deb62f9354256ddfc5b0e&p=1975167&postcount=9 A post on the Mania/AnimeOnDVD forums, referencing the existence of this dub, although the exact date of production is unknown.] 25 Nov '13</ref> It covered approximately 26 episodes of the original 39-episode series<ref>[http://harmonygold.com/catalog_adventuresrainbow.htm Harmony Gold's catalog entry for the series]. Retrieved 25 Nov '13</ref> | '''''Adventures on Rainbow Pond''''' (also known as '''''The Brave Frog''''' and '''''Demetan Croaker''''') is an English adaptation of the TV anime ''Demetan The Frog'' (けろっこデメタン ''Kerokko Demetan''), produced by Harmony Gold at some point in the mid-to-late '80s (exact year unknown).<ref>[http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?s=a7eb20f7119deb62f9354256ddfc5b0e&p=1975167&postcount=9 A post on the Mania/AnimeOnDVD forums, referencing the existence of this dub, although the exact date of production is unknown.] 25 Nov '13</ref> It covered approximately 26 episodes of the original 39-episode series<ref>[http://harmonygold.com/catalog_adventuresrainbow.htm Harmony Gold's catalog entry for the series]. Retrieved 25 Nov '13</ref> | ||
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On September 14th, 2014, the full English version of ''The Brave Frog'' was found and uploaded to YouTube by user Григорий Нестеров. | On September 14th, 2014, the full English version of ''The Brave Frog'' was found and uploaded to YouTube by user Григорий Нестеров. | ||
On July 18th, 2024, ''La rana valiente'', a Spanish dub of ''The Brave Frog'' published by East West DVD Entertainment | In July of 2016, YouTube user "El rincón del anime" began uploading every episode of the show; the video feed is taken from the French version (known as '''Démetan, la petite grenouille'''), but the audio is ripped from VHS tapes of the Spanish version (known as '''La ranita Demetán'''). The channel now has a full playlist containing all 39 episodes, plus the intro and the ending of the show.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLol8EHuvh6_QOpdGgAQAjFuFy8zz5kXBb ''La Ranita Demetán'']. Retrieved 23 Aug '24.</ref> | ||
On July 18th, 2024, '''La rana valiente''', a Spanish dub of ''The Brave Frog'' (this one produced independently from the one mentioned above and published by East West DVD Entertainment around 2005) was uploaded in full to the Internet Archive and partially to YouTube by user Scarlet Vortex.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/la-rana-valiente-kerokko-demetan ''La rana valiente'' (Tatsunoko Pro film)]. Retrieved 16 Aug '24.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 00:24, 24 August 2024
Cover art of French DVD.
Status:
Lost (English, full series)
Partially Found (French, full series)
Partially Found (Spanish, full series)
Found (English, feature-length adaptation)
Found (Spanish dub, feature-length adaptation)
Adventures on Rainbow Pond (also known as The Brave Frog and Demetan Croaker) is an English adaptation of the TV anime Demetan The Frog (けろっこデメタン Kerokko Demetan), produced by Harmony Gold at some point in the mid-to-late '80s (exact year unknown).[1] It covered approximately 26 episodes of the original 39-episode series[2]
Harmony Gold had also released the Demetan anime as two compilation films titled "The Brave Frog" (in 1988) and "The Brave Frog's Greatest Adventure" (in 1989).
Availability
While the two compilation film dubs have circulated around and have been widely seen, nothing has surfaced of the Rainbow Pond English incarnation. However, this version was used as the basis for a few international dubs, such as ones aired in Germany, Portugal, and Saudi Arabia.
It has been alleged that there were a few localization differences between this version and the compilation films, with the love interest character (Ranatan) being named "Pookie" in the two films but "Hilary" in the series. The German dub localized the same character's name to "Hildegard" in their version of the TV series, which was based on Harmony Gold's version.
A copyright catalogue of Harmony Gold's titles suggests that the rights to this version were held until at least 1996,[3] along with The Magical World of Gigi and a dub of Temple the Balloonist that was retitled "Sabrina's Journey".
On September 14th, 2014, the full English version of The Brave Frog was found and uploaded to YouTube by user Григорий Нестеров.
In July of 2016, YouTube user "El rincón del anime" began uploading every episode of the show; the video feed is taken from the French version (known as Démetan, la petite grenouille), but the audio is ripped from VHS tapes of the Spanish version (known as La ranita Demetán). The channel now has a full playlist containing all 39 episodes, plus the intro and the ending of the show.[4]
On July 18th, 2024, La rana valiente, a Spanish dub of The Brave Frog (this one produced independently from the one mentioned above and published by East West DVD Entertainment around 2005) was uploaded in full to the Internet Archive and partially to YouTube by user Scarlet Vortex.[5]
Gallery
References
- ↑ A post on the Mania/AnimeOnDVD forums, referencing the existence of this dub, although the exact date of production is unknown. 25 Nov '13
- ↑ Harmony Gold's catalog entry for the series. Retrieved 25 Nov '13
- ↑ Copyright catalogue referencing "Adventures on Rainbow Pond" Retrieved 25 Nov '13
- ↑ La Ranita Demetán. Retrieved 23 Aug '24.
- ↑ La rana valiente (Tatsunoko Pro film). Retrieved 16 Aug '24.