Chibi Maruko-chan (partially found English dubs of anime series; 1990s-2000s)
Chibi Maruko-chan (ちびまる子ちゃん) is an anime television series, based on the manga of the same name, about the simple life of a girl named Momoko Sakura and her family living in Shimizu (suburban Japan) in the year 1974. The manga was originally adapted to a 142-episode anime TV series that aired from 1990-1992. It was then adapted again in 1995 which has been on the air ever since. As of September 2020, over 1200 episodes had been aired.
Nickelodeon India
Chibi Maruko-chan used to air on Nick India in English and Hindi, the official Chibi Maruko-chan YouTube channel has uploaded some episodes of 1995 series with the Nick India English dub.
Voicebox Productions (Canada)/Pioneer Entertainment)
Voicebox Productions in Vancouver, Canada has listed a Chibi Maruko-chan direct-to-video release by Pioneer Entertainment on their website since the early 2000s.[1][2] Teryl Rothery has included her involvement with a Vancouver dub of the series, though instead of Voicebox, she credits the production to Ocean Studios.[3] No trace of this separate English dub has surfaced.
Animax Asia
The anime was dubbed in English in Asia by Omni Productions and aired on Animax Asia.[4][5] As of 2020, the only clip of the dub has surfaced online was a brief clip of an episode of the 1990 series. [6]
Voice Cast
- Russell Wait as The narrator
- Sarah Hauser as Momoko Sakura (Maruko-chan)
- Emily Woo Zeller and Andrea Kwan as Sumire Sakura (Maruko's mother)
- Candice Moore as Sakiko Sakura (Maruko's sister)
- Michael Pizzuto as Shigeru Fujiki and Noritaka Hamazaki (Hamaji)
- Sarah Hauser as Mrs. Maruo (Maruo's mother)
Japan Foundation
Starting in late 2018, some episodes of the 1995 series were dubbed to English by the Japan Foundation and posted to YouTube by the official Chibi Maruko-chan channels. these can be found on both on its dedicated English language and general dub channels.
Voice Cast
- Michael Szuc as The narrator
- Catherine Fu as Momoko Sakura (Maruko-chan)
- Jack Murphy as Hiroshi Sakura (Maruko's father)
- Muriel Hofmann as Sumire Sakura (Maruko's mother)
- Lily Troncale as Sakiko Sakura (Maruko's sister)
- Simon Broad as Tomozo Sakura (Maruko's grandfather)
- Candiace Moore as Kotake Sakura (Maruko's grandmother)
- Muriel Hofmann as Tamae Honami (Tama-chan)
- David McKinney as Sueo Maruo
- Hunter Purvis as Kazuhiko Hanawa
- Jamie Anderson and Dave Bridge as Additional Voices
References
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20021120091324/http://www.voiceboxproductions.com/
- ↑ http://www.voiceboxproductions.com/index.html
- ↑ Teryl Rothery Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=479
- ↑ https://hk.linkedin.com/in/bernard-lee-46b11229
- ↑ https://www.vidlii.com/watch?v=Vj3An8wqex3
- ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=479