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''The Little Twins'' was a rare Japanese animated series produced in the early 1990's and which its English dub aired on ''Nick Jr.'' in the summer of 1999 before abruptly being removed from the block. It got a rare DVD release of a few episodes in early 2004, but otherwise remains extremely obscure. The show featured two tiny dwarf-like twins named Petal and Piper living on an island with their family; the theme song was performed by Carly Simon.
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|imagecaption=A VHS copy of the English dub.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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Clips of the series can be seen on YouTube.
'''''The Little Twins''''' ''(リトルツインズ)'' is a Japanese animated series produced by Toei Animation in the early 1990's<ref>[https://myanimelist.net/anime/28097/Little_Twins MyAnimeList page for Little Twins]</ref><ref name="wiki">[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA Japanese Wikipedia page for Little Twins]</ref>, having receiving '''an English Dub that aired on the Nickelodeon kids' block, Nick Jr.''' from  June 22, 1998 up until July 3, 1998, <ref name="schedule">[https://nickandmore.com/kids-tv-history/list-of-every-series-aired-on-nickelodeon/ A NickAndMore website listing all series that had aired on Nick Jr., with Little Twins]</ref> with a total of 13 episodes.<ref>[https://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=5062 aniDB page for Little Twins]</ref>
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[[Category:Lost TV|Little Twins (Rare 1992 Japanese Nick Jr. English dub)]]
==Plot==
[[Category:Lost animation|Little Twins (Rare 1992 Japanese Nick Jr. English dub)]]
The show centers around two Lilliputian twins, tiny dwarf-like creatures, named Petal and Piper living on an island, named with their family and going on various adventures, and their enjoying their everyday lives. The twins frequently meet various other normal-sized creatures and learn more about them.<ref>[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Lilliputians TVTropes article detailing the synopsis for this anime]</ref>
[[Category:Lost audio|Little Twins (Rare 1992 Japanese Nick Jr. English dub)]]
 
==Nick Jr.'s English Dub==
Having initially released as an OVA under the same name, released on July 23, 1992<ref name="wiki" />, the series aired on the Nickelodeon's kids' block, Nick Jr., 6 years after it was initially released, receiving an English Dub and had only aired two, starting from June 22nd, 1998 up until July 3, 1998. Only eight of the thirteen episodes were aired, with only two episodes being rerun. <ref name="schedule" />.
 
The series was executively produced by David Linde, and features Jack Maeby having an original soundtrack made for this dub.<ref>[https://animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7233 ANN Article on Little Twins]</ref>
 
==Availability==
The show fell quickly into obscurity, having limited information resurfaced on the internet about this dub. Nonetheless, a DVD release of the Nick Jr. Dub was released in 2004 (with one episode that was never aired on Nick Jr.), but with little to no traction about its release.<ref name="release">[https://archive.org/details/TheLittleTwins Archive.org Page for the Little Twins, which on the description mentions the obscure DVD release.]</ref>
 
With the DVD release, however, Archive.org and Twitter user [https://twitter.com/Ouren Ouren], had ripped and uploaded [https://archive.org/details/TheLittleTwins the first four episodes of the series in the Wayback Machine.] back in October 2016.
==Episodes List==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="background-color:lime" | #
! style="background-color:lime" | Episode Title
! style="background-color:lime" | Status
 
|-
|1||The Great Owl||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
 
|2||The Day the Fox Came||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|3||The Best Gift Of All||[https://archive.org/details/TheLittleTwins <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|4||Flying||[https://archive.org/details/TheLittleTwins <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|5||Moonbeams||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|6||n/a||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unaired'''
|-
|7||n/a||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unaired'''
|-
|8||The Magic Flute||[https://archive.org/details/TheLittleTwins <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|9||n/a||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unaired'''
|-
|10||A Time Of Giving||[https://archive.org/details/TheLittleTwins <span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|11||n/a||<span style="color:grey;">'''Unaired'''
|-
|12||Snowbound||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|-
|13||The Song of the Swan||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|}
 
==Gallery==
===Videos===
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  |description1 = Nick Jr. Promo for the series.
  |service2    =youtube 
  |id2          =dw0IX-rFUic
  |description2 = Credits from the series.
}}
 
==External Links==
*[https://forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/9807/obscure-1990s-anime-little-twins LMW Forums thread about Little Twins]
*[https://youtube.com/watch?v=pe97pet7bEY&list=PL0QavWM26lB7o0N9rBaLwAStjU-4xhIrT YouTube playlist for Little Twins, reuploaded on YouTube, by PinkieLopBun]
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
[[Category:Lost animation|Little Twins]]
[[Category:Lost audio|Little Twins]]
[[Category:Lost TV|Little Twins]]
[[Category:Partially found media|Little Twins]]

Latest revision as of 06:00, 5 January 2024

Little twins.jpg

A VHS copy of the English dub.

Status: Partially Found


The Little Twins (リトルツインズ) is a Japanese animated series produced by Toei Animation in the early 1990's[1][2], having receiving an English Dub that aired on the Nickelodeon kids' block, Nick Jr. from June 22, 1998 up until July 3, 1998, [3] with a total of 13 episodes.[4]

Plot

The show centers around two Lilliputian twins, tiny dwarf-like creatures, named Petal and Piper living on an island, named with their family and going on various adventures, and their enjoying their everyday lives. The twins frequently meet various other normal-sized creatures and learn more about them.[5]

Nick Jr.'s English Dub

Having initially released as an OVA under the same name, released on July 23, 1992[2], the series aired on the Nickelodeon's kids' block, Nick Jr., 6 years after it was initially released, receiving an English Dub and had only aired two, starting from June 22nd, 1998 up until July 3, 1998. Only eight of the thirteen episodes were aired, with only two episodes being rerun. [3].

The series was executively produced by David Linde, and features Jack Maeby having an original soundtrack made for this dub.[6]

Availability

The show fell quickly into obscurity, having limited information resurfaced on the internet about this dub. Nonetheless, a DVD release of the Nick Jr. Dub was released in 2004 (with one episode that was never aired on Nick Jr.), but with little to no traction about its release.[7]

With the DVD release, however, Archive.org and Twitter user Ouren, had ripped and uploaded the first four episodes of the series in the Wayback Machine. back in October 2016.

Episodes List

# Episode Title Status
1 The Great Owl Lost
2 The Day the Fox Came Lost
3 The Best Gift Of All Found
4 Flying Found
5 Moonbeams Lost
6 n/a Unaired
7 n/a Unaired
8 The Magic Flute Found
9 n/a Unaired
10 A Time Of Giving Found
11 n/a Unaired
12 Snowbound Lost
13 The Song of the Swan Lost

Gallery

Videos

Nick Jr. Promo for the series.

Credits from the series.

External Links

References

  1. ↑ MyAnimeList page for Little Twins
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Japanese Wikipedia page for Little Twins
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 A NickAndMore website listing all series that had aired on Nick Jr., with Little Twins
  4. ↑ aniDB page for Little Twins
  5. ↑ TVTropes article detailing the synopsis for this anime
  6. ↑ ANN Article on Little Twins
  7. ↑ Archive.org Page for the Little Twins, which on the description mentions the obscure DVD release.
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