Anime like Seton Doubutsuki: Risu no Banner

Yama Nezumi Rocky Chuck

Also known as Fables of the Green Forest.

Studio: Nippon Animation , Mushi Production , Fuji TV , Zuiyou Eizou
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Various stories about a group of animals that live together in a forest. The stories are adaptations from the many children's books written by Thornton W. Burgess.

Tags: Kids , Animals , Classic Literature , Heterosexual , Wilderness , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Animal Cast

Grick no Bouken

Also known as The Enchanted Journey.

Studio: Universal Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Glicko is a young chipmunk living in the city with his sister. But after hearing from a carrier pigeon of the Chipmunk homeland, the Great Forest, he leaves home alone. Glicko meets both friends and enemies along his adventure to the find the place where he truly belongs.

Tags: Kids

Seton Doubutsuki: Kuma no Ko Jacky

Also known as Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama

One day a native American boy named Lan meets two little bears at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, where he lives with his father.
Lan names the brother bear ‘Jacky’ and the sister bear ‘Jill’. As Lan plays with the two bears, they become good friends. However their happiness doesn’t last for long. Lan’s father accidentally shoots the two little bears’ mother to death. Feeling sorry for them, Lan decides to take Jackie and Jill back home to live with him.

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Tags: Kids , Historical , Animals , Rural , Classic Literature , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Indigenous Cultures

Mitsubachi Maya no Bouken

Also known as Maya the Bee.

Studio: Nippon Animation , TV Asahi , Zuiyou Eizou , Tauros Film
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

Maya, a newborn honeybee, brims with curiosity about the world around her. From the time she is born, she is brought up to be a worker bee, but it is difficult for her to understand and follow the strict rules of the hive because of her individuality and strong desire for independence.

Having collected all the honey around the honeycomb, Maya decides to set out on an adventure to find a flower garden in order to collect more honey for the hive. Her intentions are noble, but because she leaves the hive without permission the Queen sends Maya's friend Willy to search for the little troublemaker. Willy joins Maya in her quest, and together, beyond the familiar hive, the two friends marvel at the sheer beauty that nature has to offer.

Through many experiences—sometimes enjoyable, sometimes terrible or sad—and encounters with various insects, Maya matures into a strong and wise honeybee.



Tags: Animals , Educational , Primarily Animal Cast , Classic Literature , Kids , Outdoor Activities , Rural

Tao Tao Ehonkan Sekai Doubutsu Banashi

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In a valley in China which has never been visited by humans lives a little panda named Tao Tao. Together with his friends Kiki the monkey, Puhu the squirrel and Poe the hare, they play in the forest all day long.



Tags: Environmental , Animals

Geragera Boes Monogatari

Also known as Ox Tales.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Telescreen BV , Wako Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Farm life has never been this wacky. Where else could you find a turtle with a built in TV under his shell, a bald lion, an elephant whose trunk doubles as a garden hose and an inflatable octopus. All run by a good-natured ox named Olly.



Tags: Kids , Animals , Anthropomorphism