Tama and Friends (1993)

Original title

3丁目のタマ うちのタマ知りませんか？

Genre

adventure anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 69 episodes

Rated

14

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series follows Tama, a cat, and his animal friends in a neighborhood. They have simple adventures and spend time together in a small community.

gentleplayfulwhimsicallightheartedcozynostalgicepisodic

What happens

Tama & Friends (タマ&フレンズ, Tama ando Furenzu) is a Japanese anime television series created by Sony Creative Products in 1983. An OVA series based on the products titled Tama & Friends: Third Street Story (タマ&フレンズ 3丁目物語, Tama ando Furenzu San-chōme Monogatari) was produced by Sony Music Entertainment Japan and animated by Group TAC. The episodes were released between 1988 and 1990. All episodes, except the first, had two episodes put on a single cassette. The OVAs (except the first) aired on MBS and TBS under the name Tama of Third Street: Do You Know My Tama? (3丁目のタマ うちのタマ知りませんか?, San-Chōme no Tama: Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka?) from July 3, 1993, to August 28, 1993. An anime movie, titled Tama of Third Street: Please! Find Momo-chan!! (3丁目のタマ おねがい!モモちゃんを捜して!!, San-Chōme no Tama: Onegai! Momo-chan wo Sagashite!!), was released in the same year. Additional 29 episodes were created and broadcast in 1994 on the same networks under the same name. The original series was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment in 2000 with a term lasting until March 2007 and dubbed into English. This dub was syndicated in late 2001 but never made it to home video. The original series began streaming worldwide by Crunchyroll. Another anime series, known as Tama & Friends: Search for It! The Magic Puni-Puni Stone (タマ&フレンズ 探せ!魔法のプニプニストーン, Tama ando Furenzu: Sagase! Mahō no Puni-Puni Sutōn), aired on Animax in 2006. A new series of animated shorts began airing in October 2016. It is animated in Adobe Flash. In 2016, an official Korean version of the same name based on the series, created by Daewon Media, SEGA SAMMY GROUP and produced by Toonzone Studios & CJ ENM, was released worldwide for a Western audience. A new anime television series titled Uchi Tama!? ~Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka?~ by MAPPA and Lapin Track premiered from January 9 to March 19, 2020, on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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