is a Japanese

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television series produced by

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and animated by

Shaft Shaft may refer to: Rotating machine elements * Shaft (mechanical engineering), a rotating machine element used to transmit power * Line shaft, a power transmission system * Drive shaft, a shaft for transferring torque * Axle, a shaft around whi ...

. It was originally broadcast on

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for 23 episodes between October 5, 1984, and January 1, 1985.

Plot

The family of

Joulupukki () is a Finnish Christmas figure. The name literally means or in Finnish; the word comes from the Old Swedish word ''bukker'', a cognate of English " buck", meaning . An old Nordic folk tradition, the figure is now often conflated with S ...

("Santa Claus") lives along with the

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and

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s in a forest in

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. They experience a lot of adventures along with the other residents of the forest; for example, they pack Christmas presents together.

English dub

In 1991, episodes were edited together into two short movies called ''A Christmas Adventure'' and ''Christmas Reindeer Tales'' by DIC Animation City.

Characters

* Patty (Elisa) - Santa Claus's granddaughter. * Erkki *

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(

) * Mauri *

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(Muori) * Elmi * Pertti * Kaarina * Viktori * Lasse

Voice cast

Hiromi Tsuru was a Japanese actress and narrator. During her life, she was attached to the Himawari Theatre Group as a child and then to Aoni Production at the time of her death. She was most known for voicing the character of Bulma ('' Dragon Ball'') for ...

as Elisa *

Hirotaka Suzuoki was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, who graduated from Tokyo Keizai University. His best known roles include Bright Noa in ''Mobile Suit Gundam'', Kojirou Hyuga in ''Captain Tsubasa'', Dragon Shiryū ...

as Erkki *

Kōsei Tomita was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo Prefecture who was affiliated with Aoni Production and Production Baobab. He voiced Doraemon in the first half of the original 1973 ''Doraemon'' series. He voiced Shunsaku Ban, also known as Must ...

as Joulupukki *

Mayumi Tanaka (born January 15, 1955) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She voiced Monkey D. Luffy in '' One Piece''; Krillin, Yajirobe and Uranai Baba in '' Dragon Ball; Ryunosuke Fujinami in '' Urusei Yatsura; Koenma in '' Yu Yu Hakus ...

as Mauri *

Miyoko Asō was a Japanese actress. She is best known for her role as the first voice of Fune Isono from 1969 to 2015 in the longest-running Japanese anime series '' Sazae-san'', which first aired in 1969. She was the voice of Dr. Pinako Rockbell in both '' ...

as Muori *

Rihoko Yoshida is a Japanese businesswoman and a former voice actress. Among her most noteworthy roles are Megu-chan in '' Majokko Megu-chan'', Monsley in '' Future Boy Conan'', Maria Grace Fleed in '' UFO Robo Grendizer'', Michiru in ''Getter Robo'', Klara ...

as Elmi * Yuri Nashiwa as the narrator *

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as Pertti * Hitomi Oikawa as Kaarina *

Naoki Tatsuta is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production. He is most known for the roles of Buta Gorilla ( Kiteretsu Daihyakka), Daima Jin ( High School! Kimengumi), Oolong (Dragon Ball), Dr. Escargon ( Kirby: Right Back at Ya!), Ashibe's F ...

as Viktori *

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as Lasse *

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* Hiroshi Masuoka *

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Mitsuo Senda was a Japanese voice actor. He was originally from Hokkaido. Senda was affiliated with 81 Produce. Senda died from heart failure on February 25, 2023, at the age of 82. Filmography Television animation *'' Time Bokan'' (1975) - Ninja *'' She ...

Yoshiko Sakakibara is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. Career In 1981, Yoshiko made her voice acting debut as Flore in '' Six God Combination Godmars''. In addition to her voice acting roles, she has worked as a narrator for various news program ...

English dub

* Mike Reynolds as Santa Claus *

Barbara Goodson Barbara Goodson is an American voice actress who has done voice-over work in cartoons and shows. Her best-known role was providing the English dub voice of the main villain Empress Rita Repulsa in the ''Power Rangers'' television series, starti ...

as Mrs. Claus, Polly *

Rebecca Forstadt Rebecca Forstadt is an American voice actress, best known for playing young female roles in various animated series. After studying theater at Orange Coast College, in Costa Mesa, California, Forstadt began her acting career by working at Knot ...

as Patty * Lara Cody as Marty *

Heidi Lenhart Heidi Lenhart is a former American actress best known for her lead role in the ''Au Pair'' film series and the sitcom ''California Dreams'', and for her anime dubbing work under the name Melody Lee (sometimes spelled Melodee Lee), in particular i ...

as Monica *

Tifanie Christun Tifanie Christun (born February 27, 1972) is a former American voice actress. She is the daughter of Ray Lenhart and Cheryl Saban, the stepdaughter of Haim Saban, and the sister of Heidi Lenhart. She is also known as Tifany Lenhart and Tiffany C ...

as Bridget * Robert V. Barron as Joseph * Barry Stigler as Bert *

Jeff Winkless Jeffrey Alan Winkless (June 2, 1941 – June 26, 2006) was an American actor born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Two of his younger brothers, Terence H. Winkless and Daniel Owen Winkless, worked with him on ''The Banana Splits Adventure Hour'' ...

as Jeb, Elf * Tom Wyner as Henry *

Bill Capizzi Bill Capizzi, also known as Bill Capezzoli, Bill Capeze, Bill Kapezi, and A. Gregory (March 21, 1937 – March 26, 2007), was an American voice actor. Born and raised in Somerville, Massachusetts, and also raised in North Hollywood, California. ...

as Elf * Steve Kramer as Elf *

Kerrigan Mahan Kerrigan Patrick Mahan (born January 27, 1955) is an American voice actor. He has had voice roles in '' Lensman'', ''Zillion'', ''Vampire Hunter D'' and '' Crying Freeman'', as Goldar in ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and ''Power Rangers Zeo' ...

as Elf * Ron Salaises * Wendy Iwai * Yaba Greenfield * B.J. Sharp

References

External links

* * * 1984 anime television series debuts Japanese children's animated adventure television series Japanese children's animated fantasy television series Fuji Television original programming Fictional elves Christmas television series Television shows set in Finland Television shows set in forests Santa Claus in television {{anime-tv-series-stub

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References

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