Cartoon
Elves of the Forest
The story
Elves of the Forest (森のトントたち, Mori no Tonto Tachi) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Zuiyo and animated by Shaft. It was originally broadcast on Fuji TV for 23 episodes between October 5, 1984, and March 29, 1985.
Plot
The family of Joulupukki ("Santa Claus") lives along with the tonttu and wights in a forest in Finnish Lapland. They experience a lot of adventures along with the other residents of the forest; for example, they pack Christmas presents together.
English adaptation
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
Santa Claus (Joulupukki)
Polly (Mauri)
Mrs. Claus (Muori)
Elmi
Pertti
Kaarina
Viktori
Lasse
Voice cast
Hiromi Tsuru as Elisa
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Erkki
Kōsei Tomita as Joulupukki
Mayumi Tanaka as Mauri
Miyoko Asō as Muori
Rihoko Yoshida as Elmi
Yuri Nashiwa as the narrator
Yuu Shimaka as Pertti
Hitomi Oikawa as Kaarina
Naoki Tatsuta as Viktori
Ryō Horikawa as Lasse
Eken Mine
Hiroshi Masuoka
Ikuya Sawaki
Mitsuo Senda
Yoshiko Sakakibara
English dub
Mike Reynolds as Santa Claus
Barbara Goodson as Mrs. Claus, Polly
Rebecca Forstadt as Patty
Lara Cody as Marty
Heidi Lenhart as Monica
Tifanie Christun as Bridget
Robert V. Barron as Joseph
Barry Stigler as Bert
Jeff Winkless as Jeb, Elf
Tom Wyner as Henry
Bill Capizzi as Elf
Steve Kramer as Elf
Kerrigan Mahan as Elf
Ron Salaises
Wendy Iwai
Yaba Greenfield
B.J. Sharp