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Maple Town: Characters, History, Music & Standards

Maple Town, also known as Maple Town Stories (Japanese: メイプルタウン物語, Hepburn: Meipuru Taun Monogatari), is a 1986 Japanese anime series created by Chifude Asakura and directed by Junichi Sato. The series, produced by Toei Animation consists of 52 half-hour episodes, which aired on ABC, TV Asahi and other ANN stations in Japan from January 19, 1986, to…

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Maple Town topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, History, Music and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around Maple Town.

Related topics
73
Source areas
9
Connected nodes
82
Extracted relationships
127
Concept neighborhoods
15
Bridge connections
82

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Voice cast · 25 topics
Overview · 15 topics
Broadcast history · 13 topics
Production · 6 topics
Characters · 4 topics
Home video · 3 topics
Reception · 3 topics
Music · 2 topics
Plot summary · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Adventure, slice of life
Directed by
Junichi Sato · Hiroshi Shidara
English network
CA: YTV · HK: TVB Pearl · US: Syndication (episodes 1-10) Nickelodeon (episodes 11-26) The CBN Family Channel
Episodes
52 (List of episodes) · 50 (List of episodes)
Licensed by
US: The Kushner-Locke Company
Music by
Akiko Kosaka · Akio Kosaka

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot summary

Characters

Voice cast

Production

Music

Broadcast history

Home video

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Maple Town connects Entity context

The extracted context around Maple Town shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Maple Town → December, During, DVD, Each, English, Family Home Entertainment, In, Multicom Entertainment Group, Multiple Sound Distributors, No, November, October, Palm Town Chapter, Saban's US, Select, September, TC Entertainment, The, The Kushner-Locke, Toei Another extracted example is Maple Town → An English-dubbed, Big Paw, In October, Janice Adams, Karen Hartman, Legend, Maple, Mrs, Patty Rabbit, Pound Puppies, Reba West, Saban Entertainment, Spiral Zone, Steve Kramer, Talkatoo Cockatoo, The, The English, The Maltese Companies, Tonka, TV. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Maple Town

Top relations

related to Home video · 27
Maple Town → December, During, DVD, Each, English, Family Home Entertainment, In, Multicom Entertainment Group, Multiple Sound Distributors, No, November, October, Palm Town Chapter, Saban's US, Select, September, TC Entertainment, The, The Kushner-Locke, Toei
related to United States · 23
Maple Town → An English-dubbed, Big Paw, In October, Janice Adams, Karen Hartman, Legend, Maple, Mrs, Patty Rabbit, Pound Puppies, Reba West, Saban Entertainment, Spiral Zone, Steve Kramer, Talkatoo Cockatoo, The, The English, The Maltese Companies, Tonka, TV
related to history · 19
Maple Town → English, Family Channel, Following, It, January, Japan, New Maple Town Story, Nickelodeon, Palm Town Chapter, Palm Town Hen, Saban Entertainment, September, Shin Maple Town Monogatari, Sunday, The, The CBN Family Channel/The, The Maltese Companies, TV Asahi, US
related to Plot summary · 16
Maple Town → After, At, Bobby, Bobby Kumanoff, Canada, In, Palm Town Chapter, Patty, Patty Rabbit, Rabbit Family, Soon, The, United States, West Coast, Wilde Wolf, Wilde Wolf's
related to Production · 11
Maple Town → Asahi Broadcasting, Asatsu, Chifude Asakura, Ikuhara, It, Junichi Sato, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Sailor Moon, The, Toei Animation
related to External links · 10
Maple Town → Anime News Network's, IMDb, IMDbPalm Town, Japanese, Maple Town Stories, Monogatari, Official Toei Maple Town, Official Toei Palm Town, Palm Town Chapter, Town
English network · 3
Maple Town → CA: YTV, HK: TVB Pearl, US: Syndication (episodes 1-10) Nickelodeon (episodes 11-26) The CBN Family Channel
Directed by · 2
Maple Town → Hiroshi Shidara, Junichi Sato
Episodes · 2
Maple Town → 50 (List of episodes), 52 (List of episodes)
Music by · 2
Maple Town → Akiko Kosaka, Akio Kosaka

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

maple town family series mrs mr episodes aired rabbit us japan english patty also 1987 palm first released video toei

Maple Town relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 127 structured relationships around Maple Town. Examples in this analysis include Maple Town → Directed by → Junichi Sato and Maple Town → Directed by → Hiroshi Shidara. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Maple TownDirected byJunichi Sato1.00infobox
Maple TownDirected byHiroshi Shidara1.00infobox
Maple TownEnglish networkCA: YTV1.00infobox
Maple TownEnglish networkHK: TVB Pearl1.00infobox
Maple TownEnglish networkUS: Syndication (episodes 1-10) Nickelodeon (episodes 11-26) The CBN Family Channel1.00infobox
Maple TownEpisodes52 (List of episodes)1.00infobox
Maple TownEpisodes50 (List of episodes)1.00infobox
Maple TownGenreAdventure, slice of life1.00infobox
Maple TownLicensed byUS: The Kushner-Locke Company1.00infobox
Maple TownMusic byAkiko Kosaka1.00infobox
Maple TownMusic byAkio Kosaka1.00infobox
Maple TownOriginal networkANN (ABC, TV Asahi)1.00infobox
Maple TownOriginal runJanuary 19, 1986 (1986-01-19) – January 11, 1987 (1987-01-11)1.00infobox
Maple TownOriginal runJanuary 18 – December 27, 1987 (1987-12-27)1.00infobox
Maple TownProduced byShinji Nabeshima (Asahi Broadcasting) Azuma Kasuga (Asatsu) Yasuo Yamaguchi1.00infobox
Maple TownProduced byShinji Nabeshima (Asahi Broadcasting) Higashi Kasuga (Asatsu) Yuko Sagawa (Asatsu)1.00infobox
Maple TownReleasedJuly 12, 1986 (1986-07-12)1.00infobox
Maple TownReleasedMarch 14, 1987 (1987-03-14)1.00infobox
Maple TownRuntime30 minutes1.00infobox
Maple TownStudioToei Animation1.00infobox
Maple TownWritten byChifude Asakura1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Maple Town bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Town, Aired and Series. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Maple Town
    • Town
    • Aired
    • Series
    • Palm
    • Also
    • Patty
    • Rabbit
    • Stories
    • Japan
    • First
    • Anime
    • Chapter
  • maple town
    • Town
    • Aired
    • Series
    • Palm
    • Also
    • First
    • Patty
    • Rabbit
    • Stories
    • Japan
    • Anime
    • Chapter
  • anime
    • Original
    • Stories
    • Toei
    • Tv
    • Palm
    • Series
    • Released
    • Music
    • Animation
    • Ann
    • Asahi
    • Produced
  • toei animation
    • Asahi
    • Produced
    • Toei
    • Ann
    • Tv
    • Video
    • First
    • Released
    • Japan
    • Original
    • Series
    • Palm
  • ann
    • Music
    • Asahi
    • Produced
    • Episodes
    • Bobby
    • Toei
    • Tv
    • Japan
    • Video
    • Patty
    • Rabbit
    • Voice
  • the wonderful wizard of oz (tv series)
    • Toei
    • Town
    • Released
    • Original
    • Tv
    • Japan
    • Animation
    • Asahi
    • Produced
    • Episodes
    • Aired
    • Entertainment
  • family home entertainment
    • Mr
    • Released
    • Episodes
    • Video
    • Us
    • Original
    • Time
    • Tonka
    • Series
    • First
    • Rabbit
    • Patty
  • tv asahi
    • Produced
    • Toei
    • Tv
    • Japan
    • Ann
    • Original
    • Series
    • Episodes
    • Music
    • Voice
    • English
    • Wilde

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Maple Town, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Maple Town with Voice cast. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Maple Town — Voice cast · splits 57 ⟂ 26
Maple Town — Overview · splits 67 ⟂ 16
Maple Town — Broadcast history · splits 69 ⟂ 14
Maple Town — Production · splits 76 ⟂ 7
Maple Town — Characters · splits 78 ⟂ 5
Maple Town — Home video · splits 79 ⟂ 4
Maple Town — Reception · splits 79 ⟂ 4
Maple Town — Plot summary · splits 80 ⟂ 3
Maple Town — Music · splits 80 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Maple Town

Nodes83
Edges82
Triples127
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024096
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Maple Town to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, History, Music & Standards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Maple Town · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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