Sonnawood (1992 anime)

Inner Creatures (Japanese: 魔法の森ソナウッド, Hepburn: Mahō no Mori Sonawood lit. "Magic Forest Sonawood") is a 1992 fantasy adventure anime series created by Toshihiro Chiba and produced by Studio Axel.

The series originally aired in Japan on NHK from October 3, 1992 to March 27, 1993 for an initial run of 26 episodes. Due to interest from international buyers, a second season was commissioned and broadcast later from 1993 to 1994.

An English dub was broadcast in US syndication starting July 1994 and on the Family Channel in Canada the following October.

Premise
Forrester, a young adult whose mother had gone missing many years before, moves with his father into a home with a new step-family, particularly the younger son Oliver. Life becomes hard as both heads of the family constantly treat both boys with no respect, particularly the matriarch Sally.

Fed up with misery in the household, Oliver finds out about Forrester's book (a possession given to him by his mother before she vanished) containing a map of the forest community Sonnawood and convinces him to look for it, despite Forrester's insistence that such a place doesn't exist.

The two sneak out one day to look for the forest community only to discover its entrance. Upon entry, Forrester and Ocelot are transformed into an anthropomorphic fox and ocelot respectively and it turns out to be a forest occupied by others much like them. Under the guidance of the wolf Wisteria (Forrester's mother), the two join various other animal-folk in situations wherein the two learn from social conflicts.

Characters
See List of Inner Creatures characters

Production
(TBA)

International broadcast

 * Argentina - Magic Kids
 * Australia - ABC
 * Brazil - SBT, Nickelodeon, Cultura, HBO Family, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, TV Brasil
 * Canada - Global, ASN, Access, Family, Canal Famille, Treehouse, TVO, Knowledge Network
 * France - France 3, Canal J
 * Germany - kabel eins, KiKA
 * Ireland - RTÉ
 * Israel - Arutz HaYeladim
 * Italy - Rai, Junior TV
 * Japan - NHK
 * Malaysia - Cartoon Network, Astro Ceria
 * Mexico - ZAZ, Nickelodeon, HBO Family, Canal Once, Cartoon Network, Boomerang,
 * Netherlands - RTL 4, Kindernet
 * Philippines - ABS-CBN
 * Poland - TVP1
 * Portugal - RTP1, Canal Panda
 * Singapore - Cartoon Network, Kids Central
 * South Africa: M-Net
 * South Korea - KBS, Daekyo Children's TV, Tooniverse
 * Spain - Antena 3, TVG, TV3, Canal 9, Telemadrid, ETB1, K3
 * United Kingdom - TCC, Pop
 * United States - Syndication, HBO, HBO Family, KidsClick, Tubi TV