Smirre <3

The name and title put me in mind of Sweden for some reason.

Rightfully so. The original book was written by the swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöff.

Don't forget Todd from Fox and the Hound - gotta tie him up too.

Partly right. But for some reason I see Todd and Robin Hood as much as the same, because the artist who drew them was the same. You could say the two characters are the feral and anthropomorphic version of one and the same fox.

I like the very specific cartoony vibe of this particular style they portrayed their characters with. It doesn't feel very specific but then again this sounds like a cartoon from Europe! I don't truly have any experience with any animation styles from Europe, but I do know that cartoons - much like music and other artforms of expression and self-expression - transcend, if not, pervades the very universe itself.

This anime was a german japanese co production. The animations were completely done in Japan.
European artstyles for animated stuff were mostly very cartoonish.

Whoa! My instinct was right! It was for Europe! And that's also curious, this is my first time personally hearing of Japan and Germany making an anime together! Or at least dubbing it in German at least. .v.

Actually there had been plenty of animes, that were co productions bedween Germany and Japan. And sometimes even Austria participated in that business. Those tv shows had become classics and evergreens.

Here are some examples:

Biene Maja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-mCm7V7Jxo
Wickie und die starken Männer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEyQov4SBHw
Heidi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXm2b605p9Y
Tao Tao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOTViwuzNZk

Heidi looks like it was animated by the man who animated or drew Astro Boy from its earlier eras.
The other three look a bit like they were mostly Europe who animated them, well, TaoTao I can't really say because it looks like it definitely could be Japanese!
If you told me that Biene Maja and Wickie were co-animated by Germany and Japan, I likely wouldn't believe you at first!

Close, but not correct.
In fact, Heidi was done by the same people, who later founded studio Gibhli and made movies like Nausicaä, My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited away, Ponyo, Howls moving Castle and so on.

I see, that makes more sense since I can see it. Oh oops...well now I remember what Astro Boy's old design looks like, the face design that is.

Astro Boy was created by Osamu Tezuka, the "God of Manga", who literally drew thousands of manga-comic pages

Astro Boy, Jungle Emperor Leo, Hinotori, Dororo, Buddha, those are some examples of his works. Rather dark topics sometimes, covered in adorable character design.

Agreeeeed on the darker topics, and that is his moniker indeed.

Murrrrr hot

Dem Fuchs konnte ich nie böse sein.^^

Haha he looks grumpy!

Aye. That he is.

Very nice! He reminds of another fox from anime. Both are very handsome ;3

Thanks.
And which fox might that be?^^

I think it would have to be the Bridge Fox from an episode of 'Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics', which also was an anime. Here's the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYUGBeazn9g

thanks for the link

D'awww, poor little grumpy fox! He's so cute and handsome! x3

thanks much

You're welcome! x3

Another more villainous fox and one whom isn't as familar, so as always there's the fun of discovering new characters as well as another of your interpretations of characters as anthros. From what I've read on him it seems he's a little like Slagar in starting out as fairly harmless and not so competent, becoming more dangerous and seeking vengeance though ultimately in the end differing in that he instead set aside his vengeance and found a new start after falling in love.

I imagine here before he was gagged he was making all kinds of threats and swearing revenge, probably also having made a thorough menace of himself. Ultimately though he might be viewed as more of a nuisance than the master villain he considers himself to be. Considering just how grumpy he is though it was thought that he could do with a long spell in the stocks with the thought of seeing just how long he could maintain the attitude as goose feathers began to be handed out to the gathered crowds.

Despite being a villain, I liked Smirre very much. He had something arround him, that made one unable to hate him.

A classic.^^

I really love how your drawings also propably introduce your viewers to characters or universes they didn't know. I know it is the case for me.

Thanks.
This anime was not aired in all european countries. A shame really, for it was a very good story.

Ich fand immer schön, dass er in der Serie ein Happy End bekam ^^


Was er hier wohl wieder mal angestellt hat ? ^^

Stimmt.

Vielleicht ´n halbes Huhn geklaut... oder ´n Truthahn...

Smirre verdient einfach mehr Beachtung <3

Ganz recht.