Adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood (Japanese title: 百エーカーの森の冒険) is an anime series featuring Winnie the Pooh characters. To celebrate it's first anniversary, the anime got an English dub exclusive to Disney+.
Genre[]
The anime follows a slice-of-life style in which the viewers could watch from any episode without having to worry about the plot. Sometimes, more serious problems are discussed, but the show manages to keep a light-hearted tone throughout.
Episodes[]
Some episodes were cut from the Disney+ dub due to being darker in tone than others. However, later on, the cut episodes got dubbed in a DVD collection of the episodes.
| Episode Number | Episode Name (ENG) | Episode Name (JPN) | Plot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tempest Tantrums | A Silly Storm Won't Stop Us! Pooh, Piglet, and the Stormy Sadness | A storm has come to the Hundred Acre Wood, and Pooh and Piglet try to stop it from ruining everyone's day. |
| 2 | I Don't Need A Doctor! | I Promise, I'm Not Sick! Rabbit Denies his Cold (And Messes Up in the Process) | Rabbit gets sick, but refuses to tell anyone in fear that he may have to abandon his garden. |
| 3 | Pooh's Dream Land | Is it a Dream or Nightmare?! Pooh and his Disconcerting Dreams | Pooh starts having dreams in which he cannot tell whether they're dreams or nightmares. |
| Episode Number | Episode Name (ENG) | Episode Name (JPN) | Plot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Your Words Can't Stop Me- I Can't Read! | Fibbing Isn't Good for Anybody! Owl's Attempts to Hide His Iliteracy | Owl desperately tries to hide the fact that he can't read or write well from everyone. |
| 5 | April Fools' Dismay | Somebody's Embarassing Us! Pooh's Mission to Expose a Prankster | It's April Fool's Day, and someone is playing embarassing tricks on Pooh and friends. |
| 6 | Every Flower, Every Branch | Welcome to the... Garden? Rabbit and the Overgrown Plants | Rabbit goes on a trip to see his friends and relations, only to return to an unkept garden. |
| Episode number | Episode Name (ENG) | Episode Name (JPN) | Plot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | How to Make Your Own Honey | Let's Get Cooking, Everyone! The Hundred Acre Cooking Competition | Christopher Robin is inspired by a bake sale at his school, so he wonders if Pooh and the others could do something similar. |
| 11 | Hydrophobia Hijjinks | What if There's Something Down There?! Tigger and the Winding River | Pooh and friends find a river to play in, but Tigger is convinced that he will drown in the water. |
| 12 | Something New I've Never Tried Before | Can't Hurt to Try New Things! New Hobbies with Pooh and Friends | Bored doing the things they do best, Pooh and friends decide to try swapping hobbies for the day. |
Season 2 coming soon!
The episodes cut are "Pooh's Dream Land" due to some of the imagery in Pooh's dreams (it would be impossible to cut this as this imagery is vital to the plot) and "Cloudy Morning" for Tigger's nervous breakdown near the end of the episode (it would also be impossible to cut this as this is also vital to the plot).
However, in the DVD release of Season 1 (which included dubbed versions of "Pooh's Dream Land" and "Cloudy Morning") the imagery in Pooh's dreams was toned down and Tigger's nervous breakdown was shortened.
Cast[]
The characters have the same voice actors they had in previous Pooh media.
Reviews[]
Adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood was praised by Japanese viewers for it's "warm" feel, and many demands for a Season 2 have been made. Meanwhile, for the English dub, Adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood was originally disliked by fans for cutting some of the darker tones in the original show. However, after the DVD release, Adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood was praised more for dubbing the previously-Japanese exclusive episodes (which is not usually done).
Trivia[]
- The show also recieved a manga adaptation that has yet to be translated. Something to note about the manga adaptation is that the artstyle is vastly different from the anime itself.
- A running gag in the show is that Tigger tends to crossdress when explaining / telling a story. This is one of the reason Disney did not create the English dub of the show until 1 year after it's release.
- The pilot reuses the plot of the book "Oh Bother! No One's Listening", in which Rabbit tells everyone what to bring to a picnic, but gets annoyed when no one listens to him.