My Favorite Fairy Tales

My Favorite Fairy Tales is a Japanese educational fantasy original video animation series of fairy tales and other classic stories produced by Studio Unicorn in 1986.

Outline

The series originally consists of 10 12-minutes episodes, played in each videotape first in English and then in Japanese, followed by a short glossary sequence with the purpose of teaching English to Japanese children. The English track was provided by studio Academy.
It was then released by Saban Productions for foreign market. Saban's adaptation consisted in a totally different English dub, a new score and the inclusion of 4 short films from Toei Animation's unrelated series World Famous Fairy Tale Series, for a total of 14 episodes.
Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Saban Entertainment. Despite that the series is not available on Disney+.

Episodes

Original Japanese ten-episode release:

Title

First released

In the U.S. there were five VHS volumes, totalling fourteen episodes:

Volume	Episodes
1	Little Red Riding Hood Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Puss 'n Boots
2	The Three Little Pigs The Ugly Duckling The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
3	Sleeping Beauty Snow White Cinderella
4	The Wizard of Oz The Magic Carpet Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
5	Snow White The Little Mermaid The Cobbler and the Elves

Cast

Japanese cast

English cast

Academy dub

Susan Brooks - Narrator
Charmian Norman Taylor
James House
Michael Bannard
Steve Long

Saban dub

Barbara Goodson - Narrator, Fairy Godmother, Farmer's Wife, Little Boy, Mother Duck, Mermaid Queen
Doug Lee - Narrator
Robert Axelrod - Narrator
Steve Kramer - Narrator
Ted Lehmann - Narrator
Bill Capizzi - Puss in Boots, Rooster
Cam Clarke - Bo, The Ugly Duckling, Michael's Brother, Prince John, Toto
Frank Catalano - Michael
Rebecca Forstadt - Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Mermaid, Little Girl, Young Cinderella
Wendee Lee - Cinderella, Snow White
Clifton Wells - Old Duck
Dave Mallow - Guard, Michael's Brother, Peasant
Edie Mirman - Cassim's Wife
Edward Mannix - Huntsman
Lara Cody - Princess
Michael Reynolds - Dwarf, Magic Mirror, King, Mermaid King
Michael Sorich - Dwarf
Richard Epcar - Ogre
Robert Barron - Farmer, Villager, Father, Father, Frog, Peasant, Paka
Alice Smith
Benjamin Walker
Kimberly Crystal
Kris Noel Pearson
Stanley Harold
Xavier Garcia

Music

The original incidental music was composed by Masahito Maruyama, and by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy for the Saban version. Most of Saban and Levy's music was reused in the later TV series Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics.

Releases

In 1987, the series was originally released on five VHS volumes by Hi-Tops Video. A sixth and final VHS volume was released by Hi-Tops Video in 1990, featuring a rerelease of The Little Mermaid and including the King Grizzlebeard episode from Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics as a bonus episode. The Daily Mirror released The Three Little Pigs and Alibaba and Forty Thieves on a promotional DVD in 2006. US distributor Digiview Entertainment released The Wizard of Oz episode as part of their Cartoon Craze series.