Adventures of the Little Koala is an anime television series produced by Tohokushinsha Film Corporation. It aired originally in Japan on TV Tokyo from October 4, 1984, through March 28, 1985, and then aired in the United States on Nickelodeon (until it moved to the Nick Jr. block in 1988) dubbed in English from June 1, 1987, until April 2, 1993. It also aired in Greece, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, in the Arabic-speaking world and other countries, but its biggest success by far was in the United States on Nickelodeon. Production of the English and French versions of the series was done by the Canadian studio Cinar Films. The storyline revolved around Roobear Koala and his friends and their utopian village in a fictional version of New South Wales Australia, within the shadow of a real rock formation known as The Breadknife.