Alfred J. Kwak Episode 2: Difference between revisions

Alfred J. Kwak
"Het verjaardagsfeestje"
Alfred J. Kwak; "Het verjaardagsfeestje"
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	Title card version 1; Language: Japanese ; Title: アルフレッド誕生 (Arufureddo Tanjō) ; Translation: Alfred's Birth; First airdate: 3/4/1989; Network: TV Tokyo ; Title card version 1 Language: Dutch Title: De Eieren Translation: The Eggs First airdate: 24/12/1989 Network: VARA Title card version 1; Language: Dutch ; Title: De Eieren; Translation: The Eggs; First airdate: 24/12/1989; Network: VARA ; Title card version 1; Language: German ; Title: Hurra, er ist da!; Translation: Hooray, He's Here!; First airdate: 13/10/1990; Network: ZDF ; Title card version 1; Language: English ; Title: Alfred Comes to Life; Translation: -; First airdate: 7/7/1990; Network: Channel 4 ; Title card version 1; Language: French ; Title: La naissance d'Alfred; Translation: Alfred's Birth; First airdate: 05/11/1990; Network: Avant l'ecole ; Title card version 1; Language: Finnish ; Title: Alfredin elon alkutaival - Osa 1; Translation: Alfred's Life Journey - Part 1; First airdate: Unknown; Network: Unknown ; Title card version 1; Language: Italian ; Title: La nascita di Alfred; Translation: The Birth of Alfred; First airdate: 25/09/1990; Network: Italia 1 ; Title card version 1; Language: Portugese ; Title: O Nascimento de Alfred; Translation: The Birth of Alfred; First airdate: Unknown; Network: Unkown ; Title card version 1; Language: Chinese ; Title: 阿福雷特誕生 (Ā fú léi tè dànshēng); Translation: The Birth of Alfred; First airdate: 13/10/1990; Network: Unknown ; Title card version 1; Language: Hungarian ; Title: Alfréd megszületik; Translation: Alfred is Born; First airdate: 27/06/1993; Network: Unknown ;
Animation Staff
Episode direction	Shigeo Koshi
Animation direction	Osamu Kamijō
Episode storyboards	Hiroshi Saitō
Screenplay	Akira Miyazaki
Music	Herman van Veen; Erik van der Wurff; Nard Reijnders
Sound director	Shigeharu Shiba
Running time	25 min
Original airdate	10/4/1989 (Japan)
Original production episode number	2

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"Het verjaardagsfeestje" (lit: The Birthday Party) or "初めてのバースデー" (Hajimete no bāsudē; lit: First birthday) Is the 2nd episode of Alfred J. Kwak's first season. The episode first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo on 10 April 1989 in the Monday 17:00 - 17:30 slot.

Story

Summary

Language and Regional Variations

The following lists differences between the Dutch version and other versions. For detailed information on music differences check the Music section. General differences between series like names can be found at Alfred J. Kwak Production

Continuity

Cultural references

Errata

Cast

Character Gallery

The characters in order of appearance.

Voice Actors

緒方賢一 Kenichi Ogata	¦	ハンク (Hanku) Hank (Henk de Mol)

吉村よう Yō Yoshimura	¦	ヨハン・クワック (Yohan Kuwakku) Johan Kwak (Johan Sebastiaan Kwak)

安達忍 Shinobu Adachi	¦	アンナ・ポルダー (Anna Porudā) Anna Polder (Anna van de Polder)

神山卓三 Takuzō Kamiyama	¦	ヒポポタマス (Hipopotamasu) Hippopotamus (Olaf Nijlpaard)

立木文彦 Fumihiko Tachiki	¦	クロコダイル (Kurokodairu) Crocodile (Alfons Rokodil)

林原めぐみ Megumi Hayashibara	¦	アルフレッド・ヨードカス・クワック (Arufureddo Yōdokasu Kuwakku) Alfred Jodocus Kwak

Frits Lambrecht	¦	Henk de Mol
Herman van Veen	¦	Johan Sebastiaan Kwak
Marlous Fluitsma	¦	Anna van de Polder
Ryan van den Akker	¦	Alfred Jodocus Kwak
Kees Schilperoort	¦	Olaf Nijlpaard
Bram van der Vlugt	¦	Alfons Rokodil
Fred Butter	¦	Bart 'Beton' Bever

Klaus Sonnenschein	¦	Henk der Maulwurf (Henk de Mol)
Herman van Veen	¦	Johann Kwak (Johan Sebastiaan Kwak)
Marlous Fluitsma	¦	Anna van de Polder
Ryan van den Akker	¦	Alfred Jodocus Kwak
Wolfgang Völz	¦	Hippo Nilpferd (Olaf Nijlpaard)

John Baddeley	¦	Hank the Mole (Henk de Mol)
Jill Lidstone/Ryan van den Akker	¦	Alfred Jonathan Quack (Alfred Jodocus Kwak)
Alan Carr Steve Cooke Melvyn Hayes Hugo Myatt Lyn Beardsall to be checked	¦	Other voices

Roger Carel	¦	Henk (Henk de Mol)
Evelyne Grandjean	¦	Alfred J. Quack (Alfred Jodocus Kwak)

Main staff list

Production

Scripts

Character Designs

Animation

Music

The following table is a list of the musical cues used in this episode, accompanied by our in-house wiki ids. The Opening and Ending songs Yakusoku Dayo and Happy Happy are performed by Megumi Hayashibara. A7 / Nog Nooit is sung by Herman van Veen.

Alfred J. Kwak: Episode 2 Japanese OST
Catalogue	NTSC Time Range	Title	Literal Translation	Wiki ID
OP	0:00 - 1:30	Yakusoku Dayo "Kwak's Song" (TV Size)	It's a Promise	M-1B
TC	1:31 - 1:36	M-3A		M-3A
A1		Rote Wangen	'	M-23A(?)
A2		Rote Wangen
A3		K. Rokodil
A4		Ben Jij Het?
A5		Untitled Cue
A6		Untitled Cue
A7		Untitled Cue
A8		Untitled Cue
A9		Untitled Cue
A10		De Eendjes En De Tweetjes
A11		Alfred's Verjaardag
B1		Zo Vrolijk
B2		Help Help (Variation)
B3		Untitled Cue
B4		Wat Gebeurt Daar?
B5		Kijk Niet Om
EP^{[note 1]}	Unknown	Unknown		M-4A
ED	TODO	Happy Happy (TV Size)	Happy Happy	M-5B

In the French and Hungarian versions, A7 / Nog Nooit has been left instrumental.

Availability

This episode has been released in the following formats.

VHS

German

Hebrew

DVD

Dutch

MBI 6067 De verjaardag van Alfred (2004) (Dutch)
DDVD 904247 Liefde 1 (2006) (Dutch)

Finnish

Alfred J. Kwak (DVD Box, 7802) (2009) (Finnish)
Alfred J. Kwak - 1 Jaksot 1-7 (DVD, 7855) (2009) (Finnish)

German

PTD 2834 Episode 1, 2, 3 (2001) (German)

Streaming

Dutch

The complete episode is available in Dutch on Harlekijn Holland's YouTube page down below.

Removed

The series used to be available trough Netflix in the Netherlands around 2015^[1], but was removed sometime after^[2].

Adaptations

Several adaptations have been made of the story contained in this episode.

Audio cassette

Dutch

MC 16093 De eieren (1990) (Dutch)

CDs

Dutch

WSPCD 16093 De eieren (1990) (Dutch)

Books

Dutch

De wonderlijke avonturen van de eend Alfred Jodocus Kwak: Goedemorgen (1989) (Dutch)
De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Achter tralies (1989) (Dutch)

De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Achter tralies (1989) (Dutch)
De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Omnibus 1 (1989) (Dutch)
Alfred J. Kwak Mijn avontuurlijke leven (1991) (Dutch)
Alfred J. Kwak Filmstripboek Deel 1 (2006) (Dutch)
De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: het grote voorleesboek (2010) (Dutch)

External Links

Watch the complete Alfred J. Kwak episode "Het verjaardagsfeestje" in Dutch on Harlekijn Holland's youtube page here.

Notes

↑ It is currently unknown if the Japanese version included the episode previews, however the Mandarin version used this as the music for it.

References

↑ "European cartoon films; does anybody remember Alfred J. Kwak?". www.reddit.com. Reddit user theh1982 mentions that the series is available trough the Dutch Netflix.
↑ "Alfred J. Kwak Nu op Netflix". www.nuopnetflix.nl (in Nederlands).

[1] It is currently unknown if the Japanese version included the episode previews, however the Mandarin version used this as the music for it.

[2] "European cartoon films; does anybody remember Alfred J. Kwak?". www.reddit.com. Reddit user theh1982 mentions that the series is available trough the Dutch Netflix.

[3] "Alfred J. Kwak Nu op Netflix". www.nuopnetflix.nl (in Nederlands).

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 ==Cast==
 ===Character Gallery===
+The characters in order of appearance.
+<gallery widths=100 heights=100>
+File:Episode02 Johan.jpg|link=Johan Sebastiaan Kwak|[[Johan Sebastiaan Kwak]]
+File:Episode02 Anna.jpg|link=Anna van de Polder|[[Anna van de Polder]]
+File:Episode02 Henk.jpg|link=Henk de Mol|[[Henk de Mol]]
+File:Episode02 Alfred.jpg|link=Alfred Jodocus Kwak|[[Alfred Jodocus Kwak]]
+File:Episode02 BrothersSisters.jpg|link=Alfred's brothers and sisters|[[Alfred's brothers and sisters]]
+File:Episode02 Alfred de Mol.jpg|link=Alfred de Mol|[[Alfred de Mol]]
+File:Episode02 Olaf.jpg|link=Olaf Nijlpaard|[[Olaf Nijlpaard]]
+File:Episode02 Alfons.jpg|link=Alfons Rokodil|[[Alfons Rokodil]]
+File:Episode02 Bart.jpg|link=Bart 'Beton' Bever|[[Bart 'Beton' Bever]]
+File:Episode02 Frog.jpg|link=Frogs|[[Frogs|Frog]]
+File:Episode02 Pikkie.jpg|link=Pikkie de Ekster|[[Pikkie de Ekster]]
+File:Episode02 Ollie.jpg|link=Ollie de Ooievaar|[[Ollie de Ooievaar]]
+File:Episode02 Mus.jpg|link=Drieling Mus|[[Drieling Mus]]
+File:Episode02 Wannes.jpg|link=Wannes Snater|[[Wannes Snater]]
+File:Episode02 Hannes.jpg|link=Hannes Snater|[[Hannes Snater]]
+File:Episode02 Key.jpg|link=Shiny key|[[Shiny key]]
+File:Episode02 Pel.jpg|link=Pel Pelikaan|[[Pel Pelikaan]]
+File:Episode02 Radbout.jpg|link=Radbout de Derde|[[Radbout de Derde]]
+File:Episode02 Das.jpg|link=Jonkheer Das|[[Jonkheer Das]]
+File:Episode02 Hunter12.jpg|link=The King's hunters|[[The King's hunters|Hunters 1 and 2]]
+File:Episode02 Hunter3.jpg|link=The King's hunters|[[The King's hunters|Hunter 3]]
+File:Episode02 Poen.jpg|link=Jonkheer Poen van Kale Koen|[[Jonkheer Poen van Kale Koen]]
-[[Jan van de Polder]] (Anna's father, Anna is his youngest daughter).
+File:No Picture for Character.jpg|link=Jan van de Polder|[[Jan van de Polder]] (mentioned)
-[[Alfred de Mol]] (Henk's grandfrather)
+</gallery>
 ===Voice Actors===