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===Errata===
===Errata===
* An animation error occurs in the scene where [[Jonkheer Poen van Kale Koen]] guides [[Alfred Jodocus Kwak|Alfred]]'s party to the treasury of [[The King's castle|the King's castle]]. One of [[The King's soldiers|the guards]] stationed at the vault entrance is incorrectly positioned in front of the open vault door instead of behind it. This error appears to be due to an incorrect layering of animation cells.


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Revision as of 23:13, 20 March 2025

Alfred J. Kwak
"Het verjaardagsfeestje"
Season 1, Episode 2

Animation Staff
Episode directionShigeo Koshi
Animation directionOsamu Kamijō
Episode storyboardsHiroshi Saitō
ScreenplayAkira Miyazaki
MusicHerman van Veen
Erik van der Wurff
Nard Reijnders
Sound directorShigeharu Shiba

Running time25 min
Original airdate10/4/1989 (Japan)
Original production episode number2

"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

One of the guards is positioned in front of the vault door, instead of behind it.

Errata

  • An animation error occurs in the scene where Jonkheer Poen van Kale Koen guides Alfred's party to the treasury of the King's castle. One of the guards stationed at the vault entrance is incorrectly positioned in front of the open vault door instead of behind it. This error appears to be due to an incorrect layering of animation cells.

Cast

Character Gallery

The characters in order of appearance.

Voice Actors

Main staff

Localization staff

Locations

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 2] Unknown Unknown M-4A
ED TODO Happy Happy
(TV Size)
Happy Happy M-5B

Availability

This episode has been released in the following formats.

VHS

Dutch

Finnish

French

German

Hebrew

DVD

Dutch

Finnish

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[3], but was removed sometime after[4].

Adaptations

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

Audio cassette

Dutch

CDs

Dutch

Books

Dutch

External Links

Notes

  1. In the Dutch version credited as Tuneomi Nakamura
  2. It is currently unknown if the Japanese version included the episode previews, however the Mandarin version used this as the music for it.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Alfred J. Kwak Opening Dutch credits. 24 December 1989. VARA
  2. Alfred J. Kwak Ending Dutch credits. 24 December 1989
  3. "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.
  4. "Alfred J. Kwak Nu op Netflix". www.nuopnetflix.nl (in Nederlands).