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The first season of ''The Bellflower Bunnies'', a children's animated series based on the ''Beechwood Bunny Tales'' books by Geneviève Huriet and Loïc Jouannigot, aired on France's TF1 network during the week of 24 December 2001, at 7:00 a.m. Central European Time. Consisting of four episodes, it was directed by French animator Moran Caouissin, produced by Patricia Robert, and written by Valérie Baranski. The music was composed by Baranski and Daniel Scott. A handful of crew members from this season would be carried over for future episodes. The episodes follow the adventures of the Bellflowers, a family of seven rabbits who live in the community of Beechwood Grove. The two adults, Papa Bramble and Aunt Zinnia, take care of their five children: Periwinkle, Poppy, Mistletoe, Dandelion and Violette.〔For the English version of season 2, Pirouette was renamed Violette (as she was called in Gareth Stevens' translations).〕 "Room to Move", the first episode in the official production order, deals with the family's move to their new house at Blueberry Hill.〔In the ''Beechwood Bunny Tale'', ''Family Moving Day'', the house was called The Berries.〕 The first season has been broadcast on TF! Jeunesse, the children's service of TF1, as well as South Korea's Educational Broadcasting System (EBS),〔 〕 CBBC in the United Kingdom, and Germany's Kinderkanal (KI.KA) and ZDF among others. Since early 2003, it has been made available on DVD in the United States, France, Germany and South Korea. ==Production== The season was a co-production of France's TF1, its subsidiaries Protécréa and Banco Production, and Canada's TVA International. It was produced in association with France's Sofica Valor 6 and Luxembourg's Melusine,〔 and with the participation of the Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC). Production began in late 2000〔 〕 at a cost of €380,000 (C$610,000) per episode. Graphics and Animation of Antwerp, Belgium,〔The company has since been renamed DeFamilieJanssen (DFJ).〕 a sudsidiary of Luxembourg's Studio 352, designed the layouts for these episodes, and North Korea's SEK Studio handled overseas animation duties.〔 Premium Sound, based in Montreal, was responsible for the sound effects, design, dialogue editing, foley and mix. Early during the show's production, the crew created a one-minute promotional pilot, in which a little mouse tells of the show's premise and introduces its main characters. This season represented TF1 International at the conferences of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) in early 2001 and 2002, and MIPTV Media Market in April 2001.〔 〕 For both events, the four episodes were promoted as "specials".〔〔 The first two episodes of the series were planned to air on TF1 in November 2001, with the next two to follow in December. Ultimately, all four premiered in late December on TF! Jeunesse.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bellflower Bunnies (season 1)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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