The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986 TV series) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986 TV series) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime television series adaptation based on four of the original Oz books by L. Frank Baum. In Japan, the series aired on TV Tokyo from 1986 to 1987. It consists of 52 episodes, which explain other parts of the Oz stories, including the events that happened after Dorothy returned home. In 1987, HBO purchased the rights to the series and dubbed it into English. Production for the English version was done by the Canadian studio Cookie Jar Group (known
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (comics) home again? The series has been collected into a single volume: The Marvel Oz series has been met with very positive reviews, praising the art, character design and overall layout. IGN gave the issues of the series an average rating of 9.2 out of 10. It won the 2010 Eisners for Best Limited Series or Story Arc and Best Publication for Kids. The series has been followed by adaptations of "The Marvelous Land of Oz", "Ozma of Oz", "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" and "The Road to Oz", and "The Emerald City of Oz" by the same creative team.