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Has anyone else seen and loved this old cartoon? 'Alfred J.Kwak' (the J was for Jonathan in english, Jodokus in Dutch) was my most favourite cartoon when i was younger, then it just disappeared but after some research i discovered it was a German-Japanese cartoon- Alfred J. Kwak was based on a theatre show by Herman van Veen who also wrote and performed the theme music for the cartoons. The cartoons were drawn by Harald Siepermann.

see, alfred was this duck who's family died in a car crash and was raised by a mole, Henk, in the nation of Great Waterland. and shit, he has to deal with some pretty heavy stuff in his life, and some pretty good stuff too. throughout the series he grew up and travelled, eventually meeting Winnie, a black duck, escaping from persecution in her home country, and falling in love. it was so sweet. he also has to deal with the eventual death of his stepfather and political strife in waterland caused by Dolf, his rival who among other things, begins the fascistic 'Kraaienpartij' (Crows' Party) and takes Winnie hostage. but that main thing is that alfred always tries to be noble and kind in a way that makes me want to cry, even when he discovers dolf hiding interracial roots as well as harbouring racist tendecies, he tries to offer his help and understanding, though dolf mistakes this for an insult.
there's this line from the english translated theme song that goes 'he seldom wears a frown, you can never keep a good duck down' and it makes me realise how much i love that cute little duck, smiling and singing in a world as shitty as ours.

Alfred J. Kwak was broadcasted in The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Israel (where Alfred was re-named with the unusual first name She'altiel), Finland, Serbia and Sweden as well. please, if anyone else has loved this show as much as me or has any info about dvds or somesuch, let me know.

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Has anyone else seen and loved this old cartoon? 'Alfred J.Kwak' (the J was for Jonathan in english, Jodokus in Dutch) was my most favourite cartoon when i was younger, then it just disappeared but after some research i discovered it was a German-Japanese cartoon- Alfred J. Kwak was based on a theatre show by Herman van Veen who also wrote and performed the theme music for the cartoons. The cartoons were drawn by Harald Siepermann.

see, alfred was this duck who's family died in a car crash and was raised by a mole, Henk, in the nation of Great Waterland. and shit, he has to deal with some pretty heavy stuff in his life, and some pretty good stuff too. throughout the series he grew up and travelled, eventually meeting Winnie, a black duck, escaping from persecution in her home country, and falling in love. it was so sweet. he also has to deal with the eventual death of his stepfather and political strife in waterland caused by Dolf, his rival who among other things, begins the fascistic 'Kraaienpartij' (Crows' Party) and takes Winnie hostage. but that main thing is that alfred always tries to be noble and kind in a way that makes me want to cry, even when he discovers dolf hiding interracial roots as well as harbouring racist tendecies, he tries to offer his help and understanding, though dolf mistakes this for an insult.
there's this line from the english translated theme song that goes 'he seldom wears a frown, you can never keep a good duck down' and it makes me realise how much i love that cute little duck, smiling and singing in a world as shitty as ours.

Alfred J. Kwak was broadcasted in The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, Israel (where Alfred was re-named with the unusual first name She'altiel), Finland, Serbia and Sweden as well. please, if anyone else has loved this show as much as me or has any info about dvds or somesuch, let me know.