Alfred J. Kwak: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Alfred J. Kwak was born as the son of Johan Sebastian and Anna Kwak. Some time after his birth, Alfred loses his parents and his brothers and sisters after a car hits them. Henk the mole, a good friend of the Kwak family, raises the little orphan duck. Alfred experiences a lot of adventures.

Unlike many other cartoons targeted for children, Alfred J. Kwak features exceptionally mature and often sad themes. Amongst others it deals with different social and political issues, such as abuse of power, but also raises important values such as friendship and solidarity.

Series details

• Title: Alfred J. Kwak
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1989-04-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 1990-04-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 14406
• IMDb ID: tt0098737
• TVDB ID: 80686

Cast and credited roles

• Megumi Hayashibara — Alfred J. Kwak
• Ryan van den Akker — Alfred J. Kwak
• Kenichi Ogata — Henk de Mol
• Frits Lambrechts — Henk de Mol
• Shigeru Chiba — Dolf
• Johnny Kraaijkamp Jr. — Dolf
• Yuko Kobayashi — Winnie Wana
• Ena Heese — Winnie Wana
• Kazue Ikura — Ollie de Ooievaar
• Doris Baaten — Ollie de Ooievaar
• Herman van Veen — Professor Paljas von Pinguïn

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-04-03; final listed air date 1989-09-25; episode order: 26.
• Season 2: premiered 1989-10-02; final listed air date 1990-04-02; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Alfred J. Kwak on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.