Noozles , also known as The Wonderous Koala Blinky , was a 26-episode anime that aired on Nickelodeon from November 1988 through April 1993. It depicts the adventures of a 12-year old girl named Sandy and her koala friends, Blinky and Pinky, who are from the extradimensional realm of Koala-Wala Land.

Plot

Sandy Brown's father is an archaeologist who mysteriously disappears. One day, Sandy receives a package containing a stuffed Koala bear named Blinky that was lost in a shipwreck years ago. Sandy rubs its nose and it comes to life. They are soon joined by Blinky's sister Pinky and have many adventures together.

Soon, Sandy discovers Koala-Wala Land. Koala-Wala Land and Earth are parallel worlds in different dimensions that are dangerously linked. The former has a crystal place in which Sandy's father became permanently trapped. The koala police would place some offenders in the crystal as a punishment. Sandy and the Noozles (her koala friends) manage to take two special crystals and separate the worlds where they are joined at Ayers Rock. There is a tearful farewell before Pinky and Blinky returned to their world forever.

Credits

• Production company: Nippon Animation Company
• Japanese distribution: Fuji Eight Company
• American distribution: Saban International Services

Characters

• Blinky
• Brown, Prof. Alex
• Brown, Sandy
• High Dingy Doo (ruler of Koalawalla Land)
• Franky
• Osgood
• Pinky (voiced by Cheryl Chase(US) & Haruna Ikezawa(Japan))
• Spike

Merchandise

Books

• Noozles: New Friends (1993 Tor Books; L. Spencer Humphrey & Deborah Morse )

Videos

Released from 1991-1994 by Celebrity Home Entertainment

• Adventures in Koalawalla Land (120 min.)
• Blinky and Pinky's Excellent Adventure (95 min.)
• Day With Grandma, A (30 min.)
• Fuzzy Was a Noozle (95 min.)
• Koala Bear Magic (75 min.)
• New Friend, A (30 min.)
• Nuzzling With the Noozles

Bibliography

• The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons, 2nd ed.

References

• Noozles vs. The Little Koala, Progressive Boink.