Sylvanian Families

Sylvanian Families (Japanese: シルバニアファミリー) is the name of a line of video games and anthropomorphic collectible toy plush figures, created by Japanese company Epoch in 1985 and distributed worldwide by a number of companies. The characters, grouped into families, are woodland creatures such as beavers, hedgehogs, mice and bears. They remain a quintessential part of the 1990s boom in craze (or fad) toys. Several video games for GBC and GBA were also released in Japan only (but fan translations exist).

There are three animated series based on the toys: a 1987 animation series by DiC, a 1988 stop-motion animation series by FilmFair, and a 2007 OAV series by Dyna Method.