The Silver Brumby is an Australian animated children's television series written by Jon Stephens, Judy Malmgren and Paul Williams based on Elyne Mitchell's Silver Brumby books. A total of 39 episodes were produced by Media World Features between 1996 and 1998 and was originally broadcast on Network Ten.

Plot

The series focuses on Thowra, a silver colt, his brothers Storm and Arrow and their friends the bush animals in their continued quest to resist the Men's efforts to capture them. The series is loosely based on the books.

Characters

Horses

Other animals

Humans

Animation

The Silver Brumby is one of the earliest animated TV shows to use digital ink-and-paint for animating as opposed to the traditional usage of cels (which were still being used by other animation production companies at the time).

Episodes

Season 1 (1996–97)

Season 2 (1997)

Season 3 (1998)

Home media

The Complete Series 1 DVD was released in 2006, and Volume 1-6 on VHS in 1997 (Australia only) by Roadshow Entertainment. The Animated Adventures of The Silver Brumby is not available to buy on DVD in full. As of April 2011 only the first series has been released in its entirety, with a bonus episode from series two, on Region 4 DVD format. Nine episodes have to date been released on Region 2 format.