The Busy World of Richard Scarry is an animated children's television series, produced by CINAR Animation and France Animation in association with Paramount Television, which aired from 1994 to 1997, first on Showtime, later on Nickelodeon, and ran for 65 episodes. The television series was based on the books drawn and written by Richard Scarry. The show aired in Japan as a part of the Ponkickies block on Fuji TV in the 1990s. However, it was basically the English Dub with a Japanese Voiceover.