based_on wind in the willows 
Animation is the process of making the illusion of motion and the illusion of change by means of the rapid display of a sequence of images that minimally differ from each other . The illusion  as in motion pictures in general  is thought to rely on the phi phenomenon . Animators are artists who specialize in the creation of animation . Animation can be recorded with either analogue media , a flip book , motion picture film , video ___MASK29___ , digital media , including formats with animated GIF , Flash animation , and digital video . To display animation , a digital camera , computer , or projector are used along with new technologies that are produced . Wind in the Willows is an Australian 49 - minute made - for - television animated film from Burbank Films Australia . ___MASK42___ was originally released in 1988 . The film is based on Kenneth Grahame ' ___MASK31___ English children ' ___MASK31___ novel of the same name , first published in 1908 , and was adapted by Leonard Lee . ___MASK42___ was directed by Geoff Collins , produced by Roz Phillips and featured original music by Mark Isaacs . New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . The country geographically comprises two main landmasses  that of the North Island , or Te Ika - a - Mui , and the South Island , or Te Waipounamu  and numerous smaller islands . New Zealand is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia , Fiji , and Tonga . Because of its remoteness , ___MASK42___ was one of the last lands to be settled by humans . During its long period of isolation , New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal , fungal and plant life . The country ' ___MASK31___ varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks , such as the Southern Alps , owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions . New Zealand ' ___MASK31___ capital city is Wellington , while its most populous city is Auckland . ___MASK32___ is a children ' s novel by Kenneth Grahame , first published in 1908 . Alternately slow moving and fast paced , it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals in a pastoral version of Edwardian England . The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism , adventure , morality and camaraderie , and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the Thames Valley . The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr . Toad is a 1949 animated package film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures . The film consists of two segments  the first is based on the 1908 children ' ___MASK31___ novel " ___MASK32___ " by British author Kenneth Grahame , and the second is based on the 1820 short story " ___MASK46___ ," called " Ichabod Crane " in the film , by American author Washington Irving . ___MASK64___ Islands is a sovereign country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of . The country ' ___MASK31___ capital , Honiara , is located on the island of Guadalcanal . The country takes its name from the ___MASK64___ Islands archipelago , which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the North ___MASK64___ Islands ( part of Papua New Guinea ), but excludes outlying islands , such as Rennell and Bellona , and the Santa Cruz Islands . Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , ___MASK48___ of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . ___MASK42___ is the world ' ___MASK31___ sixth - largest country by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . Australia ' ___MASK31___ capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . Leonard G . Lee , CM ( July 17 , 1938  July 7 , 2016 ) was a Canadian entrepreneur and founder of Lee Valley Tools and Canica Design . Born in 1938 , near the ___MASK15___ of Algrove in central , rural Saskatchewan , he grew up in a log cabin without electricity or running water . Vanuatu ( or ; Bislama ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu ( Bislama : " Ripablik blong Vanuatu "), is a Pacific island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean . The archipelago , which is of volcanic origin , is some east of northern Australia , northeast of New Caledonia , east of New Guinea , southeast of the ___MASK64___ Islands , and west of Fiji . Canberra ( or ) is the ___MASK93___ city of Australia . With a population of 381 , 488 , ___MASK42___ is Australia ' ___MASK31___ largest inland city and the eighth - largest city overall . The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory ( ACT ), south - west of Sydney , and north - east of Melbourne . A resident of Canberra is known as a " Canberran ". East Timor or Timor - Leste ( Tetum : " Timór Lorosa ' e "), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor - Leste , is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia . ___MASK42___ comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor ; the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco ; and Oecusse , an exclave on the northwestern side of the island surrounded by Indonesian West Timor . The country ' ___MASK31___ size is about 15 , 410 km ( 5 , 400 sq mi ). Mr . Toad , of Toad Hall , is one of the main characters in the novel " ___MASK32___ " by Kenneth Grahame and also the title character of the A . A . Milne play " Toad of Toad Hall " based on the book . Papua New Guinea ( PNG Hiri Motu : " Papua Niu Gini "), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea , is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of ___MASK48___ of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia , a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia . Its ___MASK93___ , located along its southeastern coast , is Port Moresby . The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua . Tasmania ( abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as " Tassie ") is an island state of the Commonwealth of Australia . ___MASK42___ is located to the south of the Australian mainland , separated by Bass Strait . The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania , the 26th - largest island in the world , and the surrounding 334 islands . The state has a population of around 518 , 500 , just over forty percent of which resides in the Greater Hobart precinct , which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city , Hobart . Sydney is the state ___MASK93___ of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania . Located on Australia ' ___MASK31___ east coast , the ___MASK35___ surrounds the world ' ___MASK31___ largest natural harbour , and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west . Residents of Sydney are known as " Sydneysiders ". Sydney is the second official seat and second official residence of the Governor - General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia and many federal ministries maintain substantial presences in Sydney . Kenneth Grahame (; 8 March 1859  6 July 1932 ) was a British writer , most famous for " ___MASK32___ " ( 1908 ), one of the classics of children ' s literature . He also wrote " The Reluctant Dragon "; both books were later adapted into Disney films , which are " The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr . Toad " and " The Reluctant Dragon ". Indonesia ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , ___MASK42___ is the world ' ___MASK31___ largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , Indonesia is the world ' ___MASK31___ 14th - largest country in terms of land area and world ' ___MASK31___ 7th - largest country in terms of combined sea and land area . It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world ' ___MASK31___ fourth most populous country , the most populous Austronesian nation , as well as the most populous Muslim - majority country . The world ' ___MASK31___ most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country ' ___MASK31___ population . Burbank Films Australia was an Australian animation production company that in a span of eight years produced over thirty different animated films . These films were presented to the public through television or direct - to - video debuts .