Shoebox Zoo is an urban fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal figurines. The show centers on the story of a young girl named Marnie McBride, who is given a shoebox containing four toy animals by a mysterious old man at a junk shop, as a gift for her 11th birthday. These magical toys have the power to come alive on Marnie’s command, and they’re on a quest to find an ancient book that once belonged to a great and powerful wizard.
9歳の少女ジェーンは駆け出しの環境保護活動家として、絶滅の危機にひんする動物たちを助けようと奮闘する。たくましい想像力を持つジェーンは、親友のデイヴィッドとチンパンジーのグレイビアードと一緒に世界中の野生動物を守るための大冒険へと繰り出していく。