Heidi, Girl of the Alps

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Heidi, Girl of the Alps

アルプスの少女ハイジ (Arupusu no Shoujo Haiji)
Genre	Drama
TV anime
Directed by	Isao Takahata
Studio	Zuiyo Eizo
Network	Fuji TV ZDF, Kinderkanal Antena 3 Canal 5 TVN Chile Boing, Italia1, Rai Uno, Rai Due ORF1 AVRO SAUK Saudi Arabian TV Cartoon Network
Original run	January 6, 1974 – December 29, 1974
No. of episodes	52

Heidi, Girl of the Alps (アルプスの少女ハイジ, Arupusu no Shoujo Haiji^?) was a very popular anime series released by the animation studio Zuiyo Eizo (which later became Nippon Animation) in 1974. It was directed by Isao Takahata and features scene design and layout by Hayao Miyazaki. The series is based on the Heidi children's book, which Swiss author Johanna Spyri wrote in 1880.

The Heidi anime was an extremely popular TV series in many countries all over the world, but was not dubbed in English until 2001.

1 Cast
2 International broadcast
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Cast

Kazuko Sugiyama as Heidi
Kohei Miyauchi as Alm-Ohi
Noriko Ohara as Peter
Hiroko Maruyama as Peter (film version)
Rihoko Yoshida as Clara Sesemann
Keiko Han as Clara Sesemann (film version)
Miyoko Asō as Rottenmeier
Hisako Kyouda as Rottenmeier (film version)

[edit] International broadcast

The Heidi, Girl of the Alps anime has been dubbed in several languages. The TV series was able to reach major stardom in Europe, Asia, and South America where the anime was dubbed in multiple languages. These dubbed versions of the series were broadcasted in the following countries:

Antena 3 (Spanish dub)
Canal 5 (Spanish dub)
TVN Chile (Spanish dub)
Boing, Italia1, Rai Uno, Rai Due (Italian dub)
Kinderkanal, ZDF (German dub)
ORF1 (German dub)
AVRO (Dutch dub)
SABC (Afrikaans dub)
Saudi Arabian TV (Arabic dub, Translated in USA studios)'
Cartoon Network India (English dub)
Radio-Canada Canada (French dub)

The only incarnation of the Heidi series to reach the United States was an English dubbed version of the 1979 feature-length movie adaptation of the TV series, released on video in 1985. Most fans of the series in North America saw it first in other countries.

[edit] Trivia

Peter, Clara, Heidi, and her Dog

Heidi is one of several World Masterpiece Theater titles produced around the "classical children's literature period" (1974-1997), based on classic tales from around the world.

The opening credit roll was animated by Hayao Miyazaki, except for two scenes by experienced animator Yasuji Mori. Assigned to animate a ring dance of Heidi and Peter, Mori wanted to analyze a movement of two real people, so Miyazaki and animation director Yôichi Kotabe did a ring dance in a parking lot next to their studio, and Mori shot them with an 8mm camera for reference.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

Heidi, the children's book on which this anime series was based.

[edit] External links

World Masterpiece Theater
Calpis Comic Theater:	Dororo and Hyakkimaru - Moomin - Andersen Stories - New Moomin - Rocky Chuck the Mountain Rat - Heidi, Girl of the Alps
Calpis Children's Theater:	A Dog of Flanders - 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother - Rascal the Raccoon
Calpis Family Theater:	The Story of Perrine
World Masterpiece Theater:	Red-haired Anne - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Robinson Family Lost at Sea: Flone on a Mysterious Island - Lucy of the Southern Rainbow - Alps Story: My Annette - Katri, Girl of the Meadows- Princess Sarah
House Foods World Masterpiece Theater:	Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love - Love Story of the Young Grass - Little Prince Cedie - Adventures of Peter Pan - My Daddy Long-Legs - Trapp Family Story - Bush Baby: Little Angel of the Great Plains - Tale of Young Grass: Nan and Miss Jo
World Masterpiece Theater:	Tico of the Seven Seas - Romeo's Blue Skies- Famous Dog Lassie - Remi, Nobody's Girl
House Foods World Masterpiece Theater:	Les Misérables: Little Girl Cosette
Other related articles:	Hayao Miyazaki - Nippon Animation - Isao Takahata