ALPS NO SHOUJO HEIDI Young girl Heidi from the Alps

AKA: Heidi

Author: Johanna Spyri

Director: Isao Takahata, Atsuji Hayakawa / Masao Kurada?

Script Writer: Yoshiaki Yoshida, Isao Okawa, Mamoru Sasaki

Character Design: Yooshi Kotabe

Backgrounds: Masahiro Ioka

Music: Takeo Watanabe

Company: Zuiyoo Eizou

Year: 1974-79

Charas:
Heidi the young naive heroin from the mountain
Others Clara, Peter, her grand-father

Story: A well known children story. Heidi is a young girl who lives with her grand-father in the moutain. As he is getting old, he accepts an offer to let her go to the city to be the friend to a handicapped girl (CLara). And thus the big adventure starts for the little girl: the city is full of wonders and not everyone is kind to a little mountain bumpkin (^_~)

Type: TV series/classic

Number of Episodes: 52 TV Episodes

We have: none

What we thought: Very old, but I don't think that anyone of my generation has not seen and adored Heidi in one form or another. I reckon this particular version is probably VERY dated by now ... but it will still keep a place in the heart of all those who have seen it the first time around.