Heidi Cartoon English

[Edie Staniszewski]

Ive shown the first episode of Heidi here before, but these things are always taken down by YouTube or DailyMotion. It's difficult to find a copy online. To make matters worse, Heidi has never been given the fansub treatment, so that option remains unavailable.

As of 2009, it's still difficult for Americans to see Heidi. Your best bet is to purchase the Taiwan DVD box set, which retails for around $25. No subtitles are included, unfortunately.

You can click the link to purchase the Heidi box set under this blog's "Buy These DVD's" section.

Heidi was released in Mexico and maybe some other Latinamerican countries, but sadly it's only the spanish dubbed version that we got in TV in the 80's. The whole series retails for about 90 usd, if you can handle the spanish language, then it's a good thing to have.

Indeed, here (Argentina) is was aired in TV, early eighties. I remember myself as a boy watching it with my family, at dinner time. It remains quite popular here, (in contrast, Marco, Anne and Conan were not released, and they are mostly unknown).

The spanish dub is not bad, though it has a little too much sugar... The female narrator, specially, gets on my nerves sometimes.

The lack of an english sub sounds strange to me.

@wilson: I think episodes of Heidi in Spanish are still available on Youtube. Definitely worth a look. If some brave soul were to actually release a DVD set in the US, I'd be glad to include the Spanish dub.

@hgj: It's puzzling that Heidi, Marco or Anne were never released in the US. These shows have been seen around the world...everywhere but here. "The last in line" seems to have become the American motto for everything these days.

I would love to see Heidi tackled by the fansub community, but anime fans are typically only interested in what's flashy and new, and a 1974 series based on a literary work won't appeal to them. Giant robots, naked girls, cupie dolls and lots of gritty violence is what sells. But I would hope that situation could change.

There is Saiei Old Anime Raws, which includes downloads of many anime classics, including Heidi. "Raw" means no subtitles, only the video in its original Japanese.

Yes, I bought it in French for the daughter of a friend a few years ago. The DVDs have both a dubbed version and the original soundtrack with subtitles, quite nice.

The opening song is specific to the French version, it seems.

Heidi is one of the most wonderful things I ever saw as a child. I saw all the episodes. I honestly think it had a big influence in my life and somehow made me who I am today.

I illustrate children's books which is not the same as animation but it is in the way that I love to create wonderful worlds.

I am such a fan of Hayao Miyazaki's work. I recently saw Ponyo and was drooling during the entire film.

Thanks for posting this. I'm happy to have discovered this blog. I'll visit for sure. :o)

Alicia

Heidi was and occasionally still shown in the Philippines. I didn't know heidi as created by miyazaki until now. Saw this during the 90's and thats during my high school days so i still have fond memories of watching the series.

Thanks, everyone. Yes, Hayao Miyazaki was one of the major players on Heidi, alongside Isao Takahata and Yoichi Kotabe. It was very popular all throughout the world, and there are still places today where you can find it on the teevee.

I'm really surprised to see people debating Heidi on two different threads. This has to mean something important for this blog, right? Heh heh. I guess we're still a growing family, which is good news for us all.

Hello Ghibli Blog Fans,

I am in the process of translating Alps No Shoujo Heidi into English.

However, I am struggling to find healthy torrents of Alps No Shoujo Heidi in the italian dub. If anyone could please provide me these episodes through file sending services, I will translate that dub and provide an english translation. I know it is not japanese - english, but at least it's something right!?!?

my email is fatherh...@gmail.com

GW

I watched Heidi in Afrikaans in the 80's. Ah man, what a mark it made on me. Its a true classic, and every South African who grew up in the early 80's will remember this show. People still sing that catchy theme song. Heeeeidi Heeeeeeidi...

I recently bought the series in Germany. Loved watching it again. I still have a copy of Heidi on VHS that was dubbed into English. This VHS only goes for 90 minutes and does not the Series any justice. Since you can not ge the whole series in English this was the best one could do. If any body know where one could get an English Version of Nobody's Boy Remi (not by Ghibli) feel free to leave a blog. Again I only have the movie version this time in German only, but I know you can get the whole series in French.

Some years back the entire Heidi series was shown in english here in India on cartoon network. me and my mom have been fans from then on. I have been trying to get dvd set, torrents, anything. I even tried contacting the main company that has distribution rights for it but am unable to get english version. Any one out there have it

The World Masterpiece Theater series are still commonly shown on televisin stations around the world. In fact, when I was in Bogota last month, Marcee and I found a Heidi LP at one of the downtown flea markets.

2011 is going to be a great year for Heidi. I won't spoil the surprise yet, but it's big news, and eagerly anticipated. Stay tuned.

After reading this, I find it totally amazing that the animation studio dubbed it in english for airing it exclusively in India in 2001 (confirmed from wikipedia) and even more amazing is that the eng dub hit almost the write notes with the voice characters and soul of the series!!

I wish someone would post english subs so I can rewatch it. There's apparently a japanese raw torrent available online. May 2011 be truly the year of Heidi! :))

I have Heidi as three VHS tapes, in Afrikaans. I am *really* surprised that they haven't dubbed them in English, since they did in Afrikaans, which is a fairly small language, in terms of number of people. I grew up watching Heidi, and never even knew it was a Miyazaki/Takahata work! I own it as a 'movie' more like, with all the episodes combined into 3 tapes. Unfortunately, our PAL VHS player, broke, so I can't watch them anymore... =(

hey guys! i am from india. I remembered here in india "Cartoon Network" aired this series in English

so probably they are the only ones having this series in English copy. Plz plzzz cartoon network release the english version, so we will buy....

The Heidi "movie" is actually a composite of several TV episodes, condensed down to a movie format. It's a common thing for classic anime series like Heidi, Marco (3000 Leagues), and Anne.

Personally, I wouldn't bother watching the "movie" version of Heidi, which is little more than a glorified clip show. These series are like epic novels, they need their space to breathe and thrive.

Besides, we already have the "movie" versions of Heidi, Marco, Anne - the Studio Ghibli films.

Hello,

There was an english translation in the 80's. Try f.h.e (family home entertainment.) I grew up watching this movie and I remember vaguely that most of the cartoons I watched had f.h.e. openings. I had no idea this was a ghibli film...if I had I never would of thrown out all my old (recorded & no originals) tapes. My mom recorded everything. I grew up with the chopped up dubbed version of nausicaa and bunch of other Japanese and even some german & French dubbed animated movies too.

With this sentence Johanna Spyri began her world-famous book "Heidi's years of study and travel" in 1880. Since then the wine village Maienfeld in the holiday region Heidiland has been associated with Heidi. Since then, the little girl from the Swiss mountains has touched the hearts of entire generations around the globe. Looking for clues in Heidi's homeland.

Without a doubt: Johanna Spyri was inspired by her friends in Bad Ragaz and the Bndner Herrschaft on one of her visits from the magnificent landscape to write her bestseller. Spyri himself loved nature. As the wife of a busy man, she lived in Zurich, but never really got happy with life in the city. So there are parallels between her life and her character.

Where exactly the Heidi village and the Heidi alpine hut are (described by Johanna Spyri in the Heidi novel), is still unclear. "But "Heidis" experts agree that the most likely locations are at Rofels above Maienfeld and at Ochsenberg. So that's where Heidi fans from all over the world meet today.

Johanna Spyri published a total of 48 books. The two volumes of the history of Heidi (published in 1880 and 1881) were without any doubt the most successful. The first translation into French was in 1882, the first English version two years later. It has now been translated into 50 languages. 12 feature films (last in 2015), 8 cartoons, 6 series, 8 comics and 4 musicals ensured that the Heidi myth spread worldwide. Many of the Heidi books are exhibited in the Heidi museum in the Heidi village.

Today Heidi is more than just a character in a novel. The most famous Swiss woman of all stands worldwide for values such as authenticity, naturalness, health, friendship and happiness. Values that can still be experienced today in the holiday region Heidiland. Whether on a hike very close to Heidi's beloved mountains or with a bath in the famous thermal waters of Bad Ragaz: In Heidi's homeland you can feel how Heidi felt on the alp for a moment.

At the end of the 19th century, a little girl from the Swiss Alps conquered the world. Heidi received another boost in the 1970s thanks to a Japanese cartoon series. The series is also considered to have sown the seeds of the now booming anime industry.

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