The expression of the characters is simply realistic that you will be happy whenever they feel happy and tears flow when they are sad. I watched the English version shown in India on Cartoon Network during 2000. This series made me fall in love with the mountains and trekking. It remains mostly true to the spyri's version. Even though it is short and pretty old(1971), It is about a timeless classic produced brilliantly. No words can express the meaning of this series in my life. A true reflection of the ability of this show to cross boundaries. I recently watched Heidi with my mother (she is going on 56 years old now) and she couldn't help but cry on several occasions, despite having never watched the show before. It could be because everything this show does is perfect - the stories, the characters, the music. I don't know if it's because of said nostalgia of my childhood, when I was living with my grandparents who I miss to this day. Although I watched the English dub when I was a kid, I'm watching the original Japanese version now and I've learnt enough Japanese to comfortably understand it even without subtitles :DĪs others have said of this show, it has brought me to tears on a number of occasions. In that way, it is more complex than the cartoons kids are usually exposed to. As an adult I realize that every child (boy or girl) must watch this show because it teaches lessons in kindness and enjoying the simple pleasures in life that one wouldn't necessarily learn in school or from their parents. Growing up, I was glad to come by this show which was very different from the usual stories with pre-conceived good-vs-evil moral commentary. In India growing up, this was a cartoon I would wait to watch with my two brothers (we weren't pushed into watching it by a girl, as some might assume) every day. What has changed is my understanding and appreciation of the motives of the full cast of very realistic characters. I loved this show when I was 8 years old, and I love it even more now I am 26. The nostalgia of being a kid with not a worry in the world, of living in the countryside among the animals and breathing the fresh mountain air, of riding the proverbial rollercoaster of emotions with every small joy or sadness that life brings. There is nostalgia in everything this show represents. Looking at it today, animation buffs will be amazed at how good the animation of Heidi was for its time, the traditionally tight budgets of TV production and the length of the series. The traditional use of shadowing in anime is instead replaced by a more flat look but a bigger emphasis put in animation. Technically, Heidi is also very impressive to see even today. Sadly, the TV series does not seem to have been published for later generations so the only way to watch it is likely thru some old fan subs. Looking back at these 52 episodes after their successful carreers, it is interesting to see many of their themes and leit motifs appearing in Heidi that would later also surface in later works (young heroines, love for country life, lazy and silent dogs, etc). By now, you can already see the genius of both. This TV series marks one of the earliest collaborations of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Heidi is such a pure girl that is impossible to ignore its charm. Extremely sweet and gentle, Heidi has a charm that both girls, parents and even boys love (but they'll never admit to it, of course). This TV series was one of the first anime hits in Argentina that crossed all barriers of age and gender.
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