Beautiful, a serie that everyone most see, with an amazing story that will capture your full attention. Certainly is a classic anime with a few years old, but I must say that's not so important as you may think, I'm pretty sure that there are lots of new series who want to have an audience of as many generation (children and adults) as this has. Absolutely recommended for people of every age.

Heidi, Girl of the Alps (Alps no Shoujo Heidi) is an absolutely lovely anime adaptation of the 1880 Swiss novel written by Johanna Spyri. The novel has gotten other numerous adaptations beside the anime series, which should indicate how much the original novel has touched the hearts of its readers. Some adaptations surely have been much more grim and gut-wrenching than the rest with its happy moments but none might ever be held as high as this particular adaptation that for many is a taste of nostalgia from their their childhood. Many who have seen it might still imagine the people of Switzerland herding theirgoats while happily dancing on the high mountains of the Alps just like the character representing Japan in another series called Hetalia. In fact a lot of people from Japan wanted to visit Switzerland when the series had started airing, indicating even more of its impact on the viewers. Back when I was young the only place I ever heard or saw of Heidi's story was from my grandmother, who I watched the live action adaptation(s) with, although I remember them having more sadness and melancholy than in the anime version, which I don't actually have a lot of memories of. Only when I was much older did I finally watch a bit of the anime adaptation as I recognized the familiar name from my childhood and skipped almost or, well basically everything as I was still a bit impatient a few years back. And finally this week I finally started watching it and finished all 52 episodes while knowing very well how the story would be. The story of Heidi, Girl of the Alps is quite simple without big plot twists or any real big changes to the setting, which the characters reside in as the show wants you to feel like you're truly living in the beauty of the mountains along with Heidi. The beauty of the setting is also enhanced by the background art, which makes it feel like mimicking the real beauty that is the country of Switzerland from the towns, the lakes, the trees to the mountains. The characters are not as detailed or as clean as the background but they sure do stand out from it and the animators were able to put more detail into the movements when needed accompanied beautifully by the sound design, which sadly does sometimes use the same happy tracks that are very noticeable but you'll get pretty used to it as it doesn't really spoil a scene. There are also quiet moments when it's supposed to be serious or eerie in the scene. The biggest factor to enjoying Heidi, the Girl of the Alps is its characters, which the story, art and sound are there for. All of it exists to enhance how the characters feel. Normally this is all expressed in the novel as text, so those who can't get themselves to imagine the scenes from text get to see it in art with the sound of the fir trees greeting Heidi as her face lights up with joy accompanied by her laughing as she turns around to chase the goats back into the top of the mountain where the sun smiles and turns the cliffs into a blanket of yellow and red. A scene so beautiful that you can truly feel what is going on in Heidi's head as she runs back into the hut to enjoy a piece of bread and cheese with the grandfather that smiles so kindly upon seeing the young girl enjoying her dinner after a long day on the top of the mountain. This is what makes the show so great, understanding the characters, their feelings, sorrows, happiness, everything. And despite this show being old enough to be re-adapted by anyone many many times, I think no other adaptation could ever redo what this version did for so many people. There doesn't really even have to be an adaptation or even a continuation to expand the their world as much as I would want there to be. The story of a girl that lives on the Alps is something that was there and can't be really redone. It's a gem with small cracks but one of a kind that cannot be replicated or replaced despite its small imperfections. A gem that can be enjoyed by anyone despite their culture or origins.

Alps no Shoujo Heidi is more then a story. It's a journey. You will both laugh and cry while watching this series. You will cry both tears of sadness and tears of joy. You will fall in love with Heidi (but in a weird way - she is a little girl), and you will fall in love with the Swiss Alps. This anime may be old, and it may be targeted towards children. However, that doesn't change the fact that it is a perfect series, and one of the most beautiful series ever told. Also, I ship Heidi and Peter. They'd make a cute couple.Although, I don't think either of them are old enough to think of boys/girls romantically yet. Then again, if my math checks out, at the end of the series Heidi is at least ten and Peter at least sixteen. (They were five and eleven at the beginning.) One more thing. Heidi is the original moe character. Some otaku might say that moe began in the late nineties or early two thousands. To which I say, "No, moe began in the seventies maybe earlier."

Heidi is the first anime and cartoon I've ever watched. The 5-year old me loved everything about it. I loved the relationship between Heidi and her Grandpa. I loved Heidi and her friends the most. Thinking back, I feel like I used to ship Peter with Heidi lol. It can be sad at times but the overall atmosphere is actually cheery. The Swiss Alps really did serve the beautiful background which leads your younger self dream to places beyond. Unlike a lot of anime or even cartoons I've watched as a child, I'd say neither did me or my parents ever found anything inappropriate andI think you could still recommend to kids even now. Those character designs are still so great that I can recall even now and hence why I am here.

Heidi of the Alps was one of the landmark anime tv series in the early 1970s that stood the test of time with its story, animation, art design & their lovely characters. unite three of the most influenced minds in anime history: Takahata, Tomino & Miyazaki, & inside studio Nippon one of the most major studios in that time this masterpiece classic will not only one of the most beautiful anime series of that era but one of the turning point in anime history in the years to come. & what have missed becoming a classic ?the adaptation was close to the original materials the storyboardis great the animation looks cool the backgrounds were fantastic & the characters design was beautiful & not forget the directing which was superior to other shows in that time.

****WATCH OUT FOR SPOILERS!**** This is the first anime I've ever watched. Back then, I didn't even know anime existed. But I know one thing for sure - I loved this series. Its atmosphere was so lovely... so where the characters and the story was not always just funny, but serious at the right moments. Heidi, the protagonist girl, a pure and nice girl from the city is moving due to her mothers work (or so I remember). She's moving into the alps to her 'uncle' Öhi. First, they're pretty split up, but they begin to grow friends who can't be seperated. Her new friend Peter is incharge of watching over a horde of goats. They always climb to the top of the alps and are having a stunning view from up there. But things are not staying that way... It's been a long time since I last watched it, so I'm probably going to check this out once again so I can write a more detailed review for this. Right now, with all the things I can remember, I give this a 8/10.

I can confirm, this is what Switzerland is like. In all seriousness, this is the first anime I ever saw, before I even knew what anime was. The anime certainly lives up to being "a story for children, and those who love children". Heidi was the series of my childhood, and despite the somewhat dated visuals and sound, it still holds up very well today. What impresses me even after all these years is how well it translated the nostaglia for Swiss pastoralism from Johanna Spyri's novel. The beautiful alpine scenery and simple, down-to-earth story around the lives of the characters manages to make me homesick -even while I'm still in the country.

Heidi is one of the most defining shows in the world masterpiece theater catalog. Before Heidi the other shows consisted mostly of collections of stories that became Anderson Stories, Rocky Chuck, and Moomin, and they also did an Adaptation of the manga Dororo. Heidi however is just based on a single novel and becomes the precedent for most other shows in the programming catalog afterwards. Nevertheless the show by itself is a delight to watch and has aged very little since it’s release in the 70’s Everything about the show Heidi is simplistic and small. With only about a dozen notable characters and only two dramaticallydifferent settings, the show does a decent amount in it’s fifty episodes without being really boring. Each episode is a new adventure for the young girl from going on escapades in the alps with the young goat herder peter, or her means of trying to entertain herself and Clara in the restrictive mansion in Frankfurt. Each episode is as calming and satisfying as the last, and despite being a children’s novel the show doesn’t come off as patronizing towards it’s viewers. The characters of the show are also a delight to watch as well. The main character Heidi is a bundle of joy who uses everything she learns to her own advantage, especially when going off to a new setting. Her grandfather is also a very interesting character. Coming off as a rugged gruff isolated man who also has a much more sympathetic side and with Heidi, he becomes more open towards other people. It goes without saying that many of the people who made this show went on to become big names in the anime industry. With Takahata and Miyazaki who went off to make studio Ghibli, and Tomino who made the popular Gundam franchise. It really shows with how good the character designs for many of the characters are. The wonderful use of setting that makes them come alive due to their color and detail. The animation is consistent and resourceful throughout the show lending to the vibrancy of the characters and setting. Not to mention it’s soundtrack that adds to many moments of the show as well as characterization. The show still has some discrepancies however, with many interesting plot threads(?) just never coming up again. Heidi’s Aunt Dete being more of a plot device who’s never seen again. The highly optimistic tone that maybe too much more some people, and so on and so forth. Overall though this is a show that i think is pretty good and has stood the test of time. It’s a show that I can't help but recommend to others. Because if you are willing, the show will wrap you up in it’s charming ways from start to finish the same way Heidi does towards other people.

I am probably biased, but this show may be the best kids anime out there. They reran this on the national german child program channel almost every year from probably the 80's or 90's up to they mid 2010's There journeys the characters go through seems so much real than anything from other programs. From Heidi emotional goodbye when going to the big city to her cheerful comeback all felt so sincere and real. I remember the "last" visit at the grandmother's house making me cry as a kid several times. I don't think that if you watch this as an adult you will get out the sameexperience as I did, but maybe try showing it your kids (espacially if you speak german)

Like many Afrikaner kids, I grew up watching this in the Afrikaans dub (making this my first anime!). In my late teens, I was pleasantly surprised to find that this is in fact an anime. I rewatched the series in Japanese, and enjoyed it just as much as I had as a child...if not more. This series is truly a masterpiece that withstood the test of time. Be warned though, this story isn't for everyone. It's rather slow paced and heavily character driven (a given seeing as it's a coming of age, slice of life story about a little girl living in the Swiss Alps).

There are many works which are said the masterpiece of Japanese anime. However, if asked, ' what is the masterpiece?' by those who have just started to watch anime, I will recommend them this 1973 work, "Alps no shoujo Heidi (or, just 'Heidi')." It is based on a fiction 'Heidi' by Johanna Spyri, but the staffs of "Alps no shoujo Heidi" made some changes. They focused more on the way Heidi lived in Alps and in Germany, and on the relationships between characters, that is, the staff depicted the daily-lives of characters. This TV series was directed by Isao Takahata, famous for "Panda Kopanda," "Hotaruno haka" and so on, with Hayao Miyazaki, also famous for academy-award-winner "Spirited Away." It is not a well-known fact that Takahata and Miyazaki in their younger days made this work. The fact implies that "Alps no shoujo Heidi" is not only reputed as a well-made work, but it has a historical value. If you are interested especially in the history of Japanese anime, this title is must. Speaking of its historical worth, I cannot overlook the work of Miyazaki. He helped Takahata well and drew all the layouts of this 52-episode anime series. This is a surprising fact. (NOTE: in Japanese, 'layout' means 'the very important drawing in the cut, included background'; in anime animators do not depict backgrounds but layouts include background. Usually 30-minute long anime is composed of 300 cuts, so there are 300 layouts in one episode.) Miyazaki's work is also found in many parts of this anime. He was also involved with direction. Therefore you can easily understand how great Miyazaki was, and still he is, by watching "Heidi." There are more historical achievements in this anime, but I cannot write down all of them, so if you got interested, please check them. Thanks to Miyazaki's effort, and other talented staffs including Yoshiyuki Tomino and Yoichi Kotabe, "Alps no shoujo Heidi" made a big success. As for storyboard, it is still one of good models of anime today. "Heidi" could express Heidi's innocence, Peter's cheerfulness, Clara's agony, and Uncle's conversion. With precise backgrounds (thanks to a location hunting, which is the first one in Japan's TV anime history,) you can feel as if Heidi and other characters really smiled and cried. As I said, the plot mainly traced the original, so I won't mention it in detail. Takahata and Miyazaki's success is that they succeeded to describe tiny changes of emotions with delicate directions, animations and the story. This success influenced (and, still influences) the later works, I mean, Japanese animators became to depict daily-lives of characters, not a Hollywood-like spectacle. In this sense, "Heidi" is the most important work of all. Of course, you sometimes find its old-fashioned aspects, such as the designs of characters, recordings, and other technical constraints. However, this work for certain contains the essence of anime. You will soon notice that only a few titles can perfectly imitate "Heidi," and there are an amount of anime which aimed to "Heidi." After 25 years, it is still a key work in Japan's unique anime world. It is when you notice the excellence of "Heidi" that the time you became interested in anime anew comes.

Very innocent, fun, and at times moving anime. It portrays life in the Alps in a beautiful way. Watching the BD, the art style was very clean and colorful. They often give you landscape scenes worthy of being a painting to be hung to a wall. I love all of the characters and grew very attached to them (with the exception of a certain governess). Heidi, the main character, is a cheerful girl full of life and she constantly goes to adventure with her young goatherd friend Peter, a kind kid who is very knowledgeable about the mountains. Heidi's caretaker, her grandfather, is a bit of a hermit isnot seen well by most of the mountain's people, but he's a great and wise man. They will go through important character development, together with others who will join the story later on. I give it a 9 instead of a 10 because the last few episodes felt too rushed. It especially disappointed me because it's one of those series that I wish would've gone forever.

Well i don't usually write reviews about animes, but this one is barely even about the anime itself. There is times that i encounter with people that underestimates animes like Heidi because it's been a long time since it was revealed or you probably saw it on TV when you were kid and else. I'm not trying to say that the time it aged makes it valuable and entertaining but you just sometimes need to stop searching thoroughly for an anime or movie, you may seen Heidi and thought ''It was a show for kids since it was published in 70's or it's probably noteven decent becuase it is old''. That's why you need to stop, because whenever i watch something people consider as old or childish it most likely appears to be a show that is meant to be for everyone with it's scenes that makes you think about the characters situation and empathize with them. I mean you probably can understand me if you've watched terrific movies or series before. With its drama and moments, Heidi is particularlly same with those. Whether you like or hate literary of art, Heidi is one of the best things you can experience in your life even if you don't like watching things outdated. I basically would recommend you this and think you should at least give it a try. Sometimes, when you are looking for good things in your life, I would like you not to make choices based on people's evaluations and not to miss the big things that seem small to you. Because sometimes a huge carrot grows in the smallest hole.

"The endless display of wonder is as clear as the crystal sheen of that paradisiac lake borne by the sacred Alps" ~~ The warm pulse of morning at the mighty Sun's arrival The bounty of the earth, the playful winds, And aloft in a dance every happy thing swings. For scenery is therapy And all the symbols show in the Alps.The sound of their innocence, claimed for youth and freedom A heartleap at the daily for ascetics, Thereon magic is in tables, the fir trees, and the broomsticks, For grace is within children And kindness at the ready in the Alps. The beauties of the meadows make friends with one and all Every one is named, every thing's involved And a lifetime bond is a shared resolve For empathy is a sweet ol' prayer And all the love is found in the Alps. ~~ !! SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW !! ~~ There is a kind of synchronicity of positive affect enshrined in an encounter with child-like wonder. Stunned before a world of intact innocence, the eye becomes focused: details spring up like a well-nurtured field of green infused with the sustenance of its contented design, and the luster creeping up upon the long-forgotten otherside rekindles the fizzled care for natural delight. *Heidi, Girl of the Alps*, in its offering of the majesty that is the Swiss Alps and the equal magnitude of the same quality found within a young girl's heart, arranged an audiovisual score so restful, so stirring, although sometimes so frustrating, still so capable of impelling an imagination portal to rise out of thin air. There we see a sea of clouds to lay a kinetic body down, or an image of a theater sung by the illustrious troupe of non-human vocalists and instrumentalists. Sometimes what stands solely within reverie is the looming figure of a great mountain patiently waiting for its children to come home into its restorative abode. The species of certain quadrupeds alongside winged creatures, wild or domesticated regardless, with the inclusion of the elementals and the natural course of the landmark's jewels, are identified with familiarity through a separate language shared by the well-meaning kind. And these prompts on the screen (or are mirrored back to the screen) most appropriately consolidate the identity and charm of *Heidi, **Girl of the Alps***. Emboldened were those last few words of the title to pull out an encapsulation. *Heidi, Girl of the Alps* is indeed an anime about Heidi, a girl who lives in the Alps. Go figure! But more than that, as a girl *of the* Alps, Heidi as the central force carrying the brunt of the story's elements over her little shoulders brings with her, like a religious disciple with the most reverent faith in a higher entity, the gospel of the mountain's bounty. The title is as candid as the show appears to be. I adore the level of connectivity that effortlessly arises in these scenarios, and the enduring quality that comes from being simple and forward (points a finger at myself and laughs). The commitment of Takahata Isao to portray the novel of Johanna Spyri as an anime adaptation that beholds the day-to-day on Mother Nature's bosom in the mountains with exhilarating adventure and an endless display of wonder is as clear as the crystal sheen of that paradisiac lake found at the upper limits of the ranges. Vivid landscapes come as lucid spells to enchant an unspeakable sense of longing especially to the urban man, courtesy of Ioka Masahiro's art direction. Urakami Yasuo's understanding of the sound of nature's existence comes like an angel descending from a cloud of stairs to simulate a cinematic life on the simple livelihood in the countryside amongst wildlife and domesticated creatures and wooden gadgets and village gossip and sweaty work and open galaxies of green, brown, and blue. The trifecta of perpetrators are also found depicting the dreamy yet grounded depiction of nature in *Anne of Green Gables*, truly the all-stars of child-like wonder and rural majesty. Watanabe Takeo's music compositions that incorporate the German style seal the package and complete the foundation of what makes *Heidi* a sensorially pleasant watch. Although *Heidi* can be considered as *cottagecore*, the saccharine warmth the vision usually concerns itself with is instead replaced by a louder, more imposing embrace that comes from the presence of the Alps. There is also an underside, if you will, in the form of the industrial city of Frankfurt, an urban metropolis devoid of bright hues and towering trees in favor of commercial buildings and crammed lines of houses where *Heidi* experienced legitimate trauma in the Sesemann household. So despite the choir of loveliness that echoes throughout virtually this entire write-up, indeed a large portion of mountain life is consumed by life in a mansion with a governess who practices the art of extreme, borderline devilish discipline. With filters removed and masks cast off, the middle section of *Heidi* boasts a superior degree of fury-inducing plot. I would have lesser issues with it if the reins on Fraulein Rottenmeier were tighter to reduce her freedom in the presence of the master of the house, his mother, and his only beloved daughter, but her influence knew no bounds for reasons I cannot understand as a mere commoner in the modern world and she continues to be prowling over with her close-minded philosophies which were never really fully addressed, apart from the skip in character journey with her believing in the Alps' magic in the end. At the very least, it makes for a powerful springboard once we go back to the mountains with Heidi, when Alm-Onji's despair is exorcised by the reunion of loving family, completely sold on the value of companionship, and the holy power of the Alps is given inarguable legitimacy. With the way I've been talking, I consider the mountains as a character of their own. It is a peculiar feeling to have. However, it is a testament to the energy nature brings into our souls. *Heidi, Girl of the Alps* manages to incorporate an entity that is motionless and incapable of verbally speaking and transform it into what could be considered a most influential character with omnipresence. To draw a comparison, it is much like *Aria*'s Neo-Venezia. This makes me realize that I so like it when the setting of the story itself is given dominant importance and impact because it becomes treated with a unique kind of value that is different from living, breathing casts. The vigor that the Swiss Alps bestows upon its inhabitants is known to be unmatched, thus there the conclusive arc of Clara's road to recovery was suitably positioned as it was. There was less of Heidi and more of Clara towards the end. Arguably not as interesting of a character, thus admittedly reducing my engagement with the anime, but the ultimatum of the message it materialized made it a definitively reasonable decision to make. A threefold salvation occurred within the Alps. First, it was Onji, who cocooned himself as a misanthrope in the desolate Alps yet eventually grew to be more amicable to his community due to a certain orphaned girl. Second, it was Heidi, who essentially was breathed into life and found a place she could call home, and a true family to live with. The Alps were here lifeline during the dark ages of separation. Lastly, it was Clara, who with the help of the mountains, the children, the goats, and Onji, was relieved from the ailment of weak legs and in turn learned to stand and walk on her own after those many years on a wheelchair, with access to professional medical aid nonetheless. Indeed, touching--walking on grass can solve a plethora of our problems. Thank you, *Heidi*. But in all seriousness, every step towards salvation heightens the treasure of beauty found in the Alps. It is a grace to be looked at with wistful eyes and a longing soul, a deity to convert stalwarts for environmental preservation. The core of resplendence unveiled in all its glory, *Heidi, Girl of the Alps* is a gem of its time. This is a classic produced with meticulous care such that it achieves to replicate sceneries that could make the mouth agape in awe and the heart leap in calming bliss. In terms of personal connection, it isn't too close to the special places within me. Regardless of that, Isao Takahata and team have translated a heartwarming story with its delightfulness intact in animated form.

Heidi is a show with a lot of problems but also a lot of charm. A lot of it's problem actually are part of it's charm even, it really feels like a kind of anime that you COULDN'T make anymore in these days or at the very least would not be produced by any large studios. For 2/3rds of the series basically nothing fucking happens OR it doesn't really matter much in the long run and could have been easily skipped. The animation quality switches drastically from episode to episode. Sometimes you'll get an absolute insanely good shot (for TV cel animation in the 1970s) andother times the cels were covered in so much dust/hairs that it was distracting, especially during scenes where the characters would just be sitting down and talking with little to no movement body wise. Personality wise each character is incredibly simple, even one note at times. I won't mention who, but there is a very prominent character that is introduced midway through the series who I expected to gain some character development and stop being such a fucking BITCH all the time but...She just stays basically the exact same for the next 30 episodes??? Although I suppose her behavior becomes more comedic, and I can't deny that I laughed at her outbursts. On top of everything there are some issues due to the culture of the time, it's nothing too large but there is blatant child slavery so, uh, y'know. There's also some minor sexism (though, for it's time it's pretty progressive overall) I still enjoyed it, but I have to admit that my taste is a tad difficult. I wouldn't reccomend it exactly...but calling it bad doesn't seem right either. I'd say give the first few* episodes a watch at least, as they are pretty comfy and just pure slice of life (up until Heidi leaving to Frankfurt specifically) After that I reccomend watching the movies instead as they are much more compact story wise.

..........................................................................................................................................................This is a story ,which is more enjoyable for kids which i dont recommend this to any teenager or anyone older. Its a lovely story and the art is good ,but its not a must watch u can watch it when u bored just for the old times and the nostalgy ,i would recommend this for ppl to show it to their kids which would love it.The story is kid friendly and funny at times so it would be a good choice for a parent to show it to their kids.If u havent watched it while u were younger dont waste your timeon it .................................................................................................................................................................................................................