Alps no Shoujo Heidi

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 same ... experience as I did, but maybe try showing it your kids (espacially if you speak german)

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) and ... other 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 time ... on it

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