Sanzoku no Musume Ronja (Ronja Rövardotter)

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English: Ronja Rövardotter

Synonyms: Sanzoku no Musume Ronia, Ronia the Robber's Daughter

Japanese: 山賊の娘ローニャ

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Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 11, 2014 to Mar 28, 2015

Premiered: Fall 2014

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: NHK, Dwango

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Studio Ghibli, Polygon Pictures

Source: Book

Genres: Adventure

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.25¹ (scored by 3,189 users)

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Fall 2014TVStudio Ghibli, Polygon Pictures

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The story is about a girl named Ronja who is the daughter of a chief of a tribe of bandits and lives in a huge castle in the forest with the bandits. The story follows Ronja as she encounters mystical creatures, makes friends with another young child like herself, and experiences life in the forest.

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Based on Astrid Lindgren's children's fantasy book Ronia, the Robber's Daughter.

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Ronja

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Shiraishi, Haruka
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Mattis

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Seki, Takaaki
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Birk

Main

Uyama, Reika
Japanese

Lovis

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Nozawa, Yukari
Japanese

Skalle-Per

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Sasaki, Umeji
Japanese

Harpie

Supporting

Katou, Saori
Japanese

Borka

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Tani, Atsuki
Japanese

Undis

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Doi, Mika
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Lill-Klippen

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Himeno, Keiji
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Narrator

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Endou, Fukiko
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Kawakami, Nobuo

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Miyazaki, Gorou

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Kimura, Eriko

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Kasamatsu, Kouji

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"Haru no Sakebi (春のさけび)" by Aoi Teshima

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"Player" by Mari Natsuki

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Nov 30, 2015

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

ReReDead (All reviews)

12 people found this review helpful

Well, this was good! I was initially worried about the CGI-animation of the characters, but got used to it pretty quickly. It is very nicely done and gets you thinking about Zelda: The Wind Waker's art. Even if I still would have prefered a traditionally animated interpretation of the story, I don't think this is something that should stop people from giving this series a fair chance. And the background paintings is extremely good looking, it truly is a feast for the eyes to see swedish nature depicted in this way!

With as much as 26 episodes the series gets a long time to adapt the book in a fair way, which it does from beginning to end, with some extra fluff that doesn't take away anything from the experience. If you would compare it to the old swedish movie from the 80's, this is definitely the more true to the book. This is because all the relations, events and characters gets the time they deserve to be built up properly. In the movie they basically just piled up all the key scenes as tightly packed as possible, without giving any emotional connection to anything. This is where Sanzoku no Musume Ronja succeeds splendidly.

However, something they did not succeed in was that special feeling of norse fairy tale creatures. The interpretation of the rumphobs (rumpnissar) is pretty awful, both personality-wise and appaerance-wise. The wild harpies (vildvittror) maybe would have worked in a more detailed 2D-animated style, but now they look too flat and cheap. A good equivalent to their classic catchphrase, "Nu ska blodet rinna!" (literally: "now the blood shall flow") is also missing. The gray dwarves (grådvärgar) and the unearthly ones (de underjoriska) were okay though.

Something that the series managed, that neither the old movie nor the book did, was to give all the robbers in Matt's Fort their own distinct personalites. I greatly appreciated this. And also, the interpretation of Skalle-Per was terrific.

Besides some dumb mistakes, like the fact that they pick blueberries and raspberries in spring (they don't become ripe until late summer), the swedish nature is depicted well. Sometimes the tempo maybe was too slow, but this helped more than becoming a hindrance. The thing I missed most from the movie was all the beautiful accapella harmony songs.

This is most definitely the best work of Goro Miyazaki so far. But then he also got really good source material from the great Astrid Lindgren! A fantastic story that always is relevant to people in all ages. Strongly recommended to everyone, give it a fair chance!

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Apr 16, 2015

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

Markezzo (All reviews)

11 people found this review helpful

Ronja the Robber’s Daughter is a show that I will be the first to admit that I’m severely biased against. The main reason is that as a swede I grew up watching the live-action version of this story, based from the children’s book by Astrid Lindgren. So rather than fight the inevitable, I wish to dedicate this review to comparing the two adaptions.

The animation is what one notices first as it is far from the usual. With a 3D-style that looks like it came straight out of a video-game, Ronja the Robber’s Daughter has a very different look, which may or may not scare some people off, though I would say that one gets used to the 3D rather quick.

Nature plays a large role in the series, to the point that one could almost call it its own character. Thanks to its amazing backgrounds you can’t help but admire the atmosphere. If you ever need to convince someone to go out camping, show them an episode or two of this. The one aspect that it lacks though is variety, while the live-action version portrays nature both as something beautiful and something that could easily kill you with its overwhelming power, the anime has a tendency to go for nothing but cuteness.

The story is intact and when it arrives at the more memorable scenes it manages to portray them well. The main problem comes from how stretched out it is. This series told a story in 26 episodes that could have been told in 12. Many episodes can literally be skipped as they involve nothing but pointless filler. While it is a Ghibli-production and one should go in expecting a lot of slice-of-life elements, I can’t help but feel that it worked against it more than in its favor this time.

When comparing the characters in each adaption I found the live-action version to be better. The dialogue in the anime tends to come off robotic and unnatural, which is a consequence of translating the story a bit too literally. The way that Ronja smiles and giggles constantly at the slightest thing nearly drove me nuts at times, and her father Mattis was portrayed as far less of an unstable and dangerous man, and more like a screaming drama-queen. Where I will say it caught me off guard was toward the end, where the characters start to reflect on what has been done and what their future holds. The father-daughter relationship comes to a good climax, and Ronja’s make-believe brother Birk in particular was developed in a way that gave me chills.

Overall, Ronja the Robber’s Daughter is a dragged out and cutesified version of the original story. Fans of Ronja are better off rewatching the live-action version or reading the book. It does however offer great art, a decent ending, and a few great scenes in between. If you are a big fan of slice-of-life or Ghibli this will be an okay watch.

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Aug 10, 2015

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Sir_Chasm (All reviews)

4 people found this review helpful

Astrid Lindgrens story really comes to life in this anime, which is a great adaptation and manages to make fans of the book feel right at home while still managing to excite them.

If you enjoyed the book you owe it to yourself to watch this anime, it does the source material justice, and it will make you feel like a little kid again. There is so much ejoyment to be had in this anime wether you've read the book or not.

The characters are great, there are moments of joy, moments of sadness, and everything in between.

If you want to watch a good and heartwarming anime read more

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Jan 5, 2015

13 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

BosseBL (All reviews)

78 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

It is hard to not make a biased review of this show if you are from Sweden, which I am. "Why?" you may ask.
This show is based on the story "Ronia the robbers daughter" (Ronja rövardotter), written by one of Swedens most beloved author Astrid Lindgren and made into a movie in 1984 by Tage Danielsson. The movie by Tage Danielsson is one of the top 10 most watched movies in Sweden. Even today it is impossible to escape this movie if you grow up in Sweden.

Because of this swedes will ether hate or love this show. I personally is biased towards loving it. Therefore, If I were to make a complete review, it would probably be an awfully lot of text, ending with a strong recommendation to go and watch this show now. I will however only talk about some things I find especially worth mentioning about this show.

In my opinion the show manage to do the original story justice.
The series faithfully follows the book, takes some inspiration from Tage Danielssons movie while adding the well known Ghibli flavor to it. The result is original and nostalgic at the same time.

The series is slow paced and really spends time fleshing out the characters. Don't expect any fast-paced action-filled adventure. This series likes to take its time and let the moments sink in. While watching this I have noticed things about the story, characters and environment I never thought about in the original.

When it comes to bizarre creatures, Studio Ghibli are masters. This story contains some strange creatures which is depicted in a very Ghiblish way. The most successful one in my opinion being the Harpies. These evil birdlike creatures was meant to be scary in the original story. Tage Danielssons version of them may be scary if you are a 6 year old child. But the Ghibli Harpies gives me goosebumps every time I see them.

The animation is done with CGI, which is unusual for a Ghibli production. Sadly it makes some scenes look a little bit too synthetic. In other scenes they have manage to squeeze in enough filler animation in between everything to makes the characters feel more organic and alive.
When I first started watching the series I had some problems accepting the CGI animations. I had hoped for a classic hand-drawn Ghibli production. But I guess this was the tradeoff they had to do to make it a 26 episode series.
After a couple of episodes however I stopped noticing it.
For most people I think the animation is where this show will stand or fall. Its not bad, but its not what you would expect.

Some will probably find the protagonist Ronja to be a little annoying in the first 3 or 5 episodes. While she is out exploring the world she finds even the simples things in the forest very amusing. She is constantly laughing intensely at everything. This is a passing phase and won't be that extreme the whole series.

Now go and watch this show!

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