Sanzoku no Musume Ronja (Ronja Rövardotter)

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

English: Ronja Rövardotter

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

Japanese: 山賊の娘ローニャ

Information

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

Statistics

Score: 7.26¹ (scored by 2,715 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score. Please note that 'Not yet aired' titles are excluded.

Ranked: #2443²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #2398

Members: 14,639

Favorites: 38

7.26

Ranked #2443Popularity #2398Members 14,639

Fall 2014TVStudio Ghibli, Polygon Pictures

Add to List

Episodes: /26

PV 1

play

Edit
Synopsis

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.

Edit
Background

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

(Source: Wikipedia)

More characters
Characters & Voice Actors

Ronja

Main

Shiraishi, Haruka
Japanese

Birk

Main

Uyama, Reika
Japanese

Lovis

Main

Nozawa, Yukari
Japanese

Mattis

Main

Seki, Takaaki
Japanese

More staff
Staff

	Miyazaki, Gorou Director, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics
	Kimura, Eriko Sound Director
	Kasamatsu, Kouji Sound Director
	Teshima, Aoi Theme Song Performance

Edit Opening Theme

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

Edit Ending Theme

"Player" by Mari Natsuki

More reviewsReviews

BosseBL

68 people found this review helpful

Other reviews by this user

Jan 5, 2015

13 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

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!
read more

permalink | report

I found this review Helpful

Liao

24 people found this review helpful

Other reviews by this user

Jan 18, 2015

16 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Ronja is really a very cute series! I had the highest expectations about it because it was the first animated series made by Studio Ghibli, even knowing that was used digital resources on it.

To begin with it, the story is based on the book written by a swedish writer named Astrid Lindgren, and tells us the tale of Ronja, daughter of Mattis (a bandit leader) and Lovis, his wife. She lives at the Mattis's Fortress (originally Mattisborgen), which consists on a abandoned castle, split in half by a thunderbolt that struck it on the day Ronja was born. After the storm, the rival bandit clan, read more

permalink | report

I found this review Helpful

Alainne1

19 people found this review helpful

Other reviews by this user

Mar 17, 2015

24 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

I had high expectations for this anime for two reasons: It's animated by Studio Ghibli and it's based on an awesome novel I like a lot. The anime maybe didn't live up to all my expectations, but it was a very enjoyable watch. It's a sweet and cute anime with a good and occasionally very deep storyline with enough humor and some moments that can be even frightening and cruel.

I had difficulties getting used to the CGI animation used with the characters and that was the main disappointment to me. Although after a few episodes it wasn't something that was constantly distracting me, I was read more

permalink | report

I found this review Helpful

ReReDead

9 people found this review helpful

Other reviews by this user

Nov 30, 2015

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

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 read more

permalink | report

I found this review Helpful

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

Fall 2014 Preview

In this thread, you'll find a comprehensive list of Fall 2014 anime commercials (CMs) and promotional videos (PVs). This post will be continuously updated as mo...read more

Sep 14, 2014 1:17 PM by Dunois | Discuss (250 comments)

News Briefs for Sep 1 - 7

Here is a collection of news briefs for the last week in anime/manga news. These briefs include announcements that would not normally receive their own news thread. ...read more

Sep 8, 2014 7:59 AM by Snow | Discuss (17 comments)

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

	Poll: Sanzoku no Musume Ronja Episode 15 Discussion Stark700 - Jan 10, 2015	42 replies	by Aegidrom »» May 11, 9:49 PM
	Sanzoku no Musume Ronja Wins International Emmy Award OffColfax - Apr 6	0 replies	by OffColfax »» Apr 6, 6:20 AM

Sanzoku no Musume Ronja

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Edit
Synopsis

Edit
Background

More characters
Characters & Voice Actors

More staff
Staff

Edit Opening Theme

Edit Ending Theme

More reviewsReviews

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreTop Upcoming Anime

Top Page Views

MoreMost Popular Anime

Sanzoku no Musume Ronja

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

EditSynopsis

EditBackground

More charactersCharacters & Voice Actors

More staffStaff

Edit Opening Theme

Edit Ending Theme

More reviewsReviews

More recommendations Recommendations

More newsRecent News

More discussionsRecent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreTop Upcoming Anime

Top Page Views

MoreMost Popular Anime

Edit
Synopsis

Edit
Background

More characters
Characters & Voice Actors

More staff
Staff

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion