アルプスの少女ハイジ (1974) : distribution, intrigue et streaming

Released in 1974, アルプスの少女ハイジ is a famille and animation film directed by Isao Takahata, running about 107 minutes.

What it’s about. Heidi (1974) Japanese anime series by Zuiyo Eizo (now Nippon Animation) based on the Swiss novel Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning by Johanna Spyri (1880). It was directed by Isao Takahata A feature-length film Heidi in the Mountains, aka The Story of Heidi, was edited from the series by Zuiyo (which by then was a separate entity from Nippon Animation, which employed many of the TV series' animation staff) distributed in 1979. All cast were replaced excluding Heidi and the grandfather. This movie is also the only incarnation of the Heidi anime to have been released commercially in the United States in English (on home video in the 1980s). Isao Takahata remarked "Neither Hayao Miyazaki nor I are completely related to any shortening version" on this work.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.8/10, アルプスの少女ハイジ has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch アルプスの少女ハイジ page.

If you liked it. Fans of アルプスの少女ハイジ tend to enjoy Le Voyage de Chihiro, Retour vers le futur, Le Roi lion and Coco.