Heidi in the Mountains
Seen it?1974 | Animation, Family
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- If you count yourself among anime fans and parents and kids watching together, this one's for you. One the grown-ups won't mind watching too. Sits nicely alongside Arrietty.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Lively and easy to follow.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1974: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you can't get past animation (your loss).
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 earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Isao Takahata
- Kazuko SugiyamaHeidi (voice)
- Noriko OharaPeter (voice)
- Kohei MiyauchiGrandfather (voice)
- Rihoko YoshidaClara Sesemann (voice)
- Miyako ShimaPeter's Grandmother (voice)
- Miyoko AsoFrau Rottenmeier (voice)
- Natsuko KawajiMadam Sesemann (voice)
- Taeko NakanishiDete (voice)
- Kaneta KimotsukiSebastian (voice)