The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Seen it?1980 | 1 seasons | 25 min | Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans, action fans and families.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 22 hours in all.
- 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).
Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many. He is magically shrunk and suddenly the farm animals are out for revenge. He flees on the back of the goose Morten and they join up with a flock of wild geese. Together they travel all over Sweden, with Nils hoping to find a way to become big again.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 27K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Mami KoyamaNils (voice)
- Masane TsukayamaNils' Father (voice)
- Joji YanamiTen (voice)
- Masako IkedaNils' Mother (voice)
- Tadashi YamazakiCarrot (voice)
- Hideyuki TanakaGunnar (voice)
- Yoshito YasuharaMorton (voice)
- Keiko Yokozawa
- Kei Tomiyama
- Kohei MiyauchiRosenbaum (voice)