Heidi in the Mountains
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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.
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Cast
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Kazuko Sugiyama
Heidi (voice)
Known for
Heidi: Girl of the Alps
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Noriko Ohara
Peter (voice)
Known for
Doraemon
Heidi: Girl of the Alps
Isao Takahata
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Randi Kiger
Heidi
Micki Gardner
Dick Strome
Kohei Miyauchi
Grandfather (voice)
Known for
Dragon Ball Z
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Vic Perrin
Grandfather
Claudio Guzman
Rihoko Yoshida
Clara Sesemann (voice)
Known for
Future Boy Conan
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Billy Whitaker
Peter
Charles Ver Halen
Isao Takahata Director
Budget $1M · United States release March 17, 1979 · Produced in Japan
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Budget
$1,000,000
Production
Nippon Animation
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Zuiyo
Production
Japan
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Original title
アルプスの少女ハイジ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 6, 1974
Theatrical
United States · March 17, 1979
Germany
May 14, 2000 · Theatrical
Japan
January 1, 1975 · Digital
Spain
March 12, 1976 · Theatrical
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