Should you watch The Story of Heidi?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Story of Heidi
Anime · 1979
Heidi is five years old when her aunt Dete, who has raised Heidi since her parents' deaths four years earlier, takes the orphaned Heidi to live with her formidable grandfather in the Swiss Alps. The American feature-length adaptation of Heidi (1974), the Japanese anime series produced by Zuiyo Eizo.
The sides of The Story of Heidi
- An orphan girl sent to her grandfather in the Alps
- Goats, meadows and a mountain hut
- Her friend Peter the goatherd
The Story of Heidi is good for you if…
- you want a warm, gentle story of mountain life.
- you're looking for something to watch with young children.
- you love Alpine meadows and goats.
The Story of Heidi is bad for you if…
- you don't watch cartoons.
- you find 1970s animation dated.
About: family · friendship · homesickness
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