After becoming an orphan, Heidi is forced to live with her grandfather Öhi, who lives in the Alps. She learns he's a very bitter man who only accepted by force to take her in. But Heidi's kindness may be able to open his heart. Together with the shepherd Peter and invalid Klara, she has lots of adventures.

(Source: Anime News Network, edited)

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Genres

Studios

• Fuji TV
• Nippon Animation

Staff

• Yoshiyuki Tomino — Storyboard (eps 4, 7, 10, 13, 14, 18, 21, 23, 27, 29, 33, 37, 40, 42, 44, 46, 49, 51)
• Takeo Watanabe — Theme Song Composition (OP, ED)
• Seiji Okuda — Storyboard (eps 31, 39, 43, 45, 48, 50, 52)
• Hayao Miyazaki — Layout Composition (eps 1-52), Scene Design (eps 1-52)
• Isao Takahata — Director, Episode Director (eps 1-52)
• Keiji Hayakawa — Assistant Episode Director (eps 1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51), Storyboard (ep 36)
• Kumiko Oosugi — Theme Song Performance (ED)
• Kouichi Chiba — Recording
• Youichi Kotabe — Animation Director (eps 1-52), Character Design
• Kazuyoshi Yokota — Assistant Episode Director (eps 2, 4, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52), Storyboard (ep 34)
• Fumio Ikeno — Storyboard (ep 17)
• Yoshio Kuroda — Storyboard (eps 5, 9, 12, 16, 20, 24, 35)
• Hiroshi Saitou — Storyboard (eps 11, 15, 22, 25, 26, 30)