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''Heidi, Girl of the Alps'' is a 1974 {{Anime}} series that ran for 52 episodes [[DerivativeWorks/{{Heidi}} based on]] the famous Swiss classic children's novel ''[[Literature/{{Heidi}} Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning]]'' by Johanna Spyri, which was created as part of the ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' series.[[note]]Zuiyo Eizo, the producing animation studio, would split into Zuiyo Company Ltd. and Creator/NipponAnimation in 1975, with the latter encompassing Zuiyo Eizo's animation staff. Zuiyo Company Ltd. has continued to hold the show's copyright as well as that of ''Literature/VickyTheViking'', although all subsequent ''WMT'' series were Nippon Animation productions, and Nippon Animation holds the copyright of ''A Dog of Flanders'' and ''Anime/MayaTheBee'', which began as Zuiyo works and transitioned to Nippon Animation productions while still airing.[[/note]] The anime featured the talents of Creator/YoshiyukiTomino (storyboards), Creator/IsaoTakahata (director) and Creator/HayaoMiyazaki[[note]]the core of what would become Creator/StudioGhibli[[/note]] (animator). Also, the character designs were done by Yoichi Kotabe, likely best known in the West for his later work with Creator/{{Nintendo}}.

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''Heidi, Girl of the Alps'' (''アルプスの少女ハイジ'', ''Alps no Shoujo Heidi'') is a 1974 {{Anime}} series that ran for 52 episodes [[DerivativeWorks/{{Heidi}} based on]] the famous Swiss classic children's novel ''[[Literature/{{Heidi}} Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning]]'' by Johanna Spyri, which was created as part of the ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' series.[[note]]Zuiyo Eizo, the producing animation studio, would split into Zuiyo Company Ltd. and Creator/NipponAnimation in 1975, with the latter encompassing Zuiyo Eizo's animation staff. Zuiyo Company Ltd. has continued to hold the show's copyright as well as that of ''Literature/VickyTheViking'', although all subsequent ''WMT'' series were Nippon Animation productions, and Nippon Animation holds the copyright of ''A Dog of Flanders'' and ''Anime/MayaTheBee'', which began as Zuiyo works and transitioned to Nippon Animation productions while still airing.[[/note]] The anime featured the talents of Creator/YoshiyukiTomino (storyboards), Creator/IsaoTakahata (director) and Creator/HayaoMiyazaki[[note]]the core of what would become Creator/StudioGhibli[[/note]] (animator). Also, the character designs were done by Yoichi Kotabe, likely best known in the West for his later work with Creator/{{Nintendo}}.

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