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World Fairy Tale Series

World Fairy Tale Series (世界名作童話シリーズ・ワ～ォ！メルヘン王国, Sekai meisaku dōwa shirīzu - Wa-o! Meruhen ōkoku, lit. "World Masterpiece Fairy Tale Series - Wow! Fairy Tale Kingdom"; also known as: アニメ世界の童話 Anime sekai no dōwa, lit. "World Fairy Tale Anime") is an Italian-Japanese anime anthology series based on fairy tales and classic stories, produced by Toei Animation, Fuji Eight and Reteitalia in 1993.[1]

Premise

It consists of 26 episodes, each one adapting a popular fairy tale or a literature classic written by a famous author such as: the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen, Carlo Collodi, Lewis Carroll, Alexandre Dumas, Howard Pyle, Jonathan Swift, Johanna Spyri, L. Frank Baum, E. T. A. Hoffmann, James Halliwell-Phillipps and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Most of the episodes follow quite closely the original source material, with some changes made to alter unhappy endings or to suit the half-hour episode run. Between 1975 and 1983 Toei had already produced a similar series: World Famous Fairy Tale Series. Some of these fairy tales had also been adapted by Toei into feature length films (Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad, The World of Hans Christian Andersen, The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp).

A variety of different artists from other Toei's popular series worked on the episodes, such as Sailor Moon's director Junichi Sato and character designer Ikuko Itoh,[2][1] or Space Pirate Captain Harlock and Saint Seya's composer Seiji Yokoyama.[2]

The series premiered in France in October 1994 in a collection of VHS, and it later aired in December on France 3 (Les Contes les plus célèbres).[3][4][5] It aired in Italy on Italia 1 from February 4 to March 1, 1995 (Le fiabe più belle),[6] and in Japan on Fuji TV and other networks from April 7 to September 29 of the same year.[7] However, only 21 episodes were broadcast in Japan, with the last 5 episodes being released on home video. An 8 DVD box containing 24 episodes was released in Japan by Toei Video under the title Sekai Meisaku Mukashi Banashi (世界名作昔ばなし, lit. World Masterpiece Old Tale), skipping episodes 10 and 26.

The Italian dub featured different incidental music composed by Enzo Draghi,[8] and it served as a basis for the French, Spanish, Polish, Romanian and Greek dubs as well. The series was also popular in the Middle East, airing on Spacetoon.

Cast

Episodes

References

  1. ^ a b アニメスタイル編集部 (15 February 2021). "佐藤順一の昔から今まで（12）『ユンカース・カム・ヒア』と『ワ～ォ！メルヘン王国』 | WEBアニメスタイル". WEBアニメスタイル | もっとアニメの話をしよう。 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "世界名作童話シリーズ ワ～ォ!メルヘン王国 : 平成のテレビアニメ＆令和のテレビアニメ". televimanga.blog.jp. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "EDITIONS ATLAS LE MONDE FABULEUX DES CONTES: CASSETTE VIDEO FASCICULE GAMME | INA". ina.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  4. ^ Faviez, Pierre (August 2010). La Télé: un destin animé. Société des Ecrivains. ISBN 9782748047264.
  5. ^ "Planète Jeunesse - Les Contes les plus Célèbres". www.planete-jeunesse.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Programmi". Radiocorriere TV. 28 January 1995. p. 108. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  7. ^ "世界名作童話シリーズ・ワ～ォ！メルヘン王国 - 作品ラインナップ - 東映アニメーション". lineup.toei-anim.co.jp. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  8. ^ "DISCOGRAFIA". ENZO DRAGHI. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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