Heidi, Girl of the Alps

***Heidi, Girl of the Alps*** (Japanese: ***アルプスの少女ハイジ***) is Japanese Anime Television series. produced by Zuiyo Eizo (currently Nippon Animation), based on the 1881 novel Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The titular character is a then-five-year-old girl named Heidi, who's taken to her grandfather on the Swiss Alps by her aunt, Dete to live with him and while the girl ends up improving his life, she also befriends Peter, the goatherd of the village Dorfli below and the one who causes her to find a big passion of hers, goats and other animals in general.

Heidi series was a great leap for the career of Isao Takahata (director), and Hayao Miyazaki, since this work was a great success internationally, being highly known in Latin America; much of Europe (especially Germany, Spain, and Italy); the Arab World; Philippines; India; and Turkey.

## هايدي

### Year(s)

2021

***هايدي*** is one of two Arabic dubs of Heidi. This is an illegal dub, which has the same title as the official Arabic dub, produced in the 1984.

On May 23, 2021, the official YouTube account of the company Almajd TV Network, parent company of Basma Channel, and based in Saudi Arabia, published a strange video with an 'Islamized' opening of Heidi. This opening, unlike other similar Islamic ones, tries to emulate Heidi's original Arabic opening (the official Arabic dub, produced in the 80s, isn't lost media, and is complete on the Internet), which consisted of a traditional Arabic song, which was played with a variety of percussion instruments. This Islamic opening is a kind of cover of the original Arabic opening, taking intact the Arabic lyrics of the classic opening, and replacing the music with just a percussion instrument. The interpreter of the Islamic version tries to imitate the singing of Sameera Nimri very noticeably, the interpreter of the official opening. An atypical detail of this opening is that it does not include any nasheed (islamic chant), and that it did not modify the lyrics, nor did it add references to Allah or Islam to it, as it has been seen with other Islamic dubs. It is a completely illegal dub, since the only Arabic dub recognized as official was the one produced in the 80s, mentioned above.

The series broadcast on: Basma Channel, Rawdah Channel, and Taghareed Channel, from 2021.

On Basma Channel, the series broadcast every day, except Saturday: Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 2:05 p.m., 4:05 p.m., and 8:05 p.m., except Sunday at this time (KSA Time). It also broadcast on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 10:05 am (KSA Time).

#### Videos

شارة مسلسل هايدي قناة بسمهOpeningشارة مسلسل هايدي 👧🏻💙 (كاملة) - جديد قناة بسمة للأطفالBasma Channel Trailer

## 飄零燕

### Year(s)

2000s

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***飄零燕*** is one of two Cantonese dubs of Heidi. This dub is based on the Japanese version. This dub was produced exclusively to be distributed via DVD. Unlike the TVB dub, there is very few information about it, and it is much less known than the one broadcast on television in the 70s.

Currently, it is practically impossible to find episodes of this DVD dub, being able to find only the episodes of the TVB Jade television dub.

## Heidi

### Status

**Partially Found**

***Heidi*** is Balearic Catalan dub of the series of the same name. This dub is based on the German version. It's a very obscure dub, which was shown exclusively in the Balearic Islands, in Spain. It premiered on the IB3 channel on June 6, 2006, and there is evidence that it was shown until at least 2008, in the 'Mira sa tele' block.

It is practically unknown to Catalan speakers in the rest of Spain, both in Catalonia and in Valencia and other parts of the country. In Catalonia, unlike Valencia, there was never a dub in this language, the series being known in Catalan territory for its European Spanish dub, like much of Spain. Like other dubs in Catalan produced in the Balearic Islands, such as the Doraemon dub (1979), this dub is completely lost, and has only kept the opening, which was shown on the regional channel IB3.

#### Videos

Heidi- Balearic Catalan OpeningCatalan Opening

## Heidi

### Status

**Lost**

***Heidi*** is Cebuano dub of the series of the same name. It is a very obscure dub, about which there is almost no information. At the moment, the only reliable evidence is a reddit post by a Filipino user who mentions this dub in Cebuano, and some of his compatriots who vaguely remember seeing it at some point on some ABS-CBN regional channel.

Currently, it is impossible to find.

### English

#### About the English dubs of the Heidi series

Without counting the English version produced in the United States, which didn't dub all the episodes, there are too many doubts about the dubs that were produced in the English language of this anime series. Three versions will be described below, about which there is few or no information:

## Heidi

### Year(s)

2001

In 2001, the Indian version of Cartoon Network began broadcasting a lot of Japanese animation, thus creating the Toonami block. But, it was pointed out that during those years, CN had aired a English dub of the Heidi anime. This was doubtful, since Heidi is not a series that fits very well with the series genres of that block, with action and shonen series, mainly, although nothing prevented it from being broadcast within the normal programming.

According to Indian viewers, the series was broadcast between 2001 and 2003. They describe the dub as quite good, and it was a good alternative to watching the series in English. Since then, many Indians have searched for this version, which is very rare to find, and in which all episodes are dubbed.  The series, apparently, was successful enough to air more than once in its entirety on the channel, which would also explain why so many Indian viewers remember it fondly.

It took several years for the only known trace of this dub to be discovered. In May 2022, YouTuber Reel Bites | #MovieTalk, uploaded an almost complete chapter to the page with Cartoon Network English dub, being until now the only proof of its existence. The finding was reported by the user Reddit-Veu, on the page of the same name, on r/lostmedia.

###### Trivia

* This dub is based on the Japanese version.
* Episode titles, and credits, are displayed in Japanese. The musical themes also remain undubbed. This would confirm that the dub wasn't produced by Creative Products, since said Filipino studio used to dubbed the songs in the dubbings, as can be seen in Dragon Ball Filipino English dub.
* Only episode 25, almost complete, has been found; and episode 26 in its entirety. The problem is that the VHS of the recording is badly damaged, and in much of the recording, the audio is out of sync, although that could be fixed with editing.
* This English translation is very faithful to the Japanese version, and all the original sound effects and BGMs are used correctly, so if found, it would be a very good way to watch the anime in English.

###### Video

Heidi Cartoon Network -English Dub-Sample dubbing. (not available in all regions) - WARNING: DON'T LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES
###### External links

* Sample dubbing, in Google Drive (free access).

## Heidi

### Year(s)

Late 70s (supposedly)

This is a very old supposed English dub, produced in the Philippines in the late 1970s. The problem with this supposed version is that it points out that this is a dub that was produced at a time when the Philippines did not usually produce dubbings, which would only be born and spread in the 90s, with dubs into English and Filipino.

Some sites that mention this dub are English Wikipedia, and World Masterpiece Theater Wiki with conflicting information. Wikipedia points out that the English dub broadcast on Cartoon Network, explained above, would have been produced at the Creative Products studio, renowned for its English dub of Dragon Ball, and other dubs, and does not indicate an exact year. On the other hand, World Masterpiece Theater Wiki points out that the anime was released in the Philippines at the end of the 70s with dub in English, although without indicating its origin. Anyway, on the Internet there are no testimonials from Filipinos who say they have seen the anime in English, since most of them affirm that they met the series in the 90s, with its Filipino dub from ABS-CBN (a dub that is lost-media, by the way), so proving the veracity of this Filipino dub is very difficult.

## Heidi

### Status

**Non-Existence Confirmed**

The English Wikipedia also states, although without much certainty in its wording, that Leephy Studios, the South African studio that produced the Afrikaans dub (which, by the way, is not lost-media), would be behind a supposed version that was released *"to the English-speaking Asian markets"*. There are no references that the series has been broadcast in English other countries than India. this dub is possible to discard it, since it is based on a simple assumption, without foundations.

## Heidi

### Status

**Lost**

*See more on The Dubbing Database*
***Heidi*** is one of two Filipino dubs of the series of the same name. This dub is based on the German version.
It was the first Filipino dub produced, and It was broadcast on ABS-CBN in the Philippines. This dub is now lost-media.

## Heidi

### Status

**Lost**

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***Heidi*** is one of two Filipino dubs of the series of the same name. This dub is based on the German version.
It was the second Filipino dub produced, and It was broadcast on QTV in the Philippines. This dub is now lost-media.

#### Media found in Filipino language

Without considering the very few information about this dub, all audiovisual material of it is almost non-existent. The only thing that is available today is a poor quality audio of the Filipino opening, but it is not known if said opening was part by the first dub, the second dub, or by both.

#### Videos

Heidi (1974) (Tagalog-Filipino, Incomplete)Filipino Incomplete Opening - WARNING: DON'T LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES

## Heidi

### Status

**Partially Found**

***Heidi*** is Finnish dub of the series of the same name. This dub is based on the German version. There is practically no further information about this dub, nor when it was broadcast, nor on what channel it was made. In Finland, other adaptations to the original work are more known, such as the 2015 series, and other films for cinema, although there is still little information about the latter. Only the opening is known in Finnish.

## ಹೈಡಿ

### Status

**Lost**

***ಹೈಡಿ***  is Kannada dub of the series of Heidi. This dub is based on the German version. This is one of several dubs produced by Sun TV Network, the others being in Malayalam, Tamil and Tegulu (this two last dubs being easily found full on the Internet). Unlike the other dubs on Sun TV, this one is completely lost, and its search becomes even more complex, considering that the 2015 rebbot was broadcast on the same channel with the same name. It was broadcast on Chintu TV, every day, at 10 am (India Standard Time).

## 알프스 소녀 하이디

### Status

**Partially Found**

***알프스 소녀 하이디*** is Korean dub of the series of Heidi. Unlike other dubs, this one is currently out of distribution, because the company YES24, which is the owner of the brand in the country, is only authorized to distribute the literary work of the character, the anime series, and other products of the franchise, but not MBC's old Korean dub, so today, it's very hard to find, and the current DVD and Blu Ray releases only include a Korean subtitled version, with Japanese audio.

Currently, there is no record of the footage shown on MBC TV in the 70s, with only the Opening theme, which was released on disc at the same time. There is only record of the opening shown on KBS. No episode has been found.

#### Videos

Heidi Korean OP -MAD- 알프스 소녀 하이디 오프닝Opening (MBC TV) Only audio. The video version of this opening is lost media.하이디 주제가 한국어Opening (KBS).(Not available in all regions)

## ലില്ലി

### Status

**Partially Found**

***ലില്ലി*** is Malayalam dub of the series of Heidi. This dub is based on the German version. Together with the Mandarin dubs, these are the few dubs in which the protagonist's name is changed, being called Lily here. This is one of several dubs produced by Sun TV Network, the others being in Kannada, Tamil and Tegulu (this two last dubs being easily found full on the Internet). The only material that is available from this dub is its opening, and an almost complete recorded chapter, both in low quality. It was broadcast on Kochu TV, every day at two times: 6:05 am and 2 pm (India Standard Time).

#### Videos & Fotos

Heidi (ലില്ലി) (Lilly) - Malayalam Opening (Complete, LQ)Malayalam OpeningLilly- kochu tv cartoon-part -1- malayalam -ലില്ലി-കൊച്ചു ടിവി കാർട്ടൂൺ-Cartoon Hut-Sample dubbing. (not available in all regions)Promotional Poster

## 小天使

### Status

**Partially Lost**

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***小天使*** is one of several Taiwanese Mandarin dubs of Heidi. This dub is based on the Japanese version. Unlike the later Taiwanese dubs, in this dub all the songs (including the opening and ending) were not dubbed, and were only subtitled.

This is the first dub of the series produced in Taiwan for TTV (Taiwan Television). On YouTube, the series is almost complete, except episode 33.

#### External links

* Almost complete series (except episode 33), in Taiwanese dub (TTV Version).
Not available in all regions.

## Heidi

### Status

**Lost**

***Heidi*** is Polish dub of the series of the same name. It is a very obscure dub, about which there is almost no information, being only mentioned on the Anime News Network website. It is only known that it was broadcast on the TVP1 channel.

## Heidi, A Menina dos Alpes

### Year(s)

1977

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***Heidi, A Menina dos Alpes*** is the Brazilian Portuguese dub of the series of the same name. This dub is based on the original Japanese version. It is the first dub of the series produced in the American continent, being even older than the Latin American Spanish dub. This dub was broadcast for the first time on Rede Tupi in 1977 and by TVS (currently SBT) and Rede Record in the 80s, it's currently lost media, being very difficult to find.

Much of the information that is known about this dub today comes from the investigation carried out by the Brazilian blog TSB Anime, a website that managed to recover part of the OST of the series which was released on disc at the time..

At present, all the episodes of the series are lost media.

#### Videos

There are two versions of the Brazilian opening. One that was shown in the early years of the SBT channel (called TVS at the time), which uses a different instrumental, but based in original; and other version, which uses the original Japanese instrumental. The adaptation of the SBT opening was composed by Emerson Aragão and Agnaldo Dantas. The translation of the lyrics was made by Marcelo Duran. The lyrics of both versions are exactly the same, translated directly from the European Spanish version.

The song in Brazil receives the name "A Patotinha", for SBT version. Meanwhile, the other, and well-known adaptation is known for the chorus that gives it its name: "Vovozinho, diga-me" (Portuguese for: *Grandpa, say me...*)

Heidi - Vovozinho, diga-me (Oshiete) - Abertura Brasileira (Tsb Anime Exclusivo)Opening (Standard Version)A PATOTINHA - VOVOZINHO DIGA-ME - 1980 - HEIDI - TVS - SBTOpening (SBT/TVS Version)

### Portuguese (Europe)

There are five dubs, 1 for television, and 4 for home video. For the purposes of this article, only 4 dubs will be mentioned, since one of them can be easily found online:

## Heidi

### Year(s)

1977

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***Heidi*** is one of several European Portuguese dubs of the series of the same name. This dub is based on the European Spanish version, which is very faithful to the original Japanese version. Of the several European Portuguese dubs produced in Portugal, this was the only one produced for broadcast on television, to be broadcast on RTP's 'I Programa' channel (currently: RTP1). Only half of the episodes were dubbed, specifically 26, because I Programa had initially released a subtitled version (with original Japanese audio), with the first chapters purchased, but given the success of the anime *3000 Leagues in Search of Mother*, also directed by Isao Takahata and also with a Portuguese dub based on Spanish ( known in Portugal, and in several countries as *"Marco"*), RTP produced a dubbing of the second pack of episodes, which debuted on Portuguese TV in 1977.

Finding the 26 dubbed episodes of the series is a difficult task, since it is not a complete dub of the series, hence it's devalued compared to other dubs. Currently, only its opening is easy to find online.

## Heidi

### Year(s)

1992

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***Heidi*** is one of several European Portuguese dubs of the series of the same name. This dub is based on the German version. This dub is the first of 4 different dubs in European Portuguese produced to be distributed in home video format. These dubs must have been produced mainly because the 1977 dub was the sole property of RTP, the Portuguese state television broadcaster. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the distribution company only authorized the dub of 32 episodes, discarding the other 20. This dub was distributed in VHS format, by the Portuguese company Ecovideo, which distributed a VHS, with 4 redubbed chapters. Exactly which episodes were selected is unknown, but evidently, it was one of the first 17.

There are several similarities between this 1992 dub and the 1996 dub (this dub is not lost-media, and is complete on the official YouTube channel of clube junior, in Portuguese), since both share part of the cast, and are produced in the same dubbing studio. Unlike the 1996 dub, the 1992 dub is lost-media.

## Heidi

### Year(s)

2003

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***Heidi*** is one of several European Portuguese dubs of the series of the same name. This dub is based on the German version. This dub is the third of 4 different dubs in European Portuguese produced to be distributed in home video format. These dubs must have been produced mainly because the 1977 dub was the sole property of RTP, the Portuguese state television broadcaster. The information on this dub is extremely scarce, and it is not known how many episodes were dubbed, although it is known that it covered a large part of the series. This dub was distributed in DVD format, by the Portuguese company New Age, in 2003.

This dub is extremely rare, and may only be in the collectors personal file. In this dub an opening was produced, which was used by both New Age company dubs.

##### Videos

HEIDI - ABERTURA DE PORTUGAL (VERSÃO NEW AGE)Opening New Age

## Heidi

### Year(s)

2005

*See more on The Dubbing Database*
***Heidi*** is one of several European Portuguese dubs of the series of the same name. This dub is the fourth of 4 different dubs in European Portuguese produced to be distributed in home video format. These dubs must have been produced mainly because the 1977 dub was the sole property of RTP, the Portuguese state television broadcaster. This dub was distributed in DVD format, by the Portuguese company New Age, in 2005.

This dub is extremely rare, and may only be in the collectors personal file. In this dub an opening was produced, which was used by both New Age company dubs.

##### Videos

HEIDI - ABERTURA DE PORTUGAL (VERSÃO NEW AGE)Opening New Age

## Heidi

### Status

**Partially Found**

***Heidi*** is Romanian dub of the series of the same name. This dub is based on the German version. Much of this dub is very difficult to find on the Internet, so it can be considered lost media. Notwithstanding, the series was distributed in Romania on VCD, in the 2000s. For some reason, various websites, such as Dailymotion or YouTube, tend to immediately delete fragments of this dub, something strange, which does not happen with other dubs. The dub is of low quality, so it is likely that it had a low budget.

Only 1 episode has been found.

#### Video

Heidi (1975) Episodul 3 - Dublat în românăSample dubbing. (not available in all regions) - WARNING: DON'T LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES
## External links

* *Heidi, Girl of the Alps* on the Dubbing Database

## References

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/Au93ZdIRPlQ
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/d7EizbMeoxs
3. ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%E5%8D%91%E6%96%AF%E5%B1%B1%E7%9A%84%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3
4. ↑ https://ca.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llista\_d%27anime\_en\_catal%C3%A0#Doblat\_en\_varietat\_balear
5. ↑ https://www.diariosigloxxi.com/texto-ep/mostrar/20080117190210
6. ↑ https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi\_(anime)
7. ↑ https://youtu.be/03alCX0b-yw
8. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/wbeis/peter\_peter\_asa\_na\_ang\_mga\_kanding\_any\_bisaya\_out/
9. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lost\_Films/comments/8zp38q/lost\_english\_dub\_of\_heidi\_the\_girl\_from\_the\_apls/
10. ↑ https://alearningaday.blog/2016/02/13/heidi-girl-of-the-alps/
11. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/gdufc7/please\_help\_me\_find\_english\_dub\_of\_all\_episodes/
12. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/4m0e4q/how\_many\_of\_you\_watched\_heidi\_on\_cartoon\_network/
13. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaNostalgia/comments/vm33mn/heidi\_does\_anyone\_remember\_this\_i\_literally/
14. ↑ https://youtu.be/xRK9Yrfx6bY
15. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/unwywq/rare\_english\_dub\_of\_heidi\_that\_aired\_on\_cartoon/
16. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi,\_Girl\_of\_the\_Alps#English\_versions
17. ↑ https://wmt.fandom.com/wiki/Heidi,\_Girl\_of\_the\_Alps
18. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Philippines/comments/wbeis/peter\_peter\_asa\_na\_ang\_mga\_kanding\_any\_bisaya\_out/
19. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi,\_Girl\_of\_the\_Alps#English\_versions
20. ↑ https://youtu.be/upByWgIqPaA
21. ↑ Shintu TV in Facebook
22. ↑ Kochu TV in Facebook
23. ↑ https://youtu.be/lpixLzH8O9E
24. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=433