No words can express the meaning of this series in my life. Even though it is short and pretty old(1971), It is about a timeless classic produced brilliantly. It remains mostly true to the spyri's version. This series made me fall in love with the mountains and trekking. Also, it made me like wilderness. The production is very top notch. The soundtrack is awesome. I watched the English version shown in India on Cartoon Network during 2000. The expression of the characters is simply realistic that you will be happy whenever they feel happy and tears flow when they are sad. The innocence of Heidi will reminded you of your own heart that is pushed under the burden of everyday busy life and expectations. No other anime or series has meant this much to me. The opening and closing credit music is simply magical. I really appreciate the work of the music department.
The problem of this series was it couldn't get proper unified distribution due to division of the production house. US never got wide distribution but only shorted movie version. English dubbed version was only done for India and Philippines and that too by cartoon network. This version cannot be found in DVD version. The only version found are Japanese which limits the customer rates. There were lots of dubbing in different language for different countries which became popular in those countries. But, lack of unified English dubbing means you cannot buy a international version of this timeless classic.
The problem of this series was it couldn't get proper unified distribution due to division of the production house. US never got wide distribution but only shorted movie version. English dubbed version was only done for India and Philippines and that too by cartoon network. This version cannot be found in DVD version. The only version found are Japanese which limits the customer rates. There were lots of dubbing in different language for different countries which became popular in those countries. But, lack of unified English dubbing means you cannot buy a international version of this timeless classic.