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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (TV)

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Alternative title:
Cudowna Podróż (Polish)
El maravillosso viaje de Nills Holgersson (Spanish)
Le Merveilleux Voyage de Nils Holgersson au Pays des Oies Sauvages (French)
le Mysterieux Voyage de Nils Holgerson au Pays des Oies Sauvages (French)
Niels Holgersson (Dutch)
Nils Holgerson (German)
Nils Holgersson (Italian)
Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (Swedish)
Nils no Fushigi na Tabi (Japanese)
Nils's Fantastic Journey
Wspaniała Podróż Nilsa Holgerssona (Polish)
مغامرات نيلز (Arabic)
نيلز (Arabic)
ニルスのふしぎな旅 (Japanese)
小神童 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: adventure
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many. He is magically shrunk and suddenly the farm animals are out for revenge. He flees on the back of the goose Morten and they join up with a flock of wild geese. Together they travel all over Sweden, with Nils hoping to find a way to become big again.
User Ratings: 66 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:4, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:2
2 Arabic dubbed
)
 Excellent: 10 votes (sub:5, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:3
2 Arabic dubbed
1 Arabic edited dub
)
 Very good: 16 votes (sub:9, others:7
3 German dubbed
3 Arabic dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Good: 18 votes (sub:5, ?:4, raw:2, dub:1, others:6
1 Dutch dubbed
1 Finnish dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Arabic edited dub
1 Arabic dubbed
)
 Decent: 9 votes (sub:5, raw:1, others:3
1 French dubbed
1 Arabic dubbed
1 German edited dub
)
 So-so: 3 votes (dub:3)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (edit.dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 163 users, rank: #4207 (of 9508)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.546 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.6254, rank: #1655 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.397 (Good+), rank: #2002 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.50 / seen some: 7.14 / won't finish: 6.37)
Bayesian estimate: 7.411 (Good+), rank: #1675 (of 7268)
Number of episodes: 52
Episode titles: We have 52
Vintage: 1980-01-08 to 1981-03-17
Opening Theme:
"Nils no fushigi na tabi" (ニルスのふしぎな旅) by Katsumi Kahashi
Ending Theme:
"Itsumademo tomodachi" (いつまでも友だち) by Katsumi Kahashi
Official website:
Links: We have 2
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Hisayuki Toriumi
Script:
Akira Nakahara (10 episodes
eps 27-28, 30, 34-35, 39-41, 44-45
)

Shigemitsu Taguchi (42 episodes
eps 1-26, 29, 31-33, 36-38, 42-43, 46-52
)

Episode Director:
Fumio Tashiro (eps 44, 47)
Hisayuki Toriumi (8 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 8, 20, 22, 42, 52
)

Mamoru Oshii (19 episodes
eps 6, 9-10, 13, 17-19, 23-24, 27, 32, 34, 36, 40-41, 43, 46, 49, 51
)

Masami Anno (17 episodes
eps 4, 7, 12, 14-16, 21, 26, 29-35 odd, 38-39, 45, 48, 50
)

Mitsuo Kaminashi (8 episodes
eps 11, 19, 24-25, 30, 37, 43, 47
)

Motosuke Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 12, 14, 22, 34, 44, 51
)

Yūji Nunokawa (ep 2)
Yukimatsu Ito (4 episodes
eps 28, 30, 33, 37
)

Music: Chito Kawachi
Original Concept: Selma Lagerlöf
Character Design: Toshiyasu Okada
Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura
Animation Director: Toshiyasu Okada
Sound Director: Shigeharu Shiba
Director of Photography: Masayoshi Miyakojima
Executive producer: Yūji Nunokawa
Assistant Animation Director:
Kōji Miyagawa (eps 1-5)
Yukiko Michishita (eps 1-17)
Color design:
Chiyoko Uchida (eps 1-5)
Fumihiro Nakano (eps 6-13, 17)
Gō Abe (6 episodes
eps 14-16, 19, 21-22
)

Hideyo Shimizu (26 episodes
eps 20, 23, 25-27, 29, 31-32, 34-36, 38-52
)

Machiko Shin'ya (26 episodes
eps 20, 23, 25-27, 29, 31-32, 34-36, 38-52
)

Yōko Mihashi (5 episodes
eps 24, 28, 30, 33, 37
)

Editing: Reiko Toda
Ending Animation: Yasutoshi Nakamura
Finish Check:
Chiyomi Horitatsu (5 episodes
eps 24, 28, 30, 33, 37
)

Kayoko Nishi (37 episodes
eps 1-23, 25-27, 29, 31-32, 34-36, 39-43
)

In-Between Animation:
Akemi Morikawa (5 episodes
eps 24, 28, 30, 33, 37
)

Akiko Nakamura (44 episodes
eps 1-23, 25-27, 29, 31-32, 34-36, 38-47, 50, 52
)

Fumiko Iwasaki (ep 51)
Hideaki Sakamoto (eps 1-12, 17)
Hiroaki Hanawa (ep 51)
Hiroko Tokita (eps 1-52)
Hiroyuki Koshimizu (ep 51)
Junko Abe (eps 1-52)
Kazue Yoshioka (31 episodes
eps 13-16, 18-23, 25-27, 29, 31-32, 34-36, 38-47, 50, 52
)

Keiko Ōno (eps 1-52)
Mamiko Katori (ep 51)
Michiko Kaneko (ep 49)
Mieko Minowa (ep 48)
Mitsuko Nara (ep 49)
Rie Watanabe (ep 49)
Tomoko Koda (5 episodes
eps 24, 28, 30, 33, 37
)

Tomoko Yamada (ep 49)
Yayoi Ikenotani (31 episodes
eps 13-16, 18-23, 25-27, 29, 31-32, 34-36, 38-47, 50, 52
)

In-Between Check:
Kazuya Uenashi (eps 1-52)
Kōji Miyagawa (eps 6-31, 33, 37)
Shigeru Fujita (eps 1-25)
Tomoko Taguchi (19 episodes
eps 32, 34-36, 38-52
)

Key Animation:
Fumio Masubuchi (ep 7)
Hiroshi Kawabata (6 episodes
eps 9, 18, 27, 39, 46, 52
)

Junko Abe (5 episodes
eps 23, 31, 36, 41, 47
)

Katsumi Aoshima (eps 32, 36, 42)
Kazue Yoshioka (ep 14)
Kiyomu Fukuda (ep 10)
Kōsei Maeda (ep 2)
Masakazu Ikeda (4 episodes
eps 13, 23, 26, 45
)

Masashi Katou (ep 8)
Motosuke Takahashi (11 episodes
eps 2, 5, 12, 19, 22, 26, 34, 36, 44, 49, 51
)

Noboru Furuse (7 episodes
eps 26, 32, 36, 41, 45, 47, 49
)

Sadahiko Sakamaki (eps 31, 45, 52)
Sakiko Kobayashi (4 episodes
eps 28, 30, 33, 37
)

Seiji Arihara (ep 7)
Shigemitsu Koshiba (4 episodes
eps 28, 30, 33, 37
)

Shinichi Tsuji (ep 43)
Takao Yamazaki (7 episodes
eps 4, 13, 17, 25, 35, 43, 50
)

Takeshi Ōsaka (5 episodes
eps 24, 28, 30, 33, 37
)

Teruo Handa (5 episodes
eps 2, 20, 25, 31, 38
)

Tomeko Horikawa (eps 10, 19, 49)
Tooru Tanaka (6 episodes
eps 3, 15, 21, 29, 40, 48
)

Toshiki Yoshida (ep 7)
Toshio Nitta (eps 13, 17)
Toshiyasu Okada (ep 1)
Toyoaki Emura (eps 41, 47, 52)
Tsukasa Abe (ep 7)
Yayoi Ikenotani (ep 14)
Yukiko Michishita (6 episodes
eps 14, 20, 25, 35, 41, 46
)

Yukiyoshi Hane (ep 42)
Opening Animation: Yukiyoshi Hane
Production Advancement:
Isao Kamishima (17 episodes
eps 1-5, 7-8, 11, 17, 21, 25, 31, 36, 42, 44-45, 49
)

Kazunori Itō (7 episodes
eps 23, 29, 35, 41, 46, 48, 52
)

Makoto Kubo (14 episodes
eps 1-5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 18, 26, 32, 39, 43
)

Masaaki Fushikawa (ep 14)
Production Desk: Masaaki Fushikawa (eps 1-5)
Production manager:
Masaaki Fushikawa (eps 6-52)
Takaichi Matsumoto
Recording Adjustment: Kunio Kuwabara
Special Effects:
Gō Abe (26 episodes
eps 20, 23, 25-27, 29, 31-32, 34-36, 38-52
)

Kiyoshi Asanuma (46 episodes
eps 1-17, 19-23, 25-27, 29, 31-32, 34-36, 38-52
)

Title Design: Hideki Sugisawa
Mami Koyama as Nils Holgerson

Ryūji Saikachi as Dwarf

Atsuko Mine as
Cooking Woman (ep 19)
Mama (ep 9)
Mother Bear (ep 22)
Mother Rabbit (ep 8)
Old Woman (ep 4)
Daisuke Gouri as Goose B (ep 1)
Gorō Naya as Carl (ep 45)
Haru Endō as
Finmar (ep 40)
Mother (ep 5)
Hidetoshi Nakamura as
Farm Woman Husband (ep 30)
Fox (ep 29)
Owl (ep 34)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Gunnar
Hiroko Maruyama as
Cat (ep 2)
Giant Man's Daughter (ep 44)
Giant Man's Wife (ep 42)
Goose Chick C (ep 39)
Hans (ep 9)
Moose 2 (ep 38)
Hiroko Mori as Ea (eps 15-16)
Hiroshi Masuoka as
Bear A (ep 41)
Mouse (ep 2)
Ichirō Nagai as owl (ep 33)
Jouji Yanami as Ten (ep 10)
Junkichi Yarita as Samson (ep 17)
Junpei Takiguchi as
Precious Metals Monger (ep 14)
Seagull (ep 46)
Shigaru
Kaneto Shiozawa as
Dove (ep 44)
Fox (ep 20)
Goose B (ep 32)
Hare (ep 38)
Onlooker (ep 28)
Pigeon (ep 25)
Spot (ep 40)
Swan A (ep 23)
Katsue Miwa as
George (ep 38)
Morten's Chick 1 (eps 37, 42)
Nils's stopper
Kazue Komiya as
Dunfin Big Sister 1 (ep 27)
Goose Chick D (ep 39)
Jill (ep 38)
Mary (ep 42)
Snake Sister (ep 20)
Younger Brother (ep 5)
Kazuko Yanaga as Snow white (ep 23)
Kazunari Tanaka as Swan B (ep 23)
Kazuomi Ikeda as Teacher (ep 5)
Kazuyuki Sogabe as Arthur (ep 42)
Kei Tomiyama as Lex
Keiko Miyazaki as
Daughter C (ep 31)
Flower B (ep 34)
Keiko Toda as Wife (ep 28)
Keiko Yamamoto as Older Brother (ep 5)
Keiko Yokozawa as
Mats (eps 21, 35)
Village Boy (ep 1)
Kenichi Ogata as
Farmer 1 (ep 30)
Lasse
Kiyoko Shibata as Peter's Mother (ep 32)
Kiyonobu Suzuki as
Palmer (ep 47)
Samuel (ep 25)
Kōhei Miyauchi as Rosenbaum (ep 11)
Kōichi Kitamura as Bryan (ep 26)
Kumiko Takizawa as
Baby Rabbit A (ep 8)
Dunfuin
Girl A (ep 41)
Hen (ep 30)
Young Squirrel (ep 4)
Kyonosuke Kami as
Elk (ep 20)
Peasant (ep 31)
Mahito Tsujimura as Old Sheep (ep 13)
Makoto Kōsaka as
Goose Chick A (ep 39)
Morten's Chick (ep 42)
Mariko Mukai as Tulip (ep 48)
Masako Ikeda as Nils's Mother (eps 1-2, 51-52)
Masako Saitō as Mother Squirrel (ep 4)
Masane Tsukayama as Nils's Father (eps 1-2, 51-52)
Michie Kita as Peter (ep 14)
Mieko Nobusawa as
Daughter A (ep 31)
Maria (ep 5)
Miki Sugihara as Daughter B (ep 31)
Minori Matsushima as
Ingrid
Moose (ep 19)
Narrator
Minoru Inaba as
Goose (ep 2)
Oxen (ep 26)
Raccoon (ep 8)
Minoru Yada as
Clement (eps 28, 31)
Ships captain (ep 11)
Mitsuyo Tobe as Woodpecker (ep 7)
Miyoko Asō as
Agar (ep 23)
Fred's Mother (ep 26)
Miyoko Shōji as Dunfin Mother (ep 27)
Mugihito as
Fred (ep 26)
Papa (eps 17-18)
Naoki Tatsuta as
Black Rat (ep 8)
Dickeybird (ep 44)
Nobuko Terashima as Captain Akka
Reiko Suzuki as Children A (ep 9)
Rihoko Yoshida as Dunfin Big Sister 2 (ep 27)
Rokurō Naya as Marcos (ep 25)
Run Sasaki as
Baby Rabbit B (ep 8)
Boy (ep 41)
Children B (ep 9)
Gray Goose (ep 12)
Thrush Bird (ep 16)
Ryōichi Tanaka as
France (ep 36)
Keira (eps 15-16)
Ryūji Nakagi as
Clothes Seller (ep 14)
Hare (ep 31)
Mitchell (ep 47)
Ryūji Saikachi as Ceasar (eps 17-18)
Sakiko Kato as Chick (ep 16)
Sanji Hase as
Billy (ep 40)
Bunting (ep 33)
Emeric (8 episodes
eps 2, 7-8, 10, 14, 24, 50, 52
)

Farmer (ep 18)
Father Bear (ep 22)
Hans (ep 35)
Nomad (ep 42)
Peter's Father (ep 32)
Prüm (eps 15-16)
Raindeer (eps 37, 39)
Sheep (ep 30)
Stray Dog (ep 11)
Seiko Nakano as
Author (eps 21, 35)
Child A (ep 5)
Flower A (ep 34)
Village Girl (ep 1)
Seiko Tomoe as Child (ep 4)
Shigeru Chiba as
Farmer 2 (ep 30)
Goose A (ep 1)
Guard (ep 14)
Guerin (ep 16)
Gusta
Shigeru Tsuji as
Monkey (ep 29)
Mouse (ep 19)
Shima Sakai as
Bear B (ep 41)
Eldest Son (ep 43)
Shin Kunisaka as Dunfin Father (ep 27)
Shingo Hiromori as Moose 1 (ep 38)
Shinobu Adachi as Gacho
Shō Saitō as Mother Squirrel
Shōzō Iizuka as Ice fairy (ep 34)
Shun Yashiro as
Bataki the crow (4 episodes
eps 8, 40, 44, 49
)

Frank (ep 29)
Sumiko Shirakawa as Graskin (eps 19-20)
Tadashi Yamazaki as Carrot
Taeko Nakanishi as Witch (ep 21)
Takako Sasuga as Henry (ep 43)
Takashi Yasuda as Seruka (ep 35)
Takeshi Aono as Wind Rush (eps 15-16)
Takumi Miura as Sparrow (ep 29)
Takuzō Kamiyama as
Ashtar (ep 42)
Owl (ep 20)
Tatsuyuki Jinnai as Carl (ep 11)
Tesshō Genda as
Fisherman (ep 28)
Gorgo (eps 29-39)
Tetsuo Mizutori as
Delight (ep 23)
Farmer (ep 44)
Male Chicken (ep 30)
Male Seagull (ep 16)
Ondori
Raven (ep 47)
Rooster A (eps 1-2)
Sven (ep 7)
Toku Nishio as Sun (ep 34)
Tomiko Suzuki as
Girl B (ep 41)
Goose Chick B (eps 39-40)
Gunnar's Chick (ep 38)
Morten's chick 2 (ep 37)
Second Sun (ep 43)
Toshio Furukawa as
Fox (ep 13)
Goose A (ep 32)
Jyaro (eps 17-18)
Toshirō Ishii as Merchant (ep 40)
Yōko Kuri as
Selma (ep 9)
Sonya (ep 46)
Yoneko Matsukane as Suirii
Yoshito Yasuhara as Morten
Youko Ichikawa as
Farm Woman (ep 30)
Mama (eps 17-18)
Rooster B (eps 1-2)
Yūji Mikimoto as Brukard (ep 31)
Yuzuru Fujimoto as
Inn Holder (ep 40)
Pastor (ep 31)
Shoemaker (ep 14)

Issei Futamata (ep 47)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Pierrot
Broadcaster: NHK
Development: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation: Art Cats
In-Between Animation: Warp (44 episodes
eps 1-23, 25-27, 29, 31-32, 34-36, 38-47, 50, 52
)

Photography: Ogata Productions
Production:
Gakken
Pierrot
Recording Production: Chiyoda Production
Sound Effects: Ishida Sound Production (now Fizz Sound)
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
RetroCrush
Tubi TV
English cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
Theme Song Performance: Marie Myriam
Alain Louis as Kaksi
Frédéric Girard as Martin
Guylaine Gibert as Nils
Hubert Crahay as Gorgo
Jacques Monseu as Ikksi
Jean Musin as Smirre, Kolme
Jeanine Forney as Petite Plume
Josiane Gibert as Siri, Emilia
Marcelle Lajeunesse as Quenotte
Marie-Christine Barrault as la narratrice (livre-disques uniquement)
French companies
Broadcaster:
Air TV (from 2011)
Canal J (from 1996)
Radio-Canada
TF1 (from 15 September 1984)
Distributor:
IDP Home Video Music
Imavision (Canada)
Dubbing Studio: Euro Inter Films
Internet Streaming: TFO (Canada)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
(none)
Amelia Jara as Nils Holgersson (Spain dub)

Mar Bordallo as Carrot (Spain dub)

Carlos Del Pino as Gunard (Spain dub)
Eduardo Moreno as Goblin (Spain dub)
José Luis Baltanás as Rooster (Spain dub)
Josefina de Luna as Sirid (Spain dub)
Marta García as Grumo (Spain dub)
Rafael Calvo as Nils' Father (Spain dub)
Rosita Valero as Nils' Mother (Spain dub)
Valeriano Andrés as Gorgo (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Canal Sur (Spain)
Telecinco (Spain)
TVE (Spain)
Internet Streaming:
Filmin (Spain)
YouTube (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Executive producer: Aldo Grimaldi

Elena Magoia as Ingrid
Fabrizio Mazzotta as Carrot
Flora Carosello as
Alce
Mamma Tamia
Francesca Palopoli as
Cinciallegra
Passerotta
Francesca Paolopoli as Mamma Moscardino
Franco Borrelli as Zanco
Gastone Pescucci as Lasse
Liliana Jovino as
Allodola
Madre di Nils (2^ voce)
Luciana Luppi as Taloro
Nino Scardina as Martin
Sandro Sardone as
Akka di Kebnekajse
Holger Nilsson
Sergio Gibello as Papà Moscardino
Winni Riva as Coniglietta

Elena Magoia as Ermenrich la cicogna
Elena Mogoia as L'altra oca
Elsa Camarda as Siri
F. Borelli as Zanco
Fabrizio Mazzotta as Karpof
Franco Borrelli as
Cesare il cane
Gusta
Gastone Pescucci as Alkar
Luciana Luppi as
Dolce Piuma
Jarro l'anatra
Madre di Nils
Marco Guadagno as Frumle Drumle
Massimo Còrizza as
Martora
Mats
Ruben il topo nero
Nino Scardina as
Narratore
Oca bianca
Oreste Baldini as Pelogrigio l'alce
Renato Montanari as Smirre
Riccardo Rossi as Gorgo l'aquila
Sergio Gibello as Gunnar
T. Luppi as Taloro
Willy Moser as Gnomo
Winni Riva as
Asa
Greyfan la lontra
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Cinquestelle
RaiUno (from November 1982) 
TMC
German staff
German cast
Director: Andrea Wagner
Music: Karel Svoboda
Philipp Brammer as Nils Holgersson

Christa Häussler as
Daunenfein #1
Huhn
Dagmar Heller as Erzählerin
Doris Jensen as Nils' Mutter
Fred Klaus as Gustar
Helga Anders as Krümel
Inez Günther as Daunenfein #2
Jan Odle as Obstverkäufer
Jochen Striebeck as Smirre
Jürgen Diedrich as Windeile
Kurt Zips as Lasse
Mady Rahl as Akka
Manfred Lichtenfeld as
Lasse
Wichtelmännchen
Marina Köhler as Ingrid
Michael Gahr as Steinmarder
Michael Habeck as Fischotter
Michael Rüth as Martin
Monika John as Siri
Norbert Gastell as Ratte
Oliver Grimm as Fumle Drumle
Peter Ehret as Gunnar
Philipp Brammer as Vetter des Baumwächters
Wolfgang Hess as Bärenvater
German companies
DVD Distribution: Universum-Films
Arabic staff
Arabic cast
Executive producer: Adnan Al-Awamleh

Supervision: Mousa Ammar
Anwar Khalil as Nils's father
Bakr Qabbani as Captain Aksa
Eman Kamel as various characters (eps 2-3)
Ghassan Al-Mashini as
Gorgo
Rat
Rex
Joseph Nano as Emeric
Madeleine Tabar as Nils Holgerson
Mousa Ammar as Narrator
Muhammad Helmy as various characters (5 episodes
eps 2, 5, 10, 13, 19
)
Nasr Anani as Morten
Reem Saadeh as Dunfuin (Didi)
Rifaat Al-Najjar as Gunnar
Salam Khoury as various characters (8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 9, 13-14, 17, 27-28
)
Suheir Fahad as Ingrid
Youssef Youssef as various characters (eps 13-14)

Anwar Khalil as Nils' father
Madline Taber as Nils
Nusr Enani as Morten
Arabic companies
Broadcaster:
Kuwait Television (From January 1989)
Qatar TV (December 1987)
Saudi TV (1988)
Dubbing: Al-Markaz Al-Arabi Studios (Jordan)
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
Producer: Andrea Wagner
Ger Smit as
Bataki
Gorgo de adelaar
Kabouter
Maarten de ganzerik
Smirre de vos
Verteller
Henk Uterwijk as
Maarten
Niels' Father
Maria Lindes as
Akka
Donsje
Kruimel
Niels' Mother
Uksi
Trudy Libosan as Niels Holgersson
Dutch companies
Broadcaster:
BRT
Kindernet
Vara
Theme Song Performance: Kinderkoor
Polish staff
Polish cast
Halina Chrobak as Nils

Aleksander Gawroński as Gąsior Marcin
Andrzej Tomecki as Bataki
Jerzy Bończak as Lis Mikita
Wiktor Zborowski as Król Łabędzi
Włodzimierz Nowakowski as Chomik Okruszek

Mirosława Krajewska as Narrator

Polish companies
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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