World Famous Fairy Tale Series

Fantasy

World Masterpiece Fairy Tale Series - Wow! Fairy Tale Kingdom is an Italian-Japanese anime anthology series based on fairy tales and classic stories, produced by Toei Animation, Fuji Eight and Reteitalia in 1995. The series 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. Note: Only 21 stories were broadcast with the last 5 being released on VHS.

Adventure / Fantasy

Originally released in Japan as a tool for learning English. Each episode tells a different story from Grimm's Fairy Tales. Episodes: • The Ugly Duckling (みにくいあひるの子) • Three Little Pigs (三びきのこぶた) • Snow White (しらゆきひめ) • Red Riding Hood (赤ずきん) • Puss in Boots (ながぐつをはいた猫) • The Little Mermaid (にんぎょひめ) • Little Black Sambo (ちびくろサンボ) • The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (おおかみと７ひきのこやぎ) • Cinderella (シンデレラひめ) • Alibaba and Forty Thieves (アリババと４０人のとうぞく) Note: In 1986, Saban Entertainment released a 5 volume set of the OVA series titled My Favorite Fairy Tales including an English redubbing and adding four shorts from Toei's World Famous Fairy Tale Series (The Cobbler and the Elves, Sleeping Beauty, The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Carpet) to the VHS release. (Source: Dubbing Wikia)

Adventure / Fantasy

Originally released in Japan as a tool for learning English. Each episode tells a different story from Grimm's Fairy Tales. Episodes: • The Ugly Duckling (みにくいあひるの子) • Three Little Pigs (三びきのこぶた) • Snow White (しらゆきひめ) • Red Riding Hood (赤ずきん) • Puss in Boots (ながぐつをはいた猫) • The Little Mermaid (にんぎょひめ) • Little Black Sambo (ちびくろサンボ) • The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (おおかみと７ひきのこやぎ) • Cinderella (シンデレラひめ) • Alibaba and Forty Thieves (アリババと４０人のとうぞく) Note: In 1986, Saban Entertainment released a 5 volume set of the OVA series titled My Favorite Fairy Tales including an English redubbing and adding four shorts from Toei's World Famous Fairy Tale Series (The Cobbler and the Elves, Sleeping Beauty, The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Carpet) to the VHS release. (Source: Dubbing Wikia)

Adventure / Comedy

The series consists of mostly stand-alone episodes which retell different fairy or folk tales. Despite the title, they are not all based on fairy tales collected by the Grimm Brothers. Note: As streaming on RetroCrush, the multi-part episodes of 'Puss in Boots', 'Snow White', & 'Cinderella' are combined.