Kazuyoshi Yokota
Director
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987)
Season 1
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics is a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Released Oct. 21, 1987
Episode 25 min
None+
Genres: Animation, Anime, Family, Fantasy, Kids, Science Fiction
Keywords: tmdb.fairy-tale, imdb.fairy-tale-fantasy, imdb.fairy-tale, imdb.anthology, tmdb.dancing, tmdb.witch, tmdb.wolf + 21 more, tmdb.magic, tmdb.little-red-riding-hood, tmdb.honesty, tmdb.rumpelstiltskin, tmdb.bear, tmdb.demon, tmdb.based-on-children-s-book, tmdb.goose, tmdb.tailor, tmdb.morality-tale, tmdb.death-personified, tmdb.talking-animal, tmdb.animal-transformation, tmdb.seven-dwarfs, tmdb.deal-with-the-devil, tmdb.bluebeard, tmdb.snow-white, tmdb.the-woodsman, tmdb.rapunzel, tmdb.swans, mdblist.anime-dub
Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads
Production Companies: Nippon Animation
Network: NDR
S1E1 - The Travelling Musicians of Bremen
An old donkey who can no longer haul heavy loads overhears his master's plan to kill him and eat him. So, he runs away to the town of Bremen to become a musician. Along the way, he meets a dog, a cat, and a rooster who join him.
Oct. 21, 1987, midnight
S1E2 - Hansel and Gretel
Due to a devastating famine, two children, Hansel and Gretel, are abandoned in the woods by their cruel stepmother and are lured to a gingerbread house inhabited by a child-eating witch.
Oct. 28, 1987, midnight
S1E3 - The Frog Prince
A selfish princess learns a lesson in humility and consideration for others from a talking frog.
Nov. 4, 1987, midnight
S1E4 - The Frog Prince (2)
None
Nov. 11, 1987, midnight
S1E5 - Little Red Riding Hood
A little girl on her way through the woods to her grandmother's house is accosted by a sneaky, hungry wolf.
Nov. 18, 1987, midnight
S1E6 - The Golden Goose
A young simpleton is gifted a golden goose in return for an act of kindness. When three scheming sisters plot to steal the goose, they become stuck to it and every person who tries to free them becomes stuck in turn until they perform an unselfish act.
Nov. 25, 1987, midnight
S1E7 - Puss in Boots
A clever cat schemes and cajoles to elevate his master's social and financial status.
Dec. 2, 1987, midnight
S1E8 - Puss in Boots (2)
None
Dec. 9, 1987, midnight
S1E9 - Snow White and Rose Red
Two sisters are visited in winter by a talking bear, but he leaves in the spring speaking of riches to protect and an evil spell. Then Snow White and Rose Red keep encountering a helpless but cold gnome, and later a prince seeking his lost brother.
Dec. 16, 1987, midnight
S1E10 - Snow White
A vain and wicked queen orders the death of her stepdaughter, Snow White, for exceeding her beauty. But Snow White flees into the woods where she meets seven friendly dwarfs who help to protect her when the queen comes to finish the job.
Dec. 23, 1987, midnight
S1E11 - Snow White (2)
None
Dec. 30, 1987, midnight
S1E12 - Snow White (3)
None
Jan. 6, 1988, midnight
S1E13 - Snow White (4)
None
Jan. 13, 1988, midnight
S1E14 - The Six Who Went Far
A soldier is unjustly compensated by a money-hoarding king and princess. Forced to fend for himself, he meets five remarkable friends: a strongman, one who can run faster than any other human, one whose bare head can create ice and snow, one whose breath extends for a distance, and one who can see and shoot for miles. The soldier inspires them to follow him, then they decide to stop the cruelty of the country's rulers.
Jan. 20, 1988, midnight
S1E15 - The Water of Life
A young prince in line to inherit a kingdom goes on a quest for the Water of Life to save his ailing father, the King's, life. But the prince's older brother, wanting the kingdom for himself, tries to steal the Water to prove his worth to the King and get in his good favor again.
Jan. 27, 1988, midnight
S1E16 - Bluebeard
Josephine's dreams of marrying a prince seem to come true when one sends for her in her forest home. Though her brothers are wary of her wedding a man none of them has met, she accepts eagerly - but is startled by his striking beard of blue. The prince, who provides Josephine with every luxury until she becomes haughty, has only one locked, mismatched room in his castle he will not discuss. When he leaves her with his keys and instructions to see that one is not used, Josephine is lured by it to the forbidden room, and a terrible secret.
Feb. 3, 1988, midnight
S1E17 - Jorinde and Joringel
When Jorinde and her fiancé Joringel visit the woods, its witch they unknowingly encountered earlier draws them to her home and turns Jorinde into a nightingale and takes her as she does every maid she meets. After being unable to move to stop it, Joringel is driven out of the woods by her magic with only a puzzling message from Jorinde, and can't see a way to best the magic to free her.
Feb. 10, 1988, midnight
S1E18 - Briar Rose
None
Feb. 17, 1988, midnight
S1E19 - Old Sultan
None
Feb. 24, 1988, midnight
S1E20 - King Grizzle Beard
None
March 2, 1988, midnight
S1E21 - The Naughty Spirit
None
March 9, 1988, midnight
S1E22 - The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes
None
March 13, 1988, midnight
S1E23 - Cinderella
None
March 23, 1988, midnight
S1E24 - Cinderella (2)
None
March 30, 1988, midnight
Network: NDR
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 1200 min.
Released: Oct. 21, 1987
Last Air Date: April 2, 1989, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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