Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics

25min

Animation

Kids

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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.

Episodes

Cast

The Travelling Musicians of Bremen

1. The Travelling Musicians of Bremen

25min

21st Oct 1987

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.

Hansel and Gretel

2. Hansel and Gretel

25min

28th Oct 1987

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.

The Frog Prince (1)

3. The Frog Prince (1)

25min

4th Nov 1987

A selfish princess learns a lesson in humility and consideration for others from a talking frog.

The Frog Prince (2)

4. The Frog Prince (2)

25min

11th Nov 1987

Little Red Riding Hood

5. Little Red Riding Hood

25min

18th Nov 1987

A little girl on her way through the woods to her grandmother's house is accosted by a sneaky, hungry wolf.

The Golden Goose

6. The Golden Goose

25min

25th Nov 1987

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.

Puss in Boots (1)

7. Puss in Boots (1)

25min

2nd Dec 1987

A clever cat schemes and cajoles to elevate his master's social and financial status.

Puss in Boots (2)

8. Puss in Boots (2)

25min

9th Dec 1987

Snow White and Rose Red

9. Snow White and Rose Red

25min

16th Dec 1987

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.

Snow White (1)

10. Snow White (1)

25min

23rd Dec 1987

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.

Snow White (2)

11. Snow White (2)

25min

30th Dec 1987

Snow White (3)

12. Snow White (3)

25min

6th Jan 1988

Snow White (4)

13. Snow White (4)

25min

13th Jan 1988

The Six Who Went Far

14. The Six Who Went Far

25min

20th Jan 1988

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.

The Water of Life

15. The Water of Life

25min

27th Jan 1988

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.

Bluebeard

16. Bluebeard

25min

3rd Feb 1988

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.

Jorinde and Joringel

17. Jorinde and Joringel

25min

10th Feb 1988

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.

Briar Rose

18. Briar Rose

25min

17th Feb 1988

Old Sultan

19. Old Sultan

25min

24th Feb 1988

King Grizzle Beard

20. King Grizzle Beard

25min

2nd Mar 1988

The Naughty Spirit

21. The Naughty Spirit

25min

9th Mar 1988

The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes

22. The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes

25min

13th Mar 1988

Cinderella (1)

23. Cinderella (1)

25min

23rd Mar 1988

Cinderella (2)

24. Cinderella (2)

25min

30th Mar 1988

First air date

21st Oct 1987

Last air date

2nd Apr 1989

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

ja

Networks