
Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Wow! Maerchen Oukoku
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.
Rankings
#29 highest rated of 1995
#31 most popular of 1995
Data
Format
TV
Episodes
26
Episode Duration
24 minutes
Status
FINISHED
Start Date
Sun May 07 1995
End Date
Sun Oct 29 1995
Season
SPRING 1995
Average Score
61%
Mean Score
70%
Popularity
421
Favourites
7
Studios
Producers
Fuji TV
Source
OTHER
Genres
FantasyRomaji
Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Wow! Maerchen Oukoku
English
The World's Most Famous Tales
Native
アニメ世界の童話 / メルヘン王国
Synonyms
Anime Sekai no Douwa Series
Merhen Okoku
Meruhen Ookoku
Animated Children`s Stories of the World
Relations
ALTERNATIVE
Sekai Meisaku Douwa
SPECIAL · FINISHED
Characters
Narrator
BACKGROUND
Mami Koyama
JAPANESE
Staff
Ikuko Itou
Character Design
Seiji Yokoyama
Music
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Original Creator
Yasuo Ishikawa
Episode Director (eps 15, 21)
Yasunori Yamada
Script
Junichi Satou
Episode Director (ep 16)
Junichi Satou
Storyboard (ep 20)
Alexandre Dumas
Original Creator
Jonathan Swift
Original Creator
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Original Creator
Status Distribution
- CURRENT
16 Users
- PLANNING
222 Users
- COMPLETED
149 Users
- DROPPED
28 Users
- PAUSED
6 Users