Nils no Fushigi na Tabi

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name = The Wonderful Adventures of Nils


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ja_name = ニルスのふしぎな旅
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genre = Fantasy, KodomoInfobox animanga/Anime
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director = Hisayuki Toriumi, Mamoru Oshii
studio = Studio Pierrot
network = NHK (JP)
first = January 8 1980
last = March 17 1981
episodes = 52

nihongo|"The Wonderful Adventures of Nils"|ニルスのふしぎな旅 is an anime adaptation of the novel "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils" by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. which ran on the Japanese network NHK from January 8, 1980–March 17, 1981. It consists of 52 episodes. This was Studio Pierrot's first series.

Plot

Nils Holgersson is a 14 year old farm boy, the son of poor farmers. He is lazy and unrespectful to his fellowman. In his spare time he enjoys abusing animals until one day he catches the farm's little goblin and it becomes one prank too many. The furious goblin magically shrinks Nils and now he is much smaller than all the animals, he is able to understand and talk in the language of all animals but now all of the farm animals are out for revenge. He manages to flee on the back of the goose Morten with his new hamster friend Carrot, and they join up with a flock of wild geese whom is flying to the south of Sweden where it is warmer. Together they travel across Sweden, with Nils hoping to find a way to become big again. they encounter many adventures along the ride and Nils gets to help other people and not be selfish.

Regional releases

A Japanese DVD Region 2 box set of the series was produced in 2002, and a French DVD box set in 2005. An English DVD release was never made.

Characters

* Nils -
* Carrot -
* Gusta -
* Ingrid -
* Gunnar -
* Dunfuin -
* Morton -
* Rosenbaum -
* Ondori -
* Gacho -
* Captain Akka -
* Gorgo -
* Suirii -
* Ten -
* The Witch of Storm(Isatter Kajsa)-

Episodes

# Mischievous Nils
# Shrunken Nils
# Riding a goose
# SOS of the forest squirrels
# Morten's big pinch
# Bird strength contest
# Battle of the mice
# The crane's ball
# Hungry Nils
# Lex's evil scheme
# Walking lead statue
# Morten's first love
# Goats of Hell's valley
# Phantom town appearing on moonlit nights
# The greedy crow and the coin bowl
# Choose a crow boss
# Ransomed duck child
# The lake disappears
# Spoiled fawn
# Snake's revenge
# A testy witch's prank
# Bear twins who prowl the forest
# Flood of swan lake
# Operation 'To hell with Lex the guard-dog'
# Rescue party from the sky
# One stormy day
# The story until now / Morten's engagement
# Nils singing on a streetcorner
# Arrested eagle
# The taste of freshly baked bread
# Monster of the forest
# Look out, Nils: A mountain fire
# Patrol of five
# Battle of the spirits of sun and ice
# Goose guard child looking for his father
# Bird love
# Morten the rookie papa
# Lapland, land where the sun never sets
# Don't follow me, Golgo
# Wolf attack
# Lake fire festival
# Big man who built a forest
# Nils's lullabye
# Bataki shut in
# Haunted house on a full moon
# Sea shining silver
# Main event of the village festival
# Lex's new journey
# Nils discovers a secret
# Wild goose's present
# To my old home
# Goodbye, Akka

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