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When the first season came out, it was a great series. Even my teenage grandaughter loved it. Unfortunately, in the second season, the voices are all different and they don't even remotely match the original voices. They are terrible. I couldn't even get through the whole season. Also, compared to the first season, the episode stories are not as good, at least in my opinion. If the makers of the show had put some more effort into thinking this through, I think they might have tried to better match the voices. Heidi, alone, sounds like a chipmunk. I will still enjoy the first season and just skip the second season. My grandaughter has watched it several times and I believe she will watch again.

This show is generally safe or family viewing, but note that profanity is introduced starting at episode 58 (if nor before), wit several "Dammit!" curses by several characters.

Having three young children I spend lots of time watching cartoons. Generally I find them unintelligible and often drift off, thinking about work or the weekend or whatever.

Not Heidi. I find this show captivating and well written. Heidi is a cute little orphan who is sent into the Alps to live with her Grandfather, a recluse man who casts a weary eye on his new arrival. However, as Heidi's character grows into the season, it's hard not to love her, and her Grandfather loves her most of all. Then there's Peter, the young goat herder who befriends Heidi. He's a little boy, and not unlike other boys he quests adventure and exploration. Many of the episodes revolve around Heidi and Peter learning something new or challenging each others' wits. Later on, Clara joins in from "the city" (Frankfurt) and along with her Governess, we have a show with character depth and charm.

Most of all, Heidi portrays a sweet girl living in idyllic Switzerland and promotes kindness, curiosity, and a sweet virtue that is missing in so many other children's programming today. In our modern age, Heidi fits the bill for wholesome viewing. I am hoping for a season 2!

My little girl is never tired of this show. It's the most feel good show we've found. We always go back to it. It's a little emotional at parts and we love it. I got sucked into the story after watching one episode with my daughter and that's rare when it comes to children programming. I had no idea Heidi story has been told before. We absolutely love it and recommend to anyone. Props to the creators and everyone involved, it's a beautiful show, I'd give an award if a was in a position to. Heidi is a great character, unlike in other cartoons she's not a character who always makes the right choice, she makes mistakes sometimes but always follows her heart and that's how kids can relate to her.

I can not fault this show. It's a beautiful story that adults can enjoy too. It's a nice change from the over-the-top shows that are on TV for kids these days. It teaches values and kindness and also encourages adventure and curiosity. It has a nice, calming quality that is great for just before naps too.

Why did they change the voices?? They ruined such a wonderful show!!

This series wasn't meant for us - we're a couple of 60-year-olds. But we find it utterly charming and don't want to miss any episode.

Heidi season 1 was way better and amazing and the voice overs were very good.But in season 2 everybody's voices changed and it is annoying.And it is not very good as season 1 and Heidi's voice is terrible like when she calls aunt Dete, aunt Dete with a deep 'e' and even the grandfather said once Aunt Dete with a deep 'e'. I hope if they make a another season of Heidi they should make it nice and proper as season1 but in reality I still like Heidi. Heidi talks very fast and her voice doesn't match her personality and her expressions are not too good. Wish they had chosen voice overs for this season as close to the voices in season 1. New character voices are okay!

Started watching this with my 4 year old daughter, and we both love it. Beautifully written and animated. Only real real shame is the change of character voices on season two! Spoils it completely.

I grown up watching Disneys cartoons in th 90s. I live in India, now most cartoons shown here are created in India which are too bad. My brothers daughter is 5 years old even she is not interested in idiotic indian cartoons. Thanks to kochu TV to telecast this cartoon. Its is telecasted as lily in malayalam. She watches it every day. Even I watch this cartoon.

My 3 yo and I enjoy watching this together, especially before bed. It's a thoughtful adaptation of the story and would love to see more episodes.

Wish I could find it on DVD.

Heidi is a classic German-language story, the plot of which takes place between the city of Frankfurt am Main and the Swiss Alps. The wonderful novel has already been adapted in large numbers for cinema and television and it was not uncommon for these variants of the story to be really nice to look at. For example the American film from the early 90s or the European-Japanese anime series. This CGI series can't keep up with any of these adaptations. Who wants to see a computer-generated forest, CGI-infested mountains or wild animals in a stupid representation? The plot follows relatively (!) Close to the original book, but the wooden conversations, the invented characters and the (German) voices are just not fun. In addition there is the fact that the German amusement park "Holiday Park" has changed its design after this lousy series and was thus also negatively affected.

This is the 2D cartoon of Heidi, set in the Swiss alps but was made in French/Australia.

First, let's talk about Heidi and the story surrounding her, I've seen the anime version of Heidi and thought that Heidi was a bit too temperamental but this adaptation, the writers are trying to aim for a less annoying Heidi. She's like a typical five-year-old kid, inquisitive and chill but not enough self- discipline due to her young age.

Still, though, they seem to be trying to make her too similar to her playful anime counterpart.

Still, though the series, in my opinion is saccharine in a childish sort of way. Such as when Heidi befriends an innocent rat when in general belief, rats are supposed to be contagious. Though, this may date back to Madeline (1998) when she convinced the boy that the mouse was innocent and that she wasn't afraid.

Heidi's voice may have been a little too old for her age.

The aunt is not a very good character either, she doesn't seem to take much time to control Heidi's impetuous behavior. Also, her emotional parts were forced and the show didn't take much time to make me care about her character.

The animation is pretty good for the most part, though Heidi's character animation felt generic but that's the only high part of this cartoon. Everything else such as the script, which added in some elements that the book didn't have from and the flawed characters could've been better.