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The computer generated 3D animation used in Ronja does take getting used to. My husband and I, both aged 70, and huge Ghibli fans over the years, felt that this would definitely have been a best seller had Goro Miyasaki made it as a film rather than a TV series involving Polygon Pictures. The scenery and the attention to detail are brilliant and the main characters very well depicted. However, it is the mythical creatures that steal the show, particularly the Harpies, worth looking out for every appearance they make. Goro Miyasaki's other films, 'Tales From Earthsea' and 'From Up on Poppy Hill' showed a very different style from his father, Haiao Miyasaki, and it took us a while to really appreciate how good they were. We are experiencing the same with Ronja. Having got to about episode four the pace picks up and we watched the whole series before reading Astrid Lindgren's book on which it is based. Unlike other reviewers, we actually felt that Miyasaki had stuck pretty close to the original; which prompted us to view the series again…and we were not disappointed.

Only 4 episodes in and I want it to end. The computer animation is not Ghibli! It's awful and doesn't move properly. This blu-ray only contains the english dub.....and it's horrific! The voice actors do not suit the characters one bit. They don't suit Ghibli. The voices of Ronja and her mother are particularly bad. It's such a shame. I love Ghibli and rewatch their movies often, this is one I'll never watch again.

I and my kiddos (8 year old girl, 5 year old boy) watched this during summer 2020. We all got really into it and watched 2 or 3 episodes each night, which probably qualifies as binging for this age rage. The series features beautiful if fairly simple animation, a catchy introductory song, and an exciting storyline that manages to be slow-paced and episodic, with the narrative focused mostly on Ronya growing up. The beautiful forest is the spiritual focus of the series, and Ronya loves to explore it. Yet danger lurks not only through natural hazards, but also the evil harpies and other spirits, as well as the violent life of Ronya's robber family. Especially their feud with the rival robber clan that has moved into the other side of their castle, and its young prince "Birk," Ronya's love interest. The generally tranquil (despite the dangers) and joyful feel of the series contrasts uncomfortably with the fact that most of the people whose lives are empathetically chronicled are hardened criminals, despite the fact that they don't seem ever to kill anyone. But the series is redeemed by Ronya and Birk, who reject their parents' feud and their lifestyle, as well as Ronya's strong relationship with her father Mattis, who ultimately is convinced to give up his family's traditional "profession" because of her. Also, my kids loved calling Mattis a "man-baby" and calling out his various "meltdowns"!

What would otherwise have been a beautiful animation series has been completely ruined by the miscasting of the lead voice in English. Ronja is supposed to be 11 years old - My daughter (8) has been constantly mocking the voice of Ronja as she says she sounds like a toddler. The voice is so gratingly irritating it has completely destroyed any enjoyment of the series there might otherwise have been.

I sympathise with the other comments of the music and voice dubbing in English which seems disjointed but all of this might have been forgiven as the animation, characters and creatures would be engaging in themselves.

I expect that the original in Japanese would not suffer from these drawbacks. So it is down to me and my children to study Japanese, or perhaps we could beg the production company to re-voice Ronja, then I might shell out the £25 for the DVD box set for a second time!

I thought the animation was simply beautiful. It had its hiccups with some longer than needed scene transitions. If the original is better I want to see it. I am not a huge anime watcher but I do enjoy watching sometimes with my three kids, considering the other things I have watched with them this was breath of fresh air in a really joyous and innocent way. I think there are some pretty entertaining cartoons out there so I am out to disrespect anything. I just want to highly recommend this. Watch this, the subjective experience is worth the time. Ronja, the Robbers Daughter is truly something that captivates my family. We are ages 2, 6, 10 and 51