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Goro Miyazaki's Ronja The Robber's Daughter is Streaming on BBC iPlayer
posted on by Andrew Osmond
BBC iPlayer.
The 26-part anime adapts a children's book of the same name by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking). Amazon describes the story:
The daughter of a professional robber, Ronja realizes the complicated nature of her father's profession when she befriends Birk, the child of a rival tribe. Ronja struggles to balance the relationship with her family and the bond with her self-proclaimed brother Birk as she comes to understand the intricate issues of family and friendship and how differences can be overcome with the help of love and understanding.
Goro Miyazaki (Dwango handled production and writing.
This May, the children's television channel press release that it had acquired the series.
The series was previously acquired by Scotland's BBC Alba, which broadcast it in Gaelic. The English version was created in 2017, overseen by Serious Kids, Studio Ghibli and The Astrid Lindgren Company.
The series premiered in Japan in October 2014 and ran for 26 episodes. Amazon began Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) narrated the series.
The anime won the Animation category at the International Emmy Kids Awards in April 2016.
Via Ghibliotheque Twitter feed.
