Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Wow! Maerchen Oukoku


The World's Most Famous Tales

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Synonyms: Anime Sekai no Douwa Series, Merhen Okoku, Meruhen Ookoku, Animated Children's Stories of the World, Sekai Meisaku Douwa Series: Wow! Marchen Oukoku
Japanese: 世界名作童話シリーズ・ワ~ォ!メルヘン王国
English: The World's Most Famous Tales
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 1995 to Sep 29, 1995
Premiered: Spring 1995
Broadcast: Fridays at 16:00 (JST)
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Toei Animation
Source: Unknown
Genre: FantasyFantasy
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: 6.521 (scored by 614614 users)
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Ranked: #69452
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Popularity: #12870
Members: 1,500
Favorites: 3

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Animeby Ghassassin

Anime that were part of every middle eastern child growing up in the 80's and 90's
suggestions are appreciated

28 Entries · Oct 12, 2023 1:37 PM

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Animeby ooReiko

46 Entries · Feb 7, 2023 10:17 AM

46

Animeby RealCheeze

Not every anime has information about the dub because I couldn't remember or find a lot of it.
There's a part 2 of this stack.

50 Entries · Nov 29, 2024 8:46 PM

5

Animeby Alians0108

Anime that matches in style to World Masterpiece Theater anime. This stack includes no entries from WMT itself.

WMT Anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17

50 Entries · Mar 2, 2024 10:08 AM

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Retellings of the fairy tale "Snow White." ❄️👸🍎

Tags: Snow‑White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Dwarves, Evil Queen, Wicked Queen, Mirror Mirror, Apple, Prince, Princess

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White

[ATU 709 Snow White; AT0709]
[KHM 53 Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs / KHM 161 Snow-White and Rose-Red]

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Resources:
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson%E2%80%93Uther_Index | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson_Grouping
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index | https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index
Fairy & Folk Tale Wiki https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_%26_Folk_Tale_Wiki
Index of international folktales https://www.duchas.ie/en/aath
ATU-AT-Motif by Libraries, University of Missouri https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=1039894&p=7541717

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more 'Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores':
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508

18 Entries · Feb 12, 3:59 PM

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Retellings of the folktale "Cinderella." 🥿

Tags: Cinderella and Cap o' Rushes, The Little Glass Slipper, Prince, Fairy Godmother, Stepmother, Stepsister, Pumpkin, Midnight

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella

[ATU 510A Cinderella; AT0510]
[KHM 21 Cinderella]

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Resources:
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson%E2%80%93Uther_Index | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson_Grouping
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index | https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index
Fairy & Folk Tale Wiki https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_%26_Folk_Tale_Wiki
Index of international folktales https://www.duchas.ie/en/aath
ATU-AT-Motif by Libraries, University of Missouri https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=1039894&p=7541717

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more 'Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores':
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508

17 Entries · Feb 17, 12:47 AM

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Retellings of the fairy tale "Thumbelina".

Tags: Tiny

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbelina

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173215

10 Entries · Feb 14, 1:30 PM

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"Some of the stories commonly associated with the Arabian Nights—particularly "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"—were not part of the collection in the original Arabic versions, but were instead added to the collection by French translator Antoine Galland after he heard them from Syrian writer Hanna Diyab during the latter's visit to Paris. Other stories, such as "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor", had an independent existence before being added to the collection. "
(Source: Wikipedia
One Thousand and One Nights
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights)

Tags: Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin, Wonderful Lamp, Magic Lamp, Thief, Sinbad, Sailor, Middle Eastern

Wikis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Baba_and_the_Forty_Thieves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_the_Sailor

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One Thousand and One Nights: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50354
Aladdin: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50355
Ali Baba: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50356
Sinbad: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50357

27 Entries · Feb 17, 1:50 PM

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"Aladdin is part of a centuries-old stories-within-a-story called The Thousand and One Nights (also called The Arabian Nights)."
(Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/aladdin-origins-arabian-nights)

Tags: Arabian Nights, Wonderful Lamp, Magic Lamp, Thief, Middle Eastern, Fairy Tale

Wikis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin

Interesting read:
https://www.vox.com/2019/5/24/18635896/disney-live-action-aladdin-controversy-history

[ATU 561 Aladdin; AT0561]

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One Thousand and One Nights: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50354
Aladdin: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50355
Ali Baba: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50356
Sinbad: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50357

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Resources:
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson%E2%80%93Uther_Index | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson_Grouping
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index | https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index
Fairy & Folk Tale Wiki https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_%26_Folk_Tale_Wiki
Index of international folktales https://www.duchas.ie/en/aath
ATU-AT-Motif by Libraries, University of Missouri https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=1039894&p=7541717

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more 'Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores':
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508

11 Entries · Jan 23, 1:46 PM

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"Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is a folk tale in Arabic added to the One Thousand and One Nights in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard it from Syrian storyteller Hanna Diyab."
(Source: Wikipedia)

Tags: Arabian Nights, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Alibaba, Thief, Middle Eastern

Wikis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Baba_and_the_Forty_Thieves

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One Thousand and One Nights: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50354
Aladdin: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50355
Ali Baba: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50356
Sinbad: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50357

10 Entries · Jan 23, 11:38 AM

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"The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor", had an independent existence before being added to The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights).
(Source: Wikipedia)

Tags: Sindbad, Arabian Nights, Sailor, Middle Eastern

Wikis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_the_Sailor

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One Thousand and One Nights: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50354
Aladdin: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50355
Ali Baba: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50356
Sinbad: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50357

15 Entries · Aug 7, 2024 3:44 PM

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Heidi, the classic children’s novel by Swiss writer Johanna Spyri was published in two volumes in 1880 to 1881 (Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning and Heidi: How She Used What She Learned). It is about the events in the life of the 5-year-old girl Heidi in her paternal grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps.

"One of Switzerland's best-loved exports, the little mountain girl Heidi, was a cult figure in her younger years but she disappeared from public life decades ago. Johanna Spyri's heart-warming story was based on the real-life adventures of Heidi Schwaller, 92, who grew up near Chur in the Swiss Alps."
(Source: swissinfo | Heidi looks back on a life less ordinary by Clare O'Dea https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/heidi-looks-back-on-a-life-less-ordinary/6536244)

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Tags: Heidi, Clara, Swiss Alps, Mountain, Based on a True Story, Johanna Spyri, Slice of Life

Resources:
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi
Brittanica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johanna-Spyri

Original Creator: Johanna Spyri
https://myanimelist.net/people/45545/Johanna_Spyri
https://www.heididorf.ch/en/heidithek/johanna-spyri/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_Spyri
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johanna-Spyri

Alps no Shoujo Heidi Watch Order Guide: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/51698

14 Entries · Mar 11, 9:29 PM

3

Retellings of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood." 🐺

The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm.

Tags: The Glutton (Red Riding Hood), Little Red Cap, Wolf, Grandma

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red_Riding_Hood
Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Little-Red-Riding-Hood

[ATU 333 Little Red Riding Hood; AT0333]
[KHM 26 Little Red Riding Hood]

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Resources:
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson%E2%80%93Uther_Index | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson_Grouping
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index | https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index
Fairy & Folk Tale Wiki https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_%26_Folk_Tale_Wiki
Index of international folktales https://www.duchas.ie/en/aath
ATU-AT-Motif by Libraries, University of Missouri https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=1039894&p=7541717

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more 'Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores':
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508

16 Entries · Jan 26, 2:00 AM

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Retellings of the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty." 🛌👸💤

Aurora https://myanimelist.net/character/29465/Aurora
Maleficent https://myanimelist.net/character/173144/Maleficent

Tags: Briar Rose, Aurora, Maleficent, Prince, Princess, Witch, Dragon, Slumber

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty

[ATU 410 Sleeping Beauty; AT0410]
[KHM 50 The Sleeping Beauty]

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Resources:
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson%E2%80%93Uther_Index | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson_Grouping
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index | https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index
Fairy & Folk Tale Wiki https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_%26_Folk_Tale_Wiki
Index of international folktales https://www.duchas.ie/en/aath
ATU-AT-Motif by Libraries, University of Missouri https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=1039894&p=7541717

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more 'Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores':
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508

8 Entries · Feb 12, 3:36 PM

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Retellings of the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel." 👦👧🍫🍬🍭

Tags: Hansel, Gretel, Witch, Brothers Grimm, Little Step Brother and Little Step Sister, Bread, Cake, Sugar, House

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel

[ATU 327A Hansel and Gretel; AT0327A]
[KHM 15 Hansel and Gretel]

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Resources:
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson%E2%80%93Uther_Index | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson_Grouping
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index | https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index
Fairy & Folk Tale Wiki https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_%26_Folk_Tale_Wiki
Index of international folktales https://www.duchas.ie/en/aath
ATU-AT-Motif by Libraries, University of Missouri https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=1039894&p=7541717

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more 'Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores':
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508

7 Entries · Feb 16, 8:17 AM

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Retellings of the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast."

Belle https://myanimelist.net/character/29464/Belle

Tags: Beauty, Beast

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast

[ATU 425C Beauty and the Beast / The Girl as the Bear's Wife; AT0425C]

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Resources:
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson%E2%80%93Uther_Index | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson_Grouping
Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index | https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Aarne-Thompson-Uther_Index
Fairy & Folk Tale Wiki https://fairy-folk-tale.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_%26_Folk_Tale_Wiki
Index of international folktales https://www.duchas.ie/en/aath
ATU-AT-Motif by Libraries, University of Missouri https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=1039894&p=7541717

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more 'Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores':
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508

10 Entries · Jan 23, 1:49 PM

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Retellings of the historical adventure novel "The Three Musketeers."

Tags: Alexandre Dumas, The d'Artagnan Romances, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, The Three Inseparables, Musketeers of the Guard, Sword

Wikis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_d%27Artagnan_Romances
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_in_film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Batz_de_Castelmore_d%27Artagnan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musketeers_of_the_Guard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athos_(character)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porthos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramis

7 Entries · Feb 14, 1:20 PM

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Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen, commonly abbreviated as KHM), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. Vol. 1 of the first edition contained 86 stories, which were followed by 70 more tales, numbered consecutively, in the 1st edition, Vol. 2, in 1815. By the seventh edition in 1857, the corpus of tales had expanded to 200 tales and 10 "Children's Legends".
(Source: Wikipedia)

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm: https://myanimelist.net/people/11756/Jacob_and_Wilhelm_Grimm

Tags: Fairy Tale, Grimm, KHM

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Resources:
Duke University Libraries' International Fairy and Folk Tale Collections
Grimm Tales by KHM number: https://guides.library.duke.edu/c.php?g=998525&p=7228253
https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/list

Wikis:
Brothers Grimm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Grimm
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimm%27s_Fairy_Tale_Classics
Grimm Fairy Tales (comics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimm_Fairy_Tales_(comics)
Fairytale Wiki: Grimms' Fairy Tales https://fairytale.fandom.com/wiki/Grimms%27_Fairy_Tales

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508
Grimms' Fairy Tales: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173183

20 Entries · Mar 4, 7:06 AM

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Anime inspired by the works of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.

Andersen, Hans Christian: https://myanimelist.net/people/16309/Hans_Christian_Andersen

Roles:
Hans Christian Andersen: https://myanimelist.net/character/156535/Hans_Christian_Andersen

Tags: H.C. Andersen, Fairy Tale

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Resources:
https://www.andersenstories.com/en/andersen_fairy-tales/list
https://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/register/eventyr_e.html

Wikis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen#Works
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen_bibliography
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026153/

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173215

22 Entries · Feb 14, 1:29 PM

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Retellings of the fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. 🧜‍♀️

Tags: The Little Sea Maid, Mermaid, Princess, Prince, Merfolk, Ocean, Sea, Water, Underwater

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid

Check the Interest Stacks Repository club for more:
Fairy Tales, Folktales and Folklores: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2170508
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2173215

For more mermaids, check:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7773 - Mermaids (by ooReiko)

9 Entries · Feb 14, 1:20 PM

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