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Goro Miyazaki's Ronja The Robber's Daughter is Streaming on BBC iPlayer
posted on by Andrew Osmond
Goro Miyazaki and POLYGON PICTURES' Ronja the Robber's Daughter television anime is now streaming on 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 (Tales from Earthsea, From Up On Poppy Hill) directed the Ronja the Robber's Daughter television anime series, titled Sanzoku no Musume Ronia in Japan. POLYGON PICTURES (Knights of Sidonia, The Sky Crawlers) animated the 3D CG series in collaboration with Studio Ghibli. Hiroyuki Kawasaki (The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Sorcerer Hunters, Ryoko's Case File, Psychic Detective Yakumo) handled the series composition. NHK Enterprise produced the series, and NHK and Dwango handled production and writing.
This May, the children's television channel CBBC has announced in a 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 streaming the series internationally in January 2017. David Freedman adapted and directed the English version, and actress 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.
