History GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff / HeidiGirlOfTheAlps

* It was a huge hit in South Africa, during [[The70s the Seventies]] to [[The90s the Nineties]] and its imported AlternativeForeignThemeSong is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RlQu6FiAgs quite]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cEwuskAkwA popular]] [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdb3l6_heidi-in-afrikaans_shortfilms with covers]].

* It was a huge hit in South Africa, during [[The80s the Eighties]] and its imported AlternativeForeignThemeSong is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOH2tDTfo4k quite]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6XSkb7ZDQc popular]] [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdb3l6_heidi-in-afrikaans_shortfilms with covers]].

* The 2015 remake series seems to be pretty popular here in Norway, with NRK Super re-running it frequently.

* The anime is beloved in Belgium where it gained a CGI reboot by Studio 100, and an entire land in ''Plopsaland De Panne'' including a dedicated roller coaster. Heidi and Peter are even meetable characters at Plopsaland and other Plopsa Parks across Belgium.

* An ''entire generation'' of Mexican and South American parents were raised on ''Heidi''. Alongside anime like ''Anime/CandyCandy'', it was often called "a telenovela for children" because of how much drama there was. Just look at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS0_T1xlWIU&list=PLmgrtcaz4BuMsvZssOj1AnFn9-VuZ2HeO reception]] the remastered Latin American Spanish dub got.

* It is also one of the most popular anime ever in Italy, as it had a huge following between the 70s and early 90s and most Italians who were children at the time remember watching it. Ever since it started airing in 1978 it has gotten ''multiple'' repeated broadcasts on both Rai and Mediaset (the biggest mass media distribution groups in Italy). Even Elisabetta Viviani's version of the German OP became a [[https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1978.htm record-breaking success]]. The Italian dub is even one of the few anime on the Amazon Prime streaming service.
* The anime is also beloved in Belgium where it gained a CGI reboot by Studio 100, and an entire land in ''Plopsaland De Panne'' including a dedicated roller coaster. Heidi and Peter are even meetable characters at Plopsaland and other Plopsa Parks across Belgium.

* Arabs also love Heidi. It is so popular there that a news article written by MoralGuardians[[note]]Since links on TV tropes don't work if they're written in non-English languages, google هوس رسوم الهانتاي والأنمي يجتاح الأطفال والمراهقين by [[https://www.echoroukonline.com/ Echorouk]] and hit that translate button[[/note]]condeming anime as "pornographic" lamented that they didn't make anime like ''Heidi'' anymore.

* It is also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXVpqfK3AI&list=PLvg2jDHxeCd2xDQzTmXyciBsU-5ySYhRm&index=1 huge]] in Turkey, so much that the network that streamed it made the series free-to-watch. This is despite the changes made in the dub, like characters having hijabs.
* It was also huge in the Middle East, so much that when Takahata died Arabs mourned him because ''Heidi'' was one of the anime they had grown up with. It is so popular there that a news article written by MoralGuardians[[note]]Since links on TV tropes don't work if they're written in non-English languages, google هوس رسوم الهانتاي والأنمي يجتاح الأطفال والمراهقين by [[https://www.echoroukonline.com/ Echorouk]] and hit that translate button[[/note]]condeming anime as "pornographic" lamented that they didn't make anime like ''Heidi'' anymore.
* Like many other WMT anime, ''Heidi'' was also popular in Iran, as it aired there before the 1979 regime placed a ban on all forms of anime. Many Iranians at the time didn't even know it was based on a novel.

* It was also huge in the Middle East, so much that when Takahata died Arabs mourned him because ''Heidi'' was one of the anime they had grown up with. It is so popular there that a news article written by MoralGuardians[[note]]هوس رسوم الهانتاي والأنمي يجتاح الأطفال والمراهقين by [[https://www.echoroukonline.com/ Echorouk]][[/note]]condeming anime as "pornographic" lamented that they didn't make anime like ''Heidi'' anymore.

** It is also one of the most popular anime ever in Italy, as it had a huge following between the 70s and early 90s and most Italians who were children at the time remember watching it. Ever since it started airing in 1978 it has gotten ''multiple'' repeated broadcasts on both Rai and Mediaset (the biggest mass media distribution groups in Italy). Even Elisabetta Viviani's version of the German OP became a [[https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1978.htm record-breaking success]]. The Italian dub is even one of the few anime on the Amazon Prime streaming service.
** The anime is also beloved in Belgium where it gained a CGI reboot by Studio 100, and an entire land in ''Plopsaland De Panne'' including a dedicated roller coaster. Heidi and Peter are even meetable characters at Plopsaland and other Plopsa Parks across Belgium.

!Original anime (1974)

* The series was aired in Spain for the first time in 1975. Nearly forty years later it still enjoys the occasional rerun, and it is still one of the few anime shows (together with ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Haha wo tazunete sanzenri'' -aka ''[[DubNameChange Marco]]''- ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' and ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'') that everybody knows about, even people who are not anime geeks. And "Rottenmeier" has become synonymous with "uptight, straight-laced hag".

* To the surprise of no one, this anime was a smash hit in Italy since the original ''Heidi'' novel was already popular there. Ever since it started airing in 1978 it has gotten ''multiple'' repeated broadcasts on both Rai and Mediaset (the biggest mass media distribution groups in Italy). Even Elisabetta Viviani's version of the German OP became a [[https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1978.htm record-breaking success]]. The Italian dub is even one of the few anime on the Amazon Prime streaming service.

* The popularity of ''Heidi, Girl of the Alps'' is also recognized in France. When Director Creator/IsaoTakahata was [[https://nefanimation.fr/2016/08/04/grand-atelier-takahata-isao-alsace/ invited]] to give a masterclass to French animators, this anime was one of the three used as themes for the event (the others being ''Anime/AkageNoAnne'' and ''Anime/ThreeThousandLeaguesInSearchOfMother'').

!Remake (2015)
!!Europe
* The remake series seems to be pretty popular here in Norway, with NRK Super re-running it frequently.

* The series was aired in Spain for the first time in 1975. Nearly forty years later it still enjoys the occasional rerun, and it is still one of the few anime shows (together with ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Haha wo tazunete sanzenri'' -aka ''[[DubNameChange Marco]]''- ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' and ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'') that everybody knows about, even people who are not anime geeks. And "Rottenmeier" has become synonymous with "uptight, straight-laced hag"

* To the surprise of no one, this anime was a smash hit in Italy since the original ''Heidi'' novel was already popular there. Ever since it started airing in 1978 it has gotten ''multiple'' repeated broadcasts on both Rai and Mediaset (the biggest mass media distribution groups in Italy). Even the Elisabetta Viviani song that was created as the series OP became a [[https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1978.htm record-breaking success]]. The Italian dub is even one of the few anime on the Amazon Prime streaming service.

* It was also huge in the Middle East, so much that when Takahata died Arabs mourned him because ''Heidi'' was one of the anime they had grown up with. It is so popular there that a news article written by MoralGuardians[[note]]هوس رسوم الهانتاي والأنمي يجتاح الأطفال والمراهقين by [[https://www.echoroukonline.com/ Echorouk]][[/note]]condeming anime as "pornographic" lamented that they didn't make anime like ''Heidi'' anymore
* Like many other WMT anime, ''Heidi'' was also popular in Iran, as it aired there before the 1979 regime placed a ban on all forms of anime. Many Iranians at the time didn't even know it was based on a novel and assumed it was a children's cartoon.

* An ''entire generation'' of Mexican and South American parents were raised on ''Heidi'', and alongside others like ''Anime/CandyCandy'' it was often dubbed "telenovelas for children" because of how much drama there was. Just look at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS0_T1xlWIU&list=PLmgrtcaz4BuMsvZssOj1AnFn9-VuZ2HeO reception]] the remastered Latin American Spanish dub got.

* ''Heidi, Girl of the Alps'' was also so popular in France that when Director Creator/IsaoTakahata was [[https://nefanimation.fr/2016/08/04/grand-atelier-takahata-isao-alsace/ invited]] to give a masterclass to French animators, this anime was one of the three used as themes for the event (the others being ''Anime/AkageNoAnne'' and ''Anime/ThreeThousandLeaguesInSearchOfMother'').

* The anime was so popular in Brazil that it ran on multiple channels during The70s and The80s such as Rede Tupi, SBT and Rede Record.

!Original 1974 anime

!Remake

* It was also huge in the Middle East, so much that when Takahata died Arabs [[https://www.alarabiya.net/culture-and-art/2018/04/06/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7 mourned]] him because ''Heidi'' was one of the anime they had grown up with. It is so popular there that a news article written by MoralGuardians condeming anime as "pornographic" [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210725050017/https://www.echoroukonline.com/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%81 lamented]] that they didn't make anime like ''Heidi'' anymore.
* Like many other WMT anime, ''Heidi'' was also [[https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1213927/%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%98%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%B5%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AD%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%AA-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA popular]] in Iran, as it aired there before the 1979 regime placed a ban on all forms of anime. Many Iranians at the time didn't even know it was based on a novel and assumed it was a children's cartoon.

* It was also huge in the Middle East, so much that when Takahata died Arabs [[https://www.alarabiya.net/culture-and-art/2018/04/06/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88-%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7 mourned]] him because ''Heidi'' was one of the anime they had grown up with. It is so popular there that a news article written by MoralGuardians condeming anime as "pornographic" [[https://www.echoroukonline.com/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%81 lamented]] that they didn't make anime like ''Heidi'' anymore.