Hayao Miyazaki's Pippi Longstocking Finally Lives in Book Release
In 1971, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata went knocking on author Astrid Lindgren 's door in Sweden to get the rights to make an adaptation of her Pippi Longstocking book series. The crew had already drawn up sketches, but upon meeting the team, Lindgren gave a resounding "no," and the project was scrapped.
The production artwork though, was not. It resurfaced on LiveJournal in 2009 and is now collected into a soft-cover book titled Maboroshi no 'Nagakutsushita no Pippi' (Illusions of "Pippi Longstocking").
Despite not getting to make their planned animated feature, Pippi's character design would reappear in 1972's Panda! Go, Panda!
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My youngest son loved story books and having them read to him, when he was a child - we lived in Europe and there was little English television, especially childrens' programs, so reading was a big pastime.
He is nearly forty now and these pictures reminded me of reading to him, I sent the article to him and he called after checking out the pictures on his smart phone
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I think I read every Pippi Longstockings book as a child....I was obsessed with Pippi!!
Sounds like a great memory for you and the kids, RIO.
Nona
I agree great stories
And now really good illustrations to go along with the stories
Kavika
One among many
Thanks for the perspective
R W
You are most welcome
My son loved the stories as a child and I sent hi this article and he thought the pictures were great and memory invoking.