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Pippi Longstocking (1997 TV series)

Pippi Longstocking is an animated television series co-produced by AB Svensk Filmindustri, TaurusFilm, TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion, and Nelvana Limited based on the book series drawn and written by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. It is a joint Canadian-German-Swedish co-production. This was the first time that the popular character had been animated.

Cast
Melissa Altro as Pippi Longstocking • Richard Binsley as Mr. Nilsson • Noah Reid as Tommy Settergren • Olivia Garratt as Annika Settergren • Len Carlson as Thunder-Karlsson • Wayne Robson as Bloom • Rick Jones as Constable Kling • Philip Williams as Constable Klang • Ben Campbell as Captain Ephraim Longstocking • Chris Wiggins as Fridolf • Jill Frappier as Mrs. Prysselius • Karen Bernstein as Mrs. Ingrid Settergren • Ray Landry as Mr. Settergren ==Episodes==
Episodes
The series aired for two seasons, with 26 half-hour episodes being made in total. Season 1 (1997–98) Season 2 (1998) ==Release==
Release
Broadcast The show aired on Teletoon in Canada starting October 17, 1997, the day the channel launched. It was also shown on HBO and HBO Family in the United States, Nickelodeon Latin America and Brazil, Nickelodeon, Channel 4, Pop and Pop Girl in the United Kingdom, Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia, Rete 4 and Boing in Italy, Cartoon Network in Asia, Arutz HaYeladim in Israel, Cartoon Network and TV Tokyo in Japan, and ZDF and Disney Channel in Germany and K-T.V. and Alter Channel in Greece. It later ran on YTV in Canada, Qubo in the United States, TF1 and France 5 in France, Boomerang in Australia and Disney Junior and KiKa in Germany. DVD 24 of the 26 episodes were released on bilingual DVD by Kaboom! Entertainment in Canada. Only episode 19, "Pippi Goes to School – Or Does She?", and episode 25, "Pippi and the Carpenter", were never released on DVD in English. In total 6 volumes were released, with the first 3 being under the Teletoon Presents label with associated branding and trailers. • Here Comes Pippi: Pippi Returns to Villa Villekulla, Pippi Doesn't Sell Her House, Pippi Meets a Master Criminal, Pippi Saves the Old Folks Home • Captain Longstocking: Pippi Goes to the South Seas, Pippi Meets Some Pearl Poachers, Pippi Goes Home, Pippi is Shipwrecked • Pippi goes to The Fair: Pippi goes to The Fair, Pippi enters a Horse Show, Pippi enters a Flower Show, Pippi takes a Train Ride • Pippi and the Balloon: Pippi Goes Up in a Balloon, Pippi Entertains Two Burglars, Pippi Saves the Whales – Again, Pippi Trains Some Animals & Their Owner • '''Pippi's Christmas:''' Pippi's Christmas, Pippi enters The Big Race, Pippi goes Up North, Pippi finds a Mysterious Footprint • Pippi Goes to School: Pippi Doesn't Go to School, Pippi Meets the White Lady, Pippi Visits Aunt Matilda, Pippi Doesn't Want to Grow Up ==Reception==
Reception
Ray Richmond of Variety gave the series a mixed review, calling it "spectacularly ordinary and bordering on lame" yet noting its faithfulness to the books as well as its "solid but average" animation. Lynne Heffley of the Los Angeles Times had a similar opinion, stating that "Pippi's exuberant, unsinkable spirit just barely survives the pedestrian animation, slow pacing and stereotypically drawn characters with which she's been saddled here". ==Notes==
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