Cover for Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Wow! Maerchen Oukoku
Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Wow! Maerchen Oukoku
The World's Most Famous Tales

World Masterpiece Fairy Tale Series - Wow! Fairy Tale Kingdom is an Italian-Japanese anime anthology series based on fairy tales and classic stories, produced by Toei Animation, Fuji Eight and Reteitalia in 1995.

The series consists of 26 episodes, each one adapting a popular fairy tale or a literature classic written by a famous author such as: the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen, Carlo Collodi, Lewis Carroll, Alexandre Dumas, Howard Pyle, Jonathan Swift, Johanna Spyri, L. Frank Baum, E. T. A. Hoffmann, James Halliwell-Phillipps and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Most of the episodes follow quite closely the original source material, with some changes made to alter unhappy endings or to suit the half-hour episode run.

Note: Only 21 stories were broadcast with the last 5 being released on VHS.

Format
TV
Source
other
Episodes
26
Episode Duration
24 mins
Status
finished
Start Date
Apr 7, 1995
End Date
Sep 29, 1995
Season
spring
Average Score
60%
Producers
Genres
Fantasy
Tags
Fairy Tale
20%
Foreign
20%
Classic Literature
20%