Nice adaption

I was a bit on the defence about what they would do to Astrid Lindgrens tale of Ronja Rövardotter. Although studio ghibli is known for the same "soul" as Lindgrens tales, a adaption is still a adaption. But I was happily suprised.

The series follows the original tale pretty close. Even the dialog is almost the same (but translated ofcourse). And even if they had some fun developing the robbers to pretty cartoony characters, they worked fine, and even had (almost) their original names. And you could see that there was much work put into making a authentic scandinavian setting. Correct animals, sounds and nature, and even the keys carried by Lovis (the matriach of the robbers). Nice details.

The cellshaded(?) models used for the animation was a distraction in the beginning since I really like studio ghiblis traditional art, but I got used to it after some episodes.

First it felt like it was aimed for pretty young children. But some mature themes some episodes in changed that.

The one "conplaint" I can feel that there was a bit to much emotional reactions. It might be a cultural thing, I'm not sure, but it felt like the characters had to go through at least three phases of strong feelings for each new impulse they got. Alot of shaking, crying, laughing, sweating and so forth. I like that you can see what they feel, but it felt to much.

In all. Recomended both for lovers of the original Swedish book and movie, as much as "new" audiences.

"A girl just fell from the sky, boss!" - Pazu, Laputa - Castle in the Sky.