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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

19807.71 Season52 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many. He is magically shrunk and suddenly the farm animals are out for revenge. He flees on the back of the goose Morten and they join up with a flock of wild geese. Together they travel all over Sweden, with Nils hoping to find a way to become big again.

Created by Selma Lagerlöf
Written by Selma Lagerlöf
NetworksNHK G

Top Cast

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Nils (voice)

Masane Tsukayama

Masane Tsukayama

Nils' Father (voice)

Joji Yanami

Joji Yanami

Ten (voice)

Masako Ikeda

Masako Ikeda

Nils' Mother (voice)

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Tadashi Yamazaki

Carrot (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka

Gunnar (voice)

Yoshito Yasuhara

Yoshito Yasuhara

Morton (voice)

Keiko Yokozawa

Keiko Yokozawa

Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Kohei Miyauchi

Kohei Miyauchi

Rosenbaum (voice)

About The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is a animation, action & adventure, kids, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 1980. Created by Selma Lagerlöf, it stars Mami Koyama, Masane Tsukayama, Joji Yanami. Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many. He is magically shrunk and suddenly the farm animals are out for revenge. He flees on the back of the goose Morten and they join up with a flock of wild geese. Together they travel all over Sweden, with Nils hoping to find a way to become big again.

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