Ronja, The Robber's Daughter

My friend was really happy with the present that I bought for her as she is a very big fan of studio ghibli

This is bright and positive. Central in the series is the world as seen through the eyes of children, which is so refreshing. The world of adults plays a secondary role to the deep friendship between two children that develops. Although they are a girl (Ronja) and boy (Birk) their relationship is not sexualised and they are not their to represent their respective genders. They are themselves, enjoying being alive and equally capable. The tempoy is perfect too.About being dubbed: I see this as a plus. It means young children, who can't read, cant watch this.

My wife and I (both in our 60s) are Ghibli fans we both enjoyed the series 26 episodes gave the characters chance to develop. In fact we were sad when we reached the last episode, we will be watching it again is was very entertaining and faithful to the book.

This DVD gives you a set of animated episodes of a young child growing up in a wild forest area - each short story comes separately titled, which soon gets a little tedious if watching in one go, but the simple stories may well hold the attention for a youngster... sadly not the case in our household.

Bought this for my granddaughter who is just 4, although we originally watched some of it on Amazon Prime Fire stick. Fabulous film and approved my Mum who likes things to be non gender specific !!

Got it, good, thank you.

Ordered this to add to my DVD collection - not had the time to watch it yet!!

was exactly what my daughters did expect.Thank you