هايدي (Arabic, 1984)

This is one of the first Arabic dubbings produced in the Persian Gulf in the early 1980s. It was a collaborative dub, made in Kuwait and the United States. Two casts of actors shared the roles in this one: a cast of Lebanese actors, who worked in a studio in Kuwait; and another cast of actors, mostly Egyptian and Jordanian, living in the United States, who worked from a dubbing studio located in Hollywood. It also had the participation of the Jordanian singer Sameera Nimri, in the opening and credits.

The series premiered in Saudi Arabia in 1984 on the KSA 1 channel (today called Al Saudiya), being the first foreign program broadcast in that country since the opening of the Saudi state channel in 1965. Later, it would be broadcast in Kuwait, in November 1986, and in many Arab countries, where it was a huge success.

Cast

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Adaptation

 * The original opening theme, Oshiete, was replaced by a traditional Arabic-style song simply titled 'Heidi', which was written by Kuwaiti Adel Asfour, and performed by Jordanian Sameera Nimri. Asfour also composed a number of theme songs for the Arabic dub, which were all also performed by Sameera Nimri, including an ending theme song.
 * In the rest of the series, in this dub, the vast majority of BGMs without lyrics from the Japanese version tend to be kept. However, all the Japanese songs with lyrics are not dubbed, and are replaced by their own soundtrack, also with an Arabic style in line with the opening.
 * All the credits of the series, both initial and final, are made by hand, something that was common at that time.
 * Despite the fact that at that time copyright rules were not as common or strict as they are now, at the end of the credits the Zuiyo Eizo studio is credited, so it suggests that dubbing is legal. Added to that, all the original BGMs are used, and creditless images were received for the corresponding adaptation.