Heidi is the European Spanish dub of アルプスの少女ハイジ. This dub is based on the original Japanese version.
This dub was a resounding success in Spain, which continues to this day. At the moment, it can be considered the oldest dub in the series, being the first produced in Europe. The series debuted on the main channel of the state broadcaster TVE (La 1). Subsequently, the series was broadcast by national channels, direct competition from TVE, such as Telecinco, owned by Mediaset; and Antena 3, owned by Atresmedia. Currently, the series is complete, on the official YouTube channel Heidi - Español, and is shown by Spanish video on demand streaming service Filmin.
The success of the series was such that it led to the production of four other dubs in regional languages of Spain: in the Basque, Catalan (Balearic dialect), Galician, and Valencian languages.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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Heidi
|
Selica Torcal (episodes 1-20) | |
| Marisa Marco (episodes 20-52) | |||
|
Abuelo
|
Joaquín Vidriales | |
|
Pedro
|
Conchita Núñez | |
|
Clara Sesemann
|
Pilar Quintana | |
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Tía Dete
|
Angelina Gatell | |
|
Abuela de Clara
| ||
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Abuela de Pedro
|
Irene Guerrero de Luna | |
|
Señorita Rottenmeier
|
Ana María Saizar | |
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Sebastián
|
Francisco Sánchez | |
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Brígida
|
Lola Cervantes | |
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Señor Sesemann
|
Diego Martín | |
Additional voices
|
Angélica Gatell | ||
| Benjamín Domingo | |||
| Diego Martin | |||
| Eloísa Mateos | |||
| Francisco Sánchez | |||
| Francisco Sanz | |||
| Helena Bianco | |||
| Irene Guerrero de Luna | |||
| Javier Dotú | |||
| Lucita García Luengo | |||
| Maite Santamarina | |||
| Mara Alonso | |||
| Mari Pe Castro | |||
| María Ángel Baltanás | |||
| María Dolores González | |||
| Maribel Sánchez | |||
| Marisa Marco | |||
| Matilde Vilariño | |||
| Pablo Jiménez | |||
| Pepe Calvo | |||
| Rafael Calvo Revilla | |||
| Tina Barriuso | |||
| Technical staff | |||
Dubbing director
|
Francisco Sánchez | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Translator
|
Margarita Ribes Escolano | ||
Script adaptation
|
Angelina Gatell Comas | ||
European Spanish version production
|
Organismo Autónomo Radio Televisión Española (TVE) | ||
Adaptation[]
- Originally, the series kept its original Japanese opening and ending theme songs, as well as its untranslated soundtrack. The series was presented by a voice over that said in Spanish:
"Heidi": un relato con el famoso personaje, creado por Juana Spyri. ("Heidi": the tale, with the famous character, created by Johanna Spyri.).
- Note that the name of Johanna Spyri is translated as Juana, as a way of making it Spanish. This comes from the translations of the books made in Spain, where the Swiss author is named as Juana.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing, records were released with the soundtrack translated into European Spanish, which were marketed in Spain with enormous success.
- Curiously, in some more recent reissues, the German opening theme is occasionally used.
- The Latin American Spanish dub, the 1º European Portuguese and the Brazilian Portuguese dubs uses the scripts translated in Spain by Margarita Ribes Escolano and Angelina Gatell Comas. This is explained because, at least until the 1990s, Spain used to distribute a large amount of Japanese audiovisual material, mainly anime of various genres, thus having greater communication with the Asian country than it could have in Portugal or Latin America.
- The names are adapted to the grammar of the Spanish language, just as it is done in the Spanish translations of the original book by Johanna Spyri.
- One of the most striking cases of adaptation is that of the sheepdog Joseph, who in both Spain and Mexico is known as "Niebla" (Spanish for Fog). The name was chosen by the Spanish translator Angelina Gatell Comas as a secret homage to the Chilean poet and writer Pablo Neruda, and his female dog named Niebla. The reason for the secrecy of the reference was that, when Spain produced the dubbing, the dictator Francisco Franco was still in power, and Neruda was politically opposed to his ideologies, especially due to his active participation in the Spanish Civil War, on the opposite side to Franco.[3]
Videos[]
Soundtrack[]
There are certain doubts about the soundtrack of the series in both dubs into Spanish. Originally, TVE broadcast the series without dubbed songs, but as soon as the series was broadcast in 1975, various discs were published with the translated soundtrack. If its compare the lyrics of the dubs from Spain and Mexico, they are exactly the same. Although it is evident that the Latin American Spanish dub used the same lyrics in their songs, there are doubts as to whether the opening and ending of the Latin American Spanish were recorded in Mexico or Spain. On websites such as Doblaje Wiki, the Mexican actress Cristina Camargo, the voice of Heidi herself, is credited, but in the dub she was not credited as such, so doubts persist.
Sample dubbings[]
For unknown reasons, the Studio 100 channels have used the opening and ending theme songs from the German version, although, in the episodes as such, the Japanese soundtrack is maintained.
See also[]
- Heidi (Latin American Spanish, 1978)
- Heidi (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Heidi (European Portuguese, RTP)
- Heidi (Galician, 2012)
- Heidi (Basque)
