SimsalaGrimm (sometimes written Simsala Grimm) is a German-French-Irish animated television series, consisting of stories based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and other notable authors. The series was created by André Sikojev, Stefan Beiten and Claus Clausen, and co-produced by Greenlight Media AG, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, and Hahn Film AG for its first season, and Millimages and Magma Films Ltd for its second season.
In each episode of SimsalaGrimm, one of the famous classical fairy tales is told in the magical land of Simsala. The local characters Doc Croc and Yoyo move between the storyteller and the episode cast, which they tend to help or at least inspire. Each episode begins with Doc Croc and Yoyo as toys on a shelf brought to life by a magical book.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
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Yoyo
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Hubertus von Lerchenfeld | |
 
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Doc Croc
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Jörg Stuttmann | |
Narrator
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Bert Franzke | ||
| Patrick Zwingmann (Re-Version) | |||
Additional voices
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Gerhard Acktun | ||
| Angelika Bender | |||
| Maria Böhme | |||
| Claus Brockmeyer | |||
| Claus-Peter Damitz | |||
| Gernot Duda | |||
| Manfred Erdmann | |||
| Julia Haacke | |||
| Marion Hartmann | |||
| Tonio von der Meden | |||
| Beate Pfeiffer | |||
| Peter Raab | |||
| Willi Röbke | |||
| Michele Sterr | |||
| Harry Täschner | |||
| Gert Wiedenhofen | |||
The first season of the series was recorded in the United Kingdom, while the second season was mainly recorded in Ireland.
| Character | Actor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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Yoyo
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Nigel Greaves | |
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Doc Croc
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Nigel Pegram | |
Narrator
|
Erik Hansen[5] | ||
 Additional voices(season 1) |
Barbara Barnes | ||
| Jay Benedict | |||
| Douglas Blackwell | |||
| Julia Brahms | |||
| John Bull | |||
| Alison Dowling | |||
| Wayne Forester | |||
| Jeff Hardling | |||
| Michael Kilgarriff | |||
| Neil McCaul | |||
| Nancy Nevinson | |||
| Frank Sterling | |||
| Sue Westerby | |||
 Additional voices(season 2) |
Nicola Coughlan | ||
| Rod Goodall | |||
| Helen Gregg | |||
| Gary Hetzler | |||
| Hillary Kavanagh | |||
| Matthew Keenan | |||
| Marcus Lamb | |||
| J. Drew Lucas | |||
| Paul McCloskey | |||
| Petal Piley | |||
| Paul Tylak | |||
Broadcast[]
SimsalaGrimm was originally produced in Germany, with German as its original language. The first season of the series debuted on KiKA on November 1, 1999; the original run of the season ended on July 21, 2000. In 2007, the series was renewed for a second season. This time, it was co-produced in Germany, France and Ireland; because of that, English became the original language of the series. The German dub of the second season began airing on KiKA on December 6, 2010, and ended on December 31, 2010. Since then, it went into re-runs on the channel. The series also aired on NDR and Das Erste in Germany, and on ORF 1 in Austria.
The English dub of the first season began airing on RTÉ2 in Ireland on March 29, 2001, and ABC Kids in Australia in the same year. In the United States, it was released on DVDs between 2004 to 2009 alongside a Latin American Spanish dub, under the title "The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm". The second season of the series was released on DVDs in the United Kingdom.
Release[]
A remastered version of the series, titled "SimsalaGrimm: Re-Version", was released in both German and English on Amazon Prime Video beginning March 2021 in Germany and the United Kingdom.[6] The same remastered version was also released on RTL+ in Germany,[7] and was screened in theaters in 2021 and 2022.
In 2024, as a result of the rights of the series being transferred to another company, episodes of the series in English were uploaded sporadically to the YouTube channel "SimsalaGrimm Official", particularly the remasters. All the episodes would be uploaded to the channel within two weeks.
International versions[]
| Language | Title | Channels | |
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Afrikaans | Die mooiste kinderstories ooit Storiehuis (some DVDs) |
DVDs |
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Albanian | Simsala Grim | Sofia Tao Tao Bang Bang (season 2; formerly) Tëvë Kids 1 (season 1) Çufo (season 2) |
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Arabic | سيمسالا | MBC 3 (season 1; formerly) e-Junior (season 2; formerly) |
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Basque | Grimm anaien ipuinak Simsala Grimm |
ETB 1 (formerly) |
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Cantonese | 新格林童話 | VCDs |
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Catalan | Simsala Grimm | Super3 (formerly) |
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Croatian | Simsala Grim: Najljepše bajke svijeta | DVDs Federalna TV (formerly) RTL 2 (formerly) RTL Kockica (formerly) |
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Czech | SimsalaGrimm | ČT1 (formerly) Minimax (formerly) |
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Danish | Simsala Grimm | TV2[8] (formerly) DVDs |
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Dutch | Simsala Grimm | Kindernet (formerly) |
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Finnish | Simsalagrimm | MTV3 (formerly) |
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French | Simsala Grimm | France 5 (Zouzous block; formerly) Télétoon (formerly) TV Pitchoun MBC 2[9] (formerly) Tiji (formerly) Gulli Max |
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Galician | Simsala Grim | TVG (formerly) tvG2 (formerly) |
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Greek | Τα Κλασικά Παραμύθια των Αδελφών Γκριμ | ANT1 (formerly) K-TV (formerly) Alfa TV (formerly) DVDs |
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Hebrew | סימסאלה גרים | Hop! (formerly) |
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Hungarian | Grimm-mese Simsala Grimm (Minimax) |
Duna TV (formerly) Minimax (formerly) TV2 Kids TV2 |
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Italian | Simsalagrimm | Italia 1 (formerly) Hiro (formerly) Cartoonito (formerly) Boomerang (formerly) Boing Plus (formerly) |
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Korean | 심살라 그림 | MBC TV (formerly) DVDs |
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Malay | Simsala Grimm | DVDs ("The Six Swans" only) |
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Mandarin (China) | 新格林童话 | DVDs |
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Mandarin (Taiwan) | 新格林童話 | DVDs |
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Norwegian | Simsala Grimm | TV2 (formerly) |
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Persian | سیمسالا گریم[10] | unknown |
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Polish | Baśniowa kraina braci Grimm: Simsala Baśnie Braci Grimm: Simsala Grimm (DVDs) |
TVP1 (formerly) TV Puls (formerly) TVS (formerly) DVDs |
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Portuguese (Brazil) | Simsala Grimm | HBO (formerly) HBO2 (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Portugal) (RTP) |
Contos de Grimm Simsala Grimm (Canal Panda) |
RTP1 (formerly) DVDs Canal Panda (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Portugal) (Santa Claus) |
Era Uma Vez os Irmãos Grimm | Canal Panda (formerly) |
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Romanian | Simsala Grimm | Minimax (formerly) |
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Russian | Симсала Гримм | Russia-K[11] (formerly) DVDs |
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Serbian | Simsala Grim | DVDs Minimax (formerly) KA TV (formerly) |
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Slovak | Simsala Grimm | STV(specify?) (formerly) |
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Slovene | Simsala Grimm | DVDs TV SLO 2 (formerly) Minimax (formerly) |
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Spanish (Latin America) | Las historias de los hermanos Grimm | RCN Televisión (formerly) DVDs |
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Spanish (Spain) | Un país de cuentos - Simsala Grimm | DVDs |
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Thai | อมตะเทพนิยาย | DVDs |
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Urdu | unknown | Cinemachi Kids[12] (formerly) |
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Uyghur | يېڭى گىرىم بالىلار چۆچەكلىرى | unknown |
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Valencian | Simsala Grimm | Nou 2 (formerly) |
| Language | Title | Channels | |
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Bulgarian | Симсала Грим: Вълшебните приказки на Братя Грим | Nova TV (formerly) |
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Estonian | SimsalaGrimm | ETV2 (formerly) |
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Lithuanian | Simsala Grim. Pasakų karalystė | TV8 TV3 Play |
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Polish | Simsala Grimm | unknown |
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Uzbek | Ertaklar olamida | Bolajon (formerly) |
| Language | Title | Channels | |
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Arabic | سمسلا غريم | ndr.de (season 2) |
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Dari | سیمسلا گریم | ndr.de (season 2) |
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Indonesian | Simsala Grimm | DVDs |
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Kurdish (Northern) | Simsala Grimm | ndr.de (season 2) |
References[]
- ↑ https://greenlightmedia.com/ard-and-kika-air-all-52-simsalagrimm-episodes/
- ↑ https://greenlightmedia.com/yoyo-and-doc-croc-on-kika-and-orf-eins/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020604053128/http://www.pbs.com.mt/tv/tvm_frame.htm
- ↑ https://youtube.com/@simsalagrimmofficial
- ↑ https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/simsala-grimm-the-frog-king/credits
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/SimsalaGrimm-Re-Version-Season-1/dp/B08VW5NK54
- ↑ https://www.tvnow.de/serien/simsalagrimm-19970
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20021124014015/http://tv.tv2.dk/tv/?Soegeord=&Kategori=28&Periode=1&KanalID=0&Region=0&Dato=0
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20030517050825/http://mbc.intnet.mu/mbc1.pdf
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CR8JKV6DtLV/
- ↑ http://tvp.netcollect.ru/prog.php?id=26681
- ↑ https://twitter.com/cinemachikids/status/983313671840518144
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