TV series
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics is a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales.
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Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics premiered October 21, 1987. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics is a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales.
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Episode 1
An old donkey who can no longer haul heavy loads overhears his master's plan to kill him and eat him. So, he runs away to the town of Bremen to become a musician. Along the way, he meets a dog, a cat, and a rooster who join him.
Directed by Shigeru Omachi, Kazuyoshi Yokota, Fumio Kurokawa, Hiroshi SaitoGuest stars Sanji Hase, Joji Yanami, Kenichi Ogata, Ryusei Nakao, Osamu Kato, Ritsuo Sawa, Minoru Inaba, Yoshiko Ohta
Episode 2
Due to a devastating famine, two children, Hansel and Gretel, are abandoned in the woods by their cruel stepmother and are lured to a gingerbread house inhabited by a child-eating witch.
Guest stars Mami Koyama, Chieko Honda, Shunsuke Shima, Chie Kitagawa, Miyoko Aso
Episode 3
A selfish princess learns a lesson in humility and consideration for others from a talking frog.
Guest stars Shigeru Chiba, Yoshino Takamori, Sanji Hase, Daisuke Gomi
Episode 5
A little girl on her way through the woods to her grandmother's house is accosted by a sneaky, hungry wolf.
Guest stars Mitsuko Horie, Tessyo Genda, Terue Nunami, Chiyoko Kawashima, Kenichi Ogata, Minoru Inaba
Episode 6
A young simpleton is gifted a golden goose in return for an act of kindness. When three scheming sisters plot to steal the goose, they become stuck to it and every person who tries to free them becomes stuck in turn until they perform an unselfish act.
Guest stars Bin Shimada, Hiroko Emori, Minoru Inaba, Ryuji Saikachi, Ritsuo Sawa, Ikunari Sawaki, Kozo Shioya, Reiko Suzuki
Episode 7
A clever cat schemes and cajoles to elevate his master's social and financial status.
Guest stars Ichiro Nagai, Yoku Shioya, Takuzō Kamiyama, Kenichi Ogata, Minoru Inaba, Ken Yamaguchi
Episode 9
Two sisters are visited in winter by a talking bear, but he leaves in the spring speaking of riches to protect and an evil spell. Then Snow White and Rose Red keep encountering a helpless but cold gnome, and later a prince seeking his lost brother.
Guest stars Kayoko Fujii, Mitsuko Horie, Kaneto Shiozawa, Nobuo Tobita, Keiko Hanagata, Ichiro Nagai
Episode 10
A vain and wicked queen orders the death of her stepdaughter, Snow White, for exceeding her beauty. But Snow White flees into the woods where she meets seven friendly dwarfs who help to protect her when the queen comes to finish the job.
Guest stars Haru Endō, Tomoko Maruo, Sakiko Tamagawa, Nozomu Sasaki, Kazue Komiya, Gara Takashima, Daisuke Gomi
Episode 11
Guest stars Sakiko Tamagawa, Nozomu Sasaki, Kazue Komiya, Gara Takashima, Ichiro Nagai, Kohei Miyauchi, Toshiya Ueda, Shigeru Chiba
Episode 14
A soldier is unjustly compensated by a money-hoarding king and princess. Forced to fend for himself, he meets five remarkable friends: a strongman, one who can run faster than any other human, one whose bare head can create ice and snow, one whose breath extends for a distance, and one who can see and shoot for miles. The soldier inspires them to follow him, then they decide to stop the cruelty of the country's rulers.
Guest stars Shinji Ogawa, Yu Shimaka, Shigeru Chiba, Kenichi Ogata, Kozo Shioya, Ken Yamaguchi, Masaharu Sato, Junichi Sugawara
Episode 15
A young prince in line to inherit a kingdom goes on a quest for the Water of Life to save his ailing father, the King's, life. But the prince's older brother, wanting the kingdom for himself, tries to steal the Water to prove his worth to the King and get in his good favor again.
Guest stars Yoku Shioya, Yosuke Akimoto, Minoru Inaba, Ikuya Sawaki, Mitsuko Horie, Daisuke Gomi
Episode 16
Josephine's dreams of marrying a prince seem to come true when one sends for her in her forest home. Though her brothers are wary of her wedding a man none of them has met, she accepts eagerly - but is startled by his striking beard of blue. The prince, who provides Josephine with every luxury until she becomes haughty, has only one locked, mismatched room in his castle he will not discuss. When he leaves her with his keys and instructions to see that one is not used, Josephine is lured by it to the forbidden room, and a terrible secret.
Directed by Kazuyoshi YokotaGuest stars Katsunosuke Hori, Keiko Han, Tessyo Genda, Kozo Shioya, Junichi Sugawara, Mitsuaki Hoshino, Tomoko Maruo
Episode 17
When Jorinde and her fiancé Joringel visit the woods, its witch they unknowingly encountered earlier draws them to her home and turns Jorinde into a nightingale and takes her as she does every maid she meets. After being unable to move to stop it, Joringel is driven out of the woods by her magic with only a puzzling message from Jorinde, and can't see a way to best the magic to free her.
Guest stars Miyoko Aso, Masami Kikuchi, Hiromi Tsuru
Episode information updated Sep 19, 2026
Available now in United States
These shows are available now and closely match Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics.
Mitsuko HoriePrincess (voice)
Ryusei NakaoRooster (voice)
Osamu KatoLead Thief (voice)
Yoshiko OhtaFarmer's Wife (voice)
Mami KoyamaHansel (voice)
Chieko HondaGretel (voice)
Nippon AnimationJapan
