The series consists of mostly stand-alone episodes which retell different fairy or folk tales. Despite the title, they are not all based on fairy tales collected by the Grimm Brothers.
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics is finished and has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: グリム名作劇場, Gurimu Meisaku Gekijou, Grimm's Fairy Tales
Genres: Romance, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Magic, Adventure, Comedy, Kids
Top 7 Anime Like Grimm Masterpiece Theater
7. Hajimete no Eigo: Sekai Meisaku Douwa
Classical Folktales released on Japanese and English to teach Japanese children English.
Bedtime Stories is finished and has 18 Episodes. It is also Known as: 初めてのえいご・世界名作童話, Folktales, Fairy Tales
6. Manga Sekai Mukashibanashi
Each episode of this series tells the story of a famous fairy tale from all around the world. Some of them are adapted from famous books such as "The Iliad".
Manga Fairy Tales of the World is finished and has 127 Episodes. It is also Known as: まんが世界昔ばなし, Tales of Magic
5. Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Wow! Maerchen Oukoku
Based on Western tales from the usual suspects: 1001 Nights, C. Perrault, Beaumont, J. & W. Grimm, H. C. Andersen, C. Collodi, English fairytale, H. Pyle, L. Carrol, J. Swift, A. Dumas, E. T. A Hoffman, L. F. Baum, and J. Spyri.
Only 21 stories were broadcast, with the last five being released on VHS.
The World's Most Famous Tales is finished and has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: アニメ世界の童話 / メルヘン王国, Anime Sekai no Douwa Series, Merhen Okoku, Meruhen Ookoku, Animated Children's Stories of the World
4. Sekai Meisaku Douwa
Another of Toei's World Famous Fairy Tale series consisting of 20 stories, 10 minutes each.
World Famous Fairy Tale Series is finished and has 20 Episodes. It is also Known as: 世界名作童話, Sekai Meisaku Douwa
3. Furusato Saisei: Nippon no Mukashibanashi
Like in any culture, Japanese kids grow up listening to the stories repeatedly told by their parents and grandparents. The boy born from a peach; the princess from the moon who is discovered inside a bamboo; the old man who can make a dead cherry tree blossom, etc. These short stories that teach kids to see both the dark and bright sides of life have passed traditional moral values from generation to generation.
Each half-hour episode of Folktales from Japan consists of three self-contained stories, well-known and unknown, with a special focus on heartwarming stories that originate from Tohoku, the northern region heavily touched by the earthquake of 2011. May this program help cheer up earthquake victims and cast a light of hope for them?
Folktales from Japan is finished and has 258 Episodes. It is also Known as: ふるさと再生 日本の昔ばなし, Hometown Rebuilding: Folktales from Japan
2. Yonimo Osoroshii Grimm Douwa
The truth behind the well-known Grimm's Tales is cruel and full of blood and lust!
Episode 1: "Hansel & Gretel": Two brothers lost in the woods were actually criminals...
Episode 2: "The Blue Beard": The true character of the Blue Beard was a cannibal who was unable to tolerate his wife's adultery.
Episode 3: "Cinderella": Actually Cinderella had abnormal affections toward the prince.
Yonimo Osoroshii Grimm Douwa is finished and has 3 Episodes. It is also Known as: 世にも恐ろしいグリム童話, The Truth of Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tale, Otona no Douwa, Otona no Dowa, Otono no Douwa, Otono no Dowa, Adult Fairytales, Adult Fairy Tales
1. Sekai Douwa Anime Zenshuu
Each episode tells a different story from Grimm's Fairy Tales.
My Favorite Fairy Tales is finished and has 10 Episodes. It is also Known as: 世界童話アニメ全集, Sekai Dowa Anime Zenshu
