The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1980)

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Nils Holgersson is a young boy on a farm who is cruel to the animals. But when he catches the farm's little goblin it becomes one prank too many. He is magically shrunk and suddenly the farm animals are out for revenge. He flees on the back of the goose Morten and they join up with a flock of wild geese. Together they travel all over Sweden, with Nils hoping to find a way to become big again.

• Released: 1980-01-08
• Genres: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids
• Seasons: 1, 52 episodes
• Episode length: 25m
• Network: NHK G
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.7/10 from 56 votes

Top cast

• Mami Koyama as Nils (voice)
• Masane Tsukayama as Nils' Father (voice)
• Joji Yanami as Ten (voice)
• Masako Ikeda as Nils' Mother (voice)
• Tadashi Yamazaki as Carrot (voice)
• Hideyuki Tanaka as Gunnar (voice)
• Yoshito Yasuhara as Morton (voice)
• Keiko Yokozawa
• Kei Tomiyama
• Kohei Miyauchi as Rosenbaum (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

• United States: stream on Shahid VIP; watch free on Tubi TV
• United Kingdom: stream on Shahid VIP
• India: stream on Shahid VIP
• Canada: stream on Shahid VIP; watch free on Tubi TV
• Australia: stream on Shahid VIP

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