Heidi, an ambassador for Switzerland: the Japanese have loved Switzerland since author Johanna Spyri wrote her novel of the Alpine orphan-girl Heidi. Swiss News takes a new look at a made-in-Japan cartoon classic that taps into Heidi's enduring appeal.

Swiss News › Nbr. 2005, January 2005

Author: Shepard, Lyn

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Heidi, an ambassador for Switzerland: the Japanese have loved Switzerland since author Johanna Spyri wrote her novel of the Alpine orphan-girl Heidi. Swiss News takes a new look at a made-in-Japan cartoon classic that taps into Heidi's enduring appeal.

When film-studio spokesman Ryoko Toyoma was a lad in Japan, he loved to watch the animated 1974 series 'Heidi. Girl of the Alps,' on TV, in which melting Swiss cheese dripped onto a slice of bread.

"We would remark about how delicious it looked--and how much we wanted to eat it, Toy-area recalled in an email to S...

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