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Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics

Grimm Meisaku Gekijou

1987, TV, 24 eps, 71%, Nippon Animation

Recommended by 3 The Grimm Variations fans on AniList. Both have Fairy Tale, Classic Literature.

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. Note: As streaming on RetroCrush, the multi-part episodes of 'Puss in Boots', 'Snow White',…

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About The Grimm Variations

2024, ONA, 6 eps, 66%, WIT STUDIO

Once upon a time, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm collected fairy tales from across the land and made them into a book. They also had a much younger sister, the innocent and curious Charlotte, who they loved very much. One day, while the brothers were telling Charlotte a fairy tale like usual, they saw that she had a somewhat melancholy look on her face. She asked them, "Do you suppose they really lived happily ever after?"

The pages of Grimms' Fairy Tales, written by Jacob and Wilhelm, are now presented from the unique perspective of Charlotte, who sees the stories quite differently from her brothers.

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