He and Takahata then began pre-production on a Pippi Longstocking series and drew extensive story boards for it.

Instead of Pippi Longstocking, Miyazaki conceived, wrote, designed and animated two Panda!

* Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren in 1945.

She is best known for the Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson-on-the-Roof and the Six Bullerby Children book series.

However, Pippi Longstocking, one of her most famous books, was set in Gotland.

The character Pippi Longstocking was invented for her daughter to amuse her while she was ill and bed-ridden.

Lindgren later related that Karin had suddenly said to her, " Tell me a story about Pippi Longstocking ," and the tale was created in response to that remark.

A year later she won first prize in the same competition with the children's book Pippi Långstrump ( Pippi Longstocking ), which has since become one of the most beloved children's books in the world.

She had already sent Pippi Longstocking to the Bonniers publishing house but it was rejected.

Pippi Longstocking has been translated into 60 languages.

* The Pippi Longstocking series ( Pippi Långstrump )

* The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking ( 1988 )-director: Ken Annakin

Amelia Island was chosen as the mystical land for the 1988 film The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking.

Anders father was a famous Swedish jazzmusician who is mostly known for writing the music for Pippi Longstocking and the record " Jazz på svenska " which is the best selling Swedish jazz record of all times.

* Astrid Lindgren – Pippi Longstocking

* Astrid Lindgren ( 1907-2002 ), Swedish author of children's literature, among others Pippi Longstocking

Inger Nilsson as Pippi Longstocking in the 1969 TV series depicted in this German stamp.

Pippi Longstocking ( Swedish Pippi Långstrump ) is a fictional character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and adapted into multiple films and television series.

Pippi claims her full name is Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim's Daughter Longstocking ().

Pippi is the daughter of seafarer Ephraim Longstocking, captain of the sailing ship Hoptoad ( Hoppetossa in Swedish ), from whom Pippi inherited her common sense and incredible strength.

Captain Longstocking is the only person known who can match Pippi in physical ability.

Pippi was named by Lindgren's then nine-year-old daughter, Karin, who requested a get-well story from her mother one day when she was home sick from school.

She is also seen in the various movies picking up a horse ( the books often mention Pippi moving her horse Old Man by carrying him from one place to another ), a car, weights / barbells weighing over 1, 000 pounds ; she also pulls bars out of a jail window and throws pirates across a room.

In 1961 the American children's anthology TV series Shirley Temple's Storybook ( hosted by Shirley Temple ) included an adaptation of Pippi Longstocking, Episode 2-15, aired on January 8.

Pippi was played by Svetlana Stupak, and her singing voice was provided by Svetlana Stepchenko.

An American feature film version from Columbia Pictures was released in 1988, directed by British veteran director Ken Annakin, starring Tami Erin as Pippi with Eileen Brennan, Dennis Dugan, John Schuck and Dick Van Patten in supporting roles.

An animated film adaptation by Nelvana, Pippi Longstocking, was released in 1997 and was adapted into an animated television series, Pippi Longstocking by Nelvana, which aired for two seasons ( 1997 – 1999 ) on HBO in the United States and Canada's Teletoon channel.

In 1971, to make the animated feature Pippi Longstocking, Takahata left Toei Animation with Yoichi Kotabe and Hayao Miyazaki and transferred to " A Production " ( present: Shin-Ei Animation ), an animation studio founded by his former superior,.

* Pippi Longstocking ( 1968 ), written by Astrid Lindgren adapted by David Coulter, read by Joyce Grenfell

The Story of Soup-Kaspar is parodied in Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking ( 1945 ), with a tall story about a Chinese boy named Peter who refuses to eat a swallow's nest served to him by his father, and dies of starvation five months later.

Its books have won the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, and include such books as The Twenty-One Balloons, written and illustrated by William Pene du Bois, ( 1947, Newbery medal winner for 1948 ), Corduroy, Make Way for Ducklings, The Stinky Cheese Man By Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith 1993, The Outsiders, Pippi Longstocking, and The Story of Ferdinand.

* Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

The publisher also has an imprint for children called Enfant, with which they have published the Moomin works of Tove Jansson and Pippi Longstocking comics by Astrid Lindgren and Ingrid Vang Nyman.

Directed and choreographed by Steven Smeltzer ; starring Erica Livingston ( Jeanne ), David Howard ( Norbert ), Sara Ruzicka ( Pippi ), MaryAnne Piccolo ( Lin ), Lindsay Devino ( Pickles ), Dane Agostinis ( Duke ), Doreen Barnard ( Betty ), Kenneth D ' Elia and Carolyn Kimmel ( Swings ).

Astrid Lindgren had been contacted by Miyazaki one year earlier, as he wished to use Pippi in his animation.

* Bop It appeared in the TV series Gilmore Girls, where it was referred to by Lorelai and Rory, and used in the episode " We Got Us a Pippi Virgin " ( Season 5, Episode 5 ) as Lorelai explains that Bop It is what they bring out in social situations that " need mouth-to-mouth resuscitation ", and with which Luke takes on Dean.

* Astrid Surmatz: Pippi Långstrump als Paradigma.

This is the first American adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's character, not to mention the first adaptation done in color, and the first to feature a child actress to play Pippi, in this case, former Mousketeer Gina Gillespie.

* Pippi Longstocking and Astrid Lindgren

Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, known for the Pippi Longstocking series, created a character, Madicken, who is often portrayed as wearing a pinafore.

Astrid Lindgren expanded Stevenson's couplet differently in the script for the 1969 Pippi Longstocking TV series ; the two resulting verses were sung to a West Indian sea shanty.

Mr. Nilsson ( Swedish Herr Nilsson ) is Pippi Longstocking's monkey in the fictional books by Astrid Lindgren, and subsequent films and television episodes.