The Big Picture In an alternate universe, the first animated adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s beloved children's character Pippi Longstocking might also have been one of the first Studio Ghibli films. Years before they founded the world-renowned animation studio and created masterpiece after masterpiece of the medium, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata once dreamed of adapting the Pippi Longstocking book series into a feature-length film. .
For all her blitheness, however, Pippi is considerate, loving, and wise beyond her years. As she muses to herself, "If you are very strong you must also be very kind." Lindgren initially invented the character of Pippi for her daughter Karin before writing the published works. The first book, titled just Pippi Longstocking, debuted in 1945. Since then, the series has sold millions of copies worldwide, charming and resonating with children and adults of like minds everywhere.
The clearest and most reputable English source about the film’s development and its cancelation is Astrid Lindgren’s official website, which in turn credits observations translated from The Phantom Pippi Longstocking book published by Studio Ghibli in 2014. According to both, the trio of Miyazaki, Takahata, and influential animator Yasuo Ōtsuka were passionate enough to fly to Sweden for a planned meeting with Lindgren to discuss the project and obtain her blessing .
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