They all join together in a variety of adventures as she attempts to get to the Emerald City to meet the famous Wizard who supposedly has the power to return her home. The first part concerned to most memorable part of the Oz saga - Dorothy getting sucked up by the tornado only to land in Oz, where she meets up with the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman and the Cowardly Lion. One thing 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' has over some of the other versions is its length - it was able to be spread out over many episodes and not have to be crammed into a 2hr movie or something similar.įrom my own experience I considered the story as being divided into 3 parts (I've since found out that it was officially considered 4 parts).

Needless to say my memory is a bit sketchy, however I can remember enjoying this one immensely (my local TV station ran it twice - restarting it as soon Only afterward did I get to find out it was based on a book series0 (which I have never read) and see the Judy Garland version plus the 'Return to Oz' movie released by Disney in the 1980s. I was 6 when I first saw this version of The Wizard of Oz in the 1980s, and at the time I hadn't seen any of the other versions nor even knew it was actually based on a book.

You'll be impressed by this little adaptation. It really had better quality than THIS Network, but the most disappointing fact is that the series is trying to come together by cutting off scenes and make it incomprehensible.

When I bought it, I was disappointed that most of the episodes were missing scenes. I had to buy the DVD off of Amazon but don't buy the Complete Set DVD. And I was addicted! This cartoon is astonishing! Only 52 episodes and from start to finish it was amazing. The voices sound like the original 1939 one, even though they sound a little higher, the characters were from the book except some of them like Princess Lulu or any of the strange guys. I always be sad every time I miss it from going to sleep or doing something different so I try to keep in time and set the alarm clock to when the Wizard of Oz comes on and then i go to the channel and watch it. But when I saw it was an animated series based on the books, I definitely decided to go watch it. This little anime series/cartoon comes on THIS network and when I saw it was on my Comcast channel in the early morning, I thought it was the filming of the original Black&White Wizard of Oz.

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