Ronja: The Robber's Daughter

2017
4.8
9 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (26)

1 Born in the Storm
1/27/17
Season-only
Mattis and his clan of robbers ambush a merchant traveling through the woods, only to have their nemesis - Borka's robbers - go after the same loot. But Mattis is quickly called back to his fort, where his wife Lovis gives birth to their daughter, Ronja, just before lightning strikes and splits the fort in two.
2 First Trip to the Forest
1/27/17
Season-only
Mattis and his robbers skip work to feed and dote on baby Ronja. Under the loving watch of Mattis, Lovis and the robbers, Ronja grows to be a lively ten-year-old. And one day, she's given permission to go outside of the fort and into the forest.
3 Fear in the Forest
1/27/17
Season-only
Venturing into the forest for the first time, Ronja takes in all the new sights - an enormous tree, a river, various creatures. She falls asleep on a boulder, and when she wakes up, night has fallen and she finds herself surrounded by threatening gray dwarfs.
4 Hearing the Whistler
1/27/17
Season-only
Ronja begins practicing not being frightened in the woods, but ends up provoking the harpies, who chase her through the forest. She goes home to the fort where she tries to leap over Hell's Gap, when she sees something unexpected.
5 Enemy in the Fort
1/27/17
Season-only
Ronja learns that Birk, the boy she met at Hell's Gap, is the son of Borka, the longtime adversary of Mattis. Worse, Birk claims that Borka's robbers have just moved into the north side of the fort.
6 Taking Without Asking
1/26/17
Season-only
Mattis and his robbers face off at Hell's Gap against Borka and his twelve robbers. When Mattis objects to Borka taking a home without asking, Borka suggests that Mattis does the same as a robber, which leads Ronja to question her father. Later, she goes to the forest, where she runs into someone familiar.
7 Song in the Mist
1/27/17
Season-only
Ronja finds herself annoyed at having to share the forest with Birk. But soon a thick fog covers the forest, and as the two walk together through the mist, Ronja is tempted by the sweet, plaintive song of the Unearthly Ones.
8 Autumn Deepens
1/27/17
Season-only
Mattis attempts a variety of tactics to try and drive Borka and his robbers out of the fort, while Ronja heads off into the forest, wondering why she hasn't seen Birk all autumn.
9 Stuck in the Snow
1/27/17
Season-only
With the forest and the fort covered in snow, Mattis's robbers spend their days toiling to shovel snow and fetch water. Ronja heads off to practice skiing every day, but one day, she takes a tumble on the slopes.
10 The Vow to be Brother and Sister
1/27/17
Season-only
With her foot stuck in a hole inhabited by rumphobs, Ronja struggles to free herself before heavy snowfall comes. But first, a harpy arrives and tries to take Ronja away with its sharp claws.
11 To be Done in Secret
1/26/17
Season-only
The morning after being saved by Birk in the forest, Ronja falls ill and spends three days in bed, during which time she can't get Birk - her new "brother" - out of her head. Once she's better, she heads off to the underground vaults in search of a way to get to him.
12 The Whistler Underground
1/27/17
Season-only
Determined to see Birk, Ronja removes the rubble that's plugged the underground passage and manages to reunite with Birk again. When she learns that he has grown thin from not having enough to eat, she begins sneaking food to him.
13 Wretched Robbers
1/27/17
Season-only
As the harsh winter begins to turn milder, Lovis orders all the robbers to go naked and wash their dirty bodies in the snow. The robbers resist the merciless predicament, but...
14 Splendid Spring
1/27/17
Season-only
As spring returns to the forest, Ronja and Birk reunite in the woods and decide to try to catch two wild horses, which they name Villain and Savage. Meanwhile, Mattis and Borka resume their robbers' work and promptly fight over loot.
15 Endless Fighting, Pt. 1
1/27/17
Season-only
As Sturkas recovers from the serious injury he sustained in the skirmish with Borka's robbers, the conflict between Mattis and Borka intensifies, distressing Ronja. One day, she returns from the forest to find a horrific sight.
16 Endless Fighting, Pt. 2
1/27/17
Season-only
With Birk held hostage, Mattis's robbers and Borka's robbers face off at Hell's Gap, with Mattis insisting on Borka leaving the fort in return for his son. Just then, Ronja decides upon a daring act that will change everything.
17 Moving Out
1/27/17
Season-only
While a devastated Mattis sulks after the face-off at Hell's Gap, Ronja heads back into the forest where she sees Birk, who has decided to leave Borka's Keep and move into the forest. Ronja decides to leave Mattis's Fort as well.
18 Something in the Cave
1/27/17
Season-only
Having moved into Bear's Cave together, Ronja and Birk set about gathering the necessary tools to survive in the forest. One day, they hear something moving around inside the cave.
19 The Lost Knife
1/27/17
Season-only
Ronja and Birk begin their life in Bear's Cave, catching salmon and making bowls from wood. But after three days, they have a big argument over a lost knife, which sends Ronja leaving the cave in tears.
20 With the Wild Horses
1/27/17
Season-only
As spring turns to summer, Ronja and Birk spend their days milking the mare they saved and trying to tame the wild horses, Villain and Savage. Suddenly, a harpy spots them and chases them through the forest.
21 Hunted by Harpies
1/27/17
Season-only
Ronja is visited by Lill-Klippen at Bear's Cave, where he tries to convince her to come home. Later, as Ronja and Birk bathe in the river near Greedy Falls, they're attacked by a flock of wild harpies, including the great harpy, the fiercest of them all.
22 Only This Summer
1/27/17
Season-only
Ronja and Birk barely manage to survive the wild harpies and the roaring rapids. But when they return to Bear's Cave, they're startled to find someone waiting for them.
23 Life Isn't to be Thrown Away
1/27/17
Season-only
The short summer gives way to autumn, and Birk prepares for the likelihood that Ronja will return home come winter and that he will remain alone in Bear's Cave. But when Mattis comes to ask Ronja to come home, he startles Birk with an unexpected offer.
24 Fight of the Wild Beasts
1/27/17
Season-only
With Ronja and Birk home, Mattis's Fort and Borka's Keep are filled with joy. But with the forest now swarming with the sheriff's soldiers, Skalle-Per suggests that the two bands of robbers must now join forces, but Ronja offers an unexpected suggestion of her own.
25 One Band of Robbers
1/27/17
Season-only
Mattis and Borka agree to join forces, but they must first fight a duel - a wild beasts' match - to determine who will become the chief of the newly merged band of robbers. With both clans looking on, a victor emerges.
26 The Call of Spring
1/27/17
Season-only
With the duel over and the new chieftain determined, the robbers return to their robbing ways. Ronja becomes concerned that Skalle-Per has become weak and refuses to get out of bed. Skalle-Per tells her a secret.

About this show

From the legendary Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away) and based on the beloved novel by acclaimed writer Astrid Lindgren (Pippi Longstocking), comes this epic 26-part story of adventure and friendship. Directed by Goro Miyazaki(Tales From Earthsea), Ronja tells the tale of a ten-year-old girl born on a stormy night in a mountain fort, surrounded by her parents and a loving band of robbers. Ronja grows to be a strong and active girl, and discovers that the forest is both a beautiful and frightening place inhabited by strange creatures. She befriends the son of her father's rival and so begins the drama of her friendship and family loyalties.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
9 reviews
Adam Knight
February 1, 2021
Beautifully designed and heart warming.
Ahmed Farooqi
February 19, 2018
It is a really good animated story
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