''Hungarian Folk TalesAz egyes epizódok főcíme, és stáblistája alapján.'' ( hu, Magyar népmesék) is a Hungarian

animated series An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main characters, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have eith ...

and one of the first and biggest successes of Pannonia Film Studio, based on studio head Ferenc Mikulás' original idea and directed by

Marcell Jankovics Marcell Jankovics (21 October 1941 – 29 May 2021) was a Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and author. He is best known for the animated films '' Johnny Corncob'' (1973; the first animated feature of his native country) and ' ...

. It originally played on television between 1980 and 2012. Episodes are based on Hungarian folk tales and each one features the specific folk motives of a region of Hungary. The theme song and the score are composed by

Kaláka Kaláka is a folk music group formed in Budapest, Hungary on November 26, 1969. The founding members are Dániel Gryllus, Vilmos Gryllus, István Mikó and Balázs Radványi. Later Mikó was replaced by Péter Dabasi who in turn was replaced b ...

, one of the best known Hungarian folk bands. A few episodes were dubbed into English and shown in the United States as part of Season 1 of the TV series Long Ago and Far Away in 1989. In 2017, all episodes were dubbed and published on YouTube, receiving over 19 million views by March 2021.

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Episodes on YouTube
(in Hungarian)
Episodes on YouTube
(in English)
Hungarian Folk Tales
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