Concept art from the Pippi Longstocking movie Hayao Miyazaki never made

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Cute! 🙂

The following and more pictures can be found here: io9

In 1971, animators Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata began preproduction on an adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking books, but in the end, were unable to secure Lindgren’s permission. But we can still see Miyazaki’s watercolor concept art of the strongest girl in the world.

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