--- layout: post title: 'What I thought would give me nostalgia: Re-watching The Animals Of Farthing Wood' date: 2023-12-02 18:51 +0100 lang: en categories: life --- Just a quick… note? I was surprised to find a DVD of the Animals Of Farthing Wood (German: "Als die Tiere den Wald verließen") in the library. I knew I watched this… "cartoon" (? Saying cartoon feels almost "too cheap") as a child. So I was quite happy about it. I've been re-watching this, I think, the first time in around 30 years. (And I'm not quite finished yet). I expected kind of nostalgia. What did I get? [1]
I feel kinda… surprised that I remember *absolutely nothing* from the plot. I mean, sure, the animals were leaving their original home due to human destruction. I remembered at least one of the main characters. But apart from that? Nothing "rung a bell". I didn't remember *any* episode. So it's not like refreshing memories, but it's more like watching this for the first time. And also, maybe this is because "I'm an adult now", but, oh boy, this series is *dark*. Oh, and also: I was kinda also hoping to hear the German intro (or was in the outro?) song again, ["Gib Niemals Auf"](https://yewtu.be/watch?v=lqypNpCOdWE) by "Corinna and Dirk". But for some reason (copyright / legal stuff maybe?) both the beginning and the ending only have the instrumental part. Which is a bit of a pity. So yeah, that's all, just this. [1] Tears!