'How Six Men Got on in the World' was an unfamiliar story to me before watching 'Grimm Masterpiece Theater' (or 'Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics'). Any Brothers Grimm story is worth reading at least once, and this is no exception and is unmistakably them. Due to being much more familiar with other stories of theirs for much longer, it is unlikely to stick out to me as a favourite any time soon.
This just over twenty minute (as per usual for the show) episode/adaptation of 'How Six Men Got on in the World' is not one of my favourite episodes of the show, but is worth watching and a good way to introduce one to the original story. Find other episodes to have a little more charm and heart, with better quality of voice acting (though that is an asset that has more often than not been inconsistent on 'Grimm Masterpiece Theater'), but as indicated there is a good deal right done here.
Imperfections here of course. The music, apart from the theme songs which are lovely, is neither memorable or varied, further having the issue of not being dynamic or fitting with what is going on. Some of the synchronisation is still sloppy.
Found the voice acting to be inconsistent, mostly pretty good. Liked the narration as ever, which has a great storytelling vibe that makes the story accessible to younger audiences without over-explaining. All but one of the titular characters are very well voiced, especially the main character. Did not care for the bored sounding Frosty or the shrill voice for the Princess (that was snobbish vanity overkill there and the character comes over as annoying), don't remember much of the voice acting for the king.
On the other hand, the animation is fine. The colours are vibrant, the backgrounds detailed and more meticulous than some other episodes of the series and the character designs are some of the series' most expressive. The intro and outro songs are very charming and most of the titular characters are handled with a lot of likeability. As said, enjoyed the narration and enough of the voice acting is decent enough.
Writing has maturity and entertainment value with enough for both children, without dumbing down or being too juvenile, and adults, without being too complicated. There are amusing moments too, did get a laugh out of how the princess is described at one point. The story is slight but never felt padded or too rushed.
Altogether, pretty good and a good way to introduce younger audiences to a relatively lesser known story. 7/10