Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975)

Original title

アンデルセン童話 にんぎょ姫

Directed by

Tomoharu Katsumata, Tim Reid

Genre

fantasy anime and manga, cinematic fairy tale, drama anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 08m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young mermaid princess named Marina dreams of living on land after falling in love with a human prince. She makes a dangerous bargain with a sea witch to become human, but the cost is her voice and the threat of a tragic fate. Her dolphin friend Fritz stays by her side as she navigates the human world.

tragicmelancholicdreamlikeromanticbittersweetvisually lushslow-burnpoignantwhimsical

What happens

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (アンデルセン童話 人魚姫, Anderusen Dōwa: Ningyo-hime; lit. 'Andersen's Fairy Tales: Princess Mermaid') is a 1975 Japanese anime film directed by Tomoharu Katsumata, based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale "The Little Mermaid". Animated by Toei Animation, this film is close to Andersen's story, notably in its preservation of the original and tragic ending. The two main protagonists are the youngest daughter of the royal family, Marina, and her best friend Fritz, an Atlantic dolphin calf. In Japan, the film was shown in the Toei Manga Matsuri (Toei Cartoon Festival) on 21 March 1975. The film was later released in the United States, dubbed into English by G. G. Communications, Inc. and Prima Film, Inc., in 1979, under the title: Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid (Andersen's name would be correctly spelled in subsequent releases). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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