Underplayed Gems

A Journey Through Fairyland (1985)

A Journey Through Fairyland poster
Original title
妖精フローレンス
Directed by
Masami Hata
Genre
fantasy film, musical film, children's film, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young boy goes on a musical adventure through a fairy world. The film is driven by classical music pieces instead of a complex story.

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What happens

A Journey Through Fairyland (Japanese: 妖精フローレンス, Hepburn: Yōsei Furōrensu; lit. Fairy Florence) is a 1985 Japanese animated film by Sanrio, the company behind Unico, The Sea Prince and the Fire Child and Ringing Bell, though this story is less sought out as a rarity among Sanrio cult classic collectors. Sanrio's final feature-length anime film until 2007, it was brought to America in 1989 through a company called Celebrity Home Entertainment. Unlike previous works, this one mainly focuses on music more than plot, prompting it to be compared with Disney's older work Fantasia (Video Business review). The one original piece is "My Name is Florence", which contains lyrics and performed in the film; all other songs on the soundtrack are works of classical composition, written by Beethoven and other similarly noteworthy composers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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