A Journey Through Fairyland (1985)

Original title

妖精フローレンス

Directed by

Masami Hata

Genre

fantasy film, musical film, children's film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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.

whimsicalmusicalgentledreamlikelightheartedchildlikesimple

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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