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Wanpaku Ôji no Orochi Taiji (—literally "The Naughty Prince Slays the Giant Serpent") is an anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 film produced by Toei Animation
Toei Animation

is a anime studio owned by Toei Company. The studio was originally founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name....
 and released in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 on March 24, 1963. English-dubbed versions were released under several titles, including The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon, Prince in Wonderland, and Rainbow Bridge.

Plot
This anime film tells the story of the god Susanoo
Susanoo

is the Shinto god of the sea and storms....
 (as a cute boy), whose mother Izanami
Izanami

In Japanese mythology, is a goddess of both creation and death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi. She is also referred to as Izana-mi, Izanami-no-mikoto or Izanami-no-kami....
 has died.






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Wanpaku Ôji no Orochi Taiji (—literally "The Naughty Prince Slays the Giant Serpent") is an anime
Anime

is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
 film produced by Toei Animation
Toei Animation

is a anime studio owned by Toei Company. The studio was originally founded in 1948 as Japan Animated Films . In 1956, Toei purchased the studio and it was reincorporated under its current name....
 and released in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 on March 24, 1963. English-dubbed versions were released under several titles, including The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon, Prince in Wonderland, and Rainbow Bridge.

Plot


This anime film tells the story of the god Susanoo
Susanoo

is the Shinto god of the sea and storms....
 (as a cute boy), whose mother Izanami
Izanami

In Japanese mythology, is a goddess of both creation and death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi. She is also referred to as Izana-mi, Izanami-no-mikoto or Izanami-no-kami....
 has died. He is deeply hurt by the loss of his mother, but his father Izanagi
Izanagi

is a deity born of the seven divine generations in Japanese mythology and Shintoism, and is also referred to in the roughly translated Kojiki as "male-who-invites" or Izanagi-no-mikoto....
 tells him that his mother is now in heaven. Despite Izanagi's warnings, Susanoo eventually sets off to find her. Along with his companions Akahana (a little talking rabbit
Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are seven different genus in the family taxonomy as rabbits, including the European rabbit , Cottontail rabbit , and the Amami rabbit ....
) and Taitanbo (a strong but friendly giant from the Land of Fire), Susanoo overcomes all obstacles in his long, wondrous voyage. He eventually comes to the Izumo Province
Izumo Province

Izumo was an Old provinces of Japan of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane Prefecture in the Chugoku region.It was one of the regions of ancient Japan where major political powers arose....
, where he meets Princess Kushinada, a little girl whom he becomes friends with (he also thinks that she is so beautiful that she looks like his mother Izanami). Kushinada's family tells Susanoo that their other seven daughters were sacrificed to the fearsome eight-headed serpent, the Yamata no Orochi. Susanoo is so infatuated with Kushinada that he decides to help her family protect her and slay the Orochi once and for all, and he, Akahana and Taitanbo prepare for the spectacular showdown...

Staff

  • Producers: Hiroshi Okawa, Sanae Yamamoto
  • Director: Yugo Serikawa
  • Writers: Takashi Iijima, Hideaki Sugawara
  • Music: Akira Ifukube
    Akira Ifukube

    Akira Ifukube was a Japanese composer of European classical music and film scores, perhaps best known for his work on the soundtracks of the Godzilla movies by Toho....
  • Animation Director: Yasuji Mori
    Yasuji Mori

    Yasuji Mori was an animator who worked with Toei Animation, while it was still known as Toei Doga. He was also a famous illustrator of children's books....
  • Assistant Director: Isao Takahata
    Isao Takahata

    is one of the most famous directors of anime, or Japanese animated films. Born in Ujiyamada , Mie prefecture, Japan, he is a long-term colleague of Hayao Miyazaki and co-head at Studio Ghibli....
    , Kimio Yabuki
    Kimio Yabuki

    Kimio Yabuki is a Japanese animator. Known in Japan for his work on many early classic works by the Toei Animation studio, his best known film in the West is Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer from 1985 in film, produced by the French company DiC with animation work done in Japan....


See also

  • List of animated feature films
    List of animated feature films

    This list of animated feature-length films compiles animation feature film films from around the world and is organized alphabetically under the year of release ....


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