"The Little Match Girl" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story,about a dying child's dreams and hope,was first published in 1845. It has been adapted to various media,including animated,live-action,and VR films as well as television musicals and opera.
Enoki Films Co.,Ltd. was a Japanese studio based in the Enoki Building in Shinjuku,Tokyo.
Ojamajo Doremi,alternatively titled Magical DoReMi in English,is a Japanese fantasy magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation. It focuses on a group of elementary school girls,led by Doremi Harukaze,who become witch apprentices. The series aired in Japan on ABC,TV Asahi,and other ANN affiliates between February 1999 and January 2003,spanning four seasons and 201 episodes,and was followed by an original video animation series released between June and December 2004. An English-language version of the first season,produced by 4Kids Entertainment,aired in North America in 2005.
Thumbelina is a literary fairy tale written by the famous Danish author,Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published by C. A. Reitzel on 16 December 1835 in Copenhagen,Denmark,with "The Naughty Boy" and "The Travelling Companion" in the second installment of Fairy Tales Told for Children. Thumbelina is about a tiny girl and her adventures with marriage-minded toads,moles,and cockchafers. She successfully avoids their intentions before falling in love with a flower-fairy prince just her size.
Faerie Tale Theatre is an American award-winning live-action fairytale fantasy drama anthology television series created and presented by actress Shelley Duvall. The series originally ran on Showtime from September 11,1982,until November 14,1987 before being sold internationally. Twenty-five of the series' 27 episodes are each a retelling of a classic fairy tale,particularly one written by The Brothers Grimm,Charles Perrault,or Hans Christian Andersen. Episode 18 is based on the poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin". The 27th and final episode is a reunion special of cast and crew,titled "Grimm Party",in which,in fairy tale style,they attend a gala in fancy dress.
Thumbelina is a 1994 American independent animated musical fantasy film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman,based on the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. The film stars the voices of Jodi Benson,Gary Imhoff and John Hurt,with supporting roles from Gino Conforti,Charo,Gilbert Gottfried,Carol Channing and Joe Lynch.
Hana no Ko Lunlun,translated to English as The Flower Child Lunlun and Lulu,The Flower Angel,is a magical girl anime by Toei Animation,focusing on a theme of flowers in its stories. It was directed by Hiroshi Shidara and written by Shiro Jinbo. It was greatly successful in the West,particularly in Europe and in Latin America,as well as in Japan. An edited English-language dub of a few episodes titled Angel made this series one of,if not the first,magical girl anime works to reach the English-speaking market in the United States and Canada,well over a decade before Sailor Moon.
Magical Princess Minky Momo is a Japanese magical girl anime franchise by Ashi Productions. The original series ran between 1982 and 1983 on TV Tokyo and inspired three OVAs between 1985 and 1987. A second television series,titled Magical Princess Minky Momo:Hold on to Your Dreams,ran on NTV between 1991 and 1992,and like the original,it spawned home video follow-ups. A third Momo series began in 2004,this time as a manga titled Miracle Dream Minky Momo in Shogakukan's Shōgaku Ninensei magazine.
Hans Christian Andersen,also known as Paramount Pictures Presents Hans Christian Andersen and known in Japan as Andersen Stories,is a Japanese anime anthology series based on the stories of Hans Christian Andersen which aired on Fuji TV from January 3 to December 26,1971. It consists of 52 episodes and was produced by Mushi Production and Zuiyo Enterprise.
Thumbelina is a Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen,first published in 1835.
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid is a Japanese anime film based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairy tale,released in 1975 by Toei Animation. Unlike the Disney adaptation released 14 years later,this film is closer 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,this film was shown in the Toei Manga Matsuri in 1975.
Majokko Tickle,also known as Magical Girl Tickle or Tickle the Witch Girl,is a 1970s magical girl manga and anime by Go Nagai. Unlike Nagai's earlier Cutie Honey,Majokko Tickle is closer to the more traditional mold of magical girl anime such as Sally the Witch,and unlike Nagai's other,more popular works,it was created for an audience of pre-teen girls.
Barbie:Thumbelina is a 2009 animated fantasy film directed by Conrad Helten. It was released on March 17,2009,and it made its television premiere on Nick Jr. UK on December 24,2012. The fifteenth film in the Barbie film series,it is a modern retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale Thumbelina. The film centers around Thumbelina,a "twillerbee" who befriends a human girl,and both must cooperate their strength in order to save the environment. This was the last Barbie movie to be distributed by Entertainment Rights outside North America before their closure and Mattel signing a new deal with Universal Pictures outside North America.
My Favorite Fairy Tales is a Japanese educational fantasy original video animation (OVA) series of fairy tales and other classic stories produced by Studio Unicorn in 1986.
The World of Hans Christian Andersen is a 1968 Japanese animated fantasy film produced by Toei Doga,based on the works of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Theatrically released in Japan on March 19,1968,the film was licensed in North America by United Artists in 1971.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp is a 1982 Japanese anime fantasy film produced by Toei Animation,based on the Middle Eastern folk tale of Aladdin. The film was released in Japan on 13 March 1982 by Toei Company.
World Fairy Tale Series is an Italian-Japanese anime anthology series based on fairy tales and classic stories,produced by Toei Animation,Fuji Eight and Reteitalia in 1995.
The Wild Swans is a 1977 Japanese anime fantasy film produced by Toei Animation,based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale The Six Swans and on Hans Christian Andersen's variation The Wild Swans. The film was first shown in Japan on 19 March 1977 in the Toei Manga Matsuri.
Thumbelina is a 1978 Japanese anime fantasy film produced by Toei Animation and Tezuka Productions based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. The film was first shown in Japan on 18 March 1978 in the Toei Manga Matsuri. The film sees "Father of Manga" Ozamu Tezuka as character designer and former Mushi Production's animator Kazuko Nakamura as assistant animation director upon Tezuka's recommendation.
