The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon(mpeg)(anime)[rogercc][h33t])

The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon,



Wanpaku ôji no orochi taiji ] [
Release date:
March 24, 1963 (Japan)
January 1, 1964 (United States)
Format: mpeg
Language: English



The film was distributed in the United States, as The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon, as a matinée feature by Columbia Pictures, opening January 1, 1964. Its Japanese origin was downplayed, as was standard practice at the time, with William Ross, the director of the English dubbing, credited as director and Fujifilm and Tōei's color and widescreen processes rebranded as "MagiColor" and "WonderScope" respectively
Though still highly regarded in animation circles, the film is now little-known outside of them.

IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057669/

This anime film tells the story of the god Susano'o (as a cute boy), whose mother Izanami has died. He is deeply hurt by the loss of his mother but his father Izanagi tells him that his mother is now in heaven. Despite Izanagi's warnings, Susano'o eventually sets off to find her. Along with his companions, Akahana (a little talking rabbit) and Titan Bō (a strong but friendly giant from the Land of Fire), Susano'o overcomes all obstacles in his long voyage. He eventually comes to the Izumo Province, 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). Kushinada's family tells Susano'o that their other seven daughters were sacrificed to the fearsome eight-headed serpent, the Yamata no Orochi. Susano'o 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 Bō prepare for the showdown..


Executive producer: Hiroshi Ōkawa
Developers: Shin Yoshida, Isamu Takahashi, Takashi Iijima
Animation director: Yasuji Mori
Key animators: Hideo Furusawa, Masao Kumagawa, Yasuo Ōtsuka, Daikichirō Kusube, Makoto Nagasawa, Chikao Katsui, Yōichi Kotabe, Masatake Kita
In-between supervisor: Sanae Yamamoto
Art director: Reiji Koyama
Background artists: Tomō Fukumoto, Eiko Sugimoto, Isamu Kageyama, Hideo Chiba
Color stylist: Saburō Yokoi
Assistant directors: Isao Takahata, Kimio Yabuki