I love Hans Christian Andersen's story, it is charming and beautiful with memorable characters. And this anime film is the closest in tone to the story to any other adaptation I've seen(not many but there are a few). I love the Disney film as well and prefer it just by a small margin, but I find this one just as beautiful and poignant if not more so.
While the animation is not the best there is, it is still quite nice with fluid backgrounds, pretty colours and well drawn characters. The music is tender and gives the film its heart, while the writing is wonderfully poetic and the story still has its magic and tenderness with well-explored themes of love and loss.
The characters are engaging still. Marina is a great protagonist and a beautiful one too, while the Prince, King, Fritz and the Witch are well done too and all the characters are very well voiced in both the original and dubbed versions. I love how there wasn't too much comedy to interrupt the flow or spoil the mood. Oh, and the ending has me in floods of tears every time I watch it.
This anime version of The Little Mermaid isn't completely perfect, some of the sound is a little hazy and the lip synching is occasionally sloppy, but overall it is wonderful. 9/10 Bethany Cox
While the animation is not the best there is, it is still quite nice with fluid backgrounds, pretty colours and well drawn characters. The music is tender and gives the film its heart, while the writing is wonderfully poetic and the story still has its magic and tenderness with well-explored themes of love and loss.
The characters are engaging still. Marina is a great protagonist and a beautiful one too, while the Prince, King, Fritz and the Witch are well done too and all the characters are very well voiced in both the original and dubbed versions. I love how there wasn't too much comedy to interrupt the flow or spoil the mood. Oh, and the ending has me in floods of tears every time I watch it.
This anime version of The Little Mermaid isn't completely perfect, some of the sound is a little hazy and the lip synching is occasionally sloppy, but overall it is wonderful. 9/10 Bethany Cox