Anime like Sinbad: Mahou no Lamp to Ugoku Shima

Urusei Yatsura: Itsudatte My Darling

Also known as Urusei Yatsura Movie 6: Always My Darling.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kitty Film , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

Lupica, another one of the legion of space princesses that all seem to have found out about Earth in some tour book, appears and abducts Ataru!

But Lupica isn't after Ataru for his great looks or charming personality (because he doesn't have either). Lupica's goal is the greatest love potion in the galaxy, which she intends to use to induce her sweetheart to tie the knot. To get it, she needs the possessor of the greatest lust in the universe...



Tags: Shounen , Aliens , Super Power , Parody , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy

Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Aladdin to Mahou no Lamp

Also known as Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.

Studio: Toei Animation , Rankin/Bass
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

This film stays very faithful to the original down to the smallest details, save for the kangaroo-rat that suddenly appears twenty minutes into the movie and subsequently follows Aladdin around, serving no purpose in the story but fulfilling the role of token animal mascot.

The screenwriter needs no introduction; Akira Miyazaki single-handedly wrote five of the classic WMT series, including Perrine and Rascal, and participated in two others. The only other name among the staff that rings a bell, though, is Yukihide Takekawa, who was responsible for the music in the magnificent and unknown Unico pilot film.

The story takes some illogical and confusing jumps at the point where Aladdin begins to court the princess, and the extravagant animation that had characterised Toei films of the 60s, when Toei had the best animators around, had become a thing of the past long before this point; but this is still an above-average film, in large part because of the screenplay that stays so faithful to the original. The character designs are slightly more western-looking than one is accustomed to seeing in anime.



Tags: Fairy Tale , Foreign , Desert , Magic , Kids , Male Protagonist , Royal Affairs , Class Struggle