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Summary
Imprisoned by a sorcerer who fears she will rob him of eternal life, guileless young Princess Arete befriends a villager who helps her plan an escape.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 64GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.5
Audience score62%
Running time
1 h 44 min
A typical length for adventure movies
typical 103104Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Released
2001
August 1, 2001
25 years ago
Genres
AdventureAnimationFantasyMysteryLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
and 8 more11 people
- Houko KuwashimaPrincess Arete (voice)
- Tsuyoshi KoyamaBoax (voice)
- Yusuke NumataGrovel (voice)
- Minami TakayamaAmple (voice)
- Satomi KorogiWitch (voice)
- Eiji TakemotoDaraboa (voice)
- Norihisa MoriBlond Knight (voice)
- Takashi NagasakoKing (voice)
Yoshikazu NaganoGuard #1 (voice)
Akio SuyamaYoung Boax (voice)
Yuko SasakiNarrator (voice)
Directing · 1
- Sunao Katabuchi Director, Screenplay
Writing · 1
- Diana Coles Novel
Production · 3
- Eiko Tanaka Producer, Sound Effects
- Ryoichi Fukuyama Associate Producer
- Yoshida Masao Production Manager
Editing · 4
- Takeshi Seyama Editor
- Mutsumi Takemiya Assistant Editor
- Megumi Uchida Assistant Editor
- Mizuta Kyouko Assistant Editor
Sound · 4
- Akira Senju Original Music Composer
- Mutsunori Nishimura Sound Designer
- Daisuke Nagata Music Director
- Hiroyuki Hayase Sound Director
Art · 15
- Kazuo Ebisawa Background Designer
- Toru Hishiyama Background Designer
- Yamako Ishikawa Background Designer
- Sakako Itakura Background Designer
- Masayuki Kaneko Background Designer
- Kyoko Tanaka Background Designer
Visual Effects · 37
- Yasuhiro Aoki Key Animation
- Yoshiharu Ashino Key Animation
- Kazuko Shibata Key Animation
- Emiko Kataoka Key Animation
- Yoshiharu Sato Key Animation
- Fumitoshi Oizaki Key Animation
Other crew · 3
- Marefumi Niibayashi Special Effects
- Keisuke Sasagawa CGI Supervisor
- Kibun Shinbayashi Special Effects
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