Arajin to maho no ranpu

Well I happen to have it,professionally transferred from a treasured VHS tape and i gotta say the quality is pretty good i would say 8.5/10. I am not really trying to make a ton of money off of this, but I am trying to keep this classic and most true to source retelling of Aladdin in circulation.Also I believe the copyright laws do not apply to this particular title due to licensing and age of the film, etc If you are interested at all contact me through the email.

Also i have a complete collection of the fabled and ultimately rare Nelvanamation volumes 1 and 2 great quality.

HELP KEEP THE CLASSICS ALIVE, DON'T LET THEM FADE AND DIE

This version of Aladdin's tale is the most beautiful and well written I have ever seen. It is not just some dumbed down, mindless drivel suitable to park little toddlers in front of, it is an excellent telling of a classic tale. The movie itself flows much like the faerie tale in that it lacks the now common gratuitous violence or Disney-fied laugh-a-minute comedy; instead it just tells a good story. The animation is high quality anime, the character voices were well cast, and the music is absolutely captivating. I am sure this is a movie that will endear itself onto you from childhood to adulthood, as it has me. If you can obtain a copy, I highly recommend it.

I just revisited the old worn-out VHS copy I watched over 20 years ago as a kid, and it was watching that very tape as a kid that something hit me. When Alladin escapes from the cave he has a monologue about what a waste of his life it would have been if he'd have died in the cave. It wasn't long after that I put the pieces together and figured out that I was was (some day) going to die too. Even though no characters are actually killed on screen in this cartoon, there is a lot of talk about death, dying, and being dead... so as a 4-5 year old kid it had me uniquely depressed.

However, that said, the animation is good for Anime of the time, about on the same level as Voltron or Robotech... okay maybe a little better than that. The voice acting is so-so, but the real star of the show is the music. The opening number over the beginning credits (though in Japanese) is really exciting and I guarantee it'll be stuck in your head for years. The story is a lot simpler and moves faster than the Disney version, and manages to cram in a lot more in terms of interesting villains and monsters. Such monsters include reanimated stone snakes, a giant vulture, and some golems. It's all actually quite imaginative and well-realized, but I wish more attention was paid to Alladin and Badral's relationship... it just seems that the two fall in love immediately upon meeting each other.

Also, not once does anybody ever ask Alladin, until recently a penniless thief, HOW he built a palace in one night and where he got that dowry parade from. One last quibble - Alladin's friends are held hostage by the caliph when the princess is kidnapped, but are never seen or mentioned again afterward. Did too much time go by and they got executed? As much as the movie scarred my life and as imperfect as it is, it will always hold a place in my heart.

A 1-hour Japanese-Animated film of the beggar Aladdin, the Magic Lamp (and Ring) and a Sultan's daughter he wants to marry.

As this is rather short, there's really no space for depth and many of its elements are stripped from any additional and unnecessary details. It is very straightforward and simple (with only a couple dozen lines of dialogue). But it is also very faithful to the original tale's story beats.

It is well animated and beautifully designed, which is probably its most prominent feature! And while it is very competent and serviceable, there's little to make it truly a memorable adaptation worth watching.

I'm surprised that not that many people have voted or commented on this film yet. Compared to most of the modern animated versions of the Aladin story, this one seems to be the one the is the most accurate...or at least the most believable.

Now how can I be praising this film if I only gave it a 6? Simple, this version is not for everyone. No, there are no extremely violent scenes or harsh language or sexually explicit scenes...its just that this is not a laugh fest that will keep the children interested like Disney's version. This is a serious attempt in telling a great story like Aladin while not attempting to modernize it to suit today's viewers. So to those of you who are looking for something like Disney's version, don't even bother and it is to those people that I give this film a 6.

To those who love a good story simply because it is a good story and not because of who is doing the voices or how humorous the story is, I will say check this film out...if you can find it. Animation is actually good, story is good, and the music (especially the opening song) is excellent.