Tabaluga

Tabaluga was one of my favourite childhood tv shows, this atrocity ruined it. Just one look at the horrid animation, bad plot and abominations of characters is enough to give not only kids, but even adults nightmares. Do yourself a HUGE favor and don't watch.

Heaven knows, why they would buy this picture in the first place. It's based on a german book series and it's musical adaptions, that have been touring germany since 1993, even going so far to hire a few of the cast, like Heinz Hoenig, who played Arktos (the villain) since 2003, and Rufus Beck, who voices the fatherly mentor character, here a Raven, in the musicals a character called "Der Magier" (the Magician). But back to the review. Why are the English distributors at fault? Because firstly , they wanted to trick parents into thinking that this was Disney's Frozen apparently. And how? They changed the main Character from Tabaluga (the dragon), to his love interest, who was the daughter of Arktos in the books. Secondly, the English dub is just horrible, im guessing that it was done in Canada, which is like the center of English voice dubbing. Dear citizens of America, Canada, the UK and other. If theres one thing you absolutely mess up every time (except for anime) is dubbing foreign movies and series. And for those who were expecting Pixar level animation, we don't do that here, Germany and animation is another whole subject, but in short: we aren't very good at it. The songs, which were written by german Rock Icon Peter Maffay and childrens entertainer Rolf Zuckowski, aren't all originally written for this movie but come from the books, where they are arranged much better, and don't sound so computery. To conclude, this movie only works, if you're german and grew up with Tabaluga.

My four and two year old absolutely love it 5th time watching it. Nothing depressing about it my children understand what is going on with evil snowman octo and sweet little tabaluga.

I've brought my daughter and her friend to watch it, both 5-years-old, and they've got terrified with the evil scenes, which happen during most of 50% of the movie.

Besides that, it's a very idiot movie, even for children.

A very nice, modern film adaptation of the German classic. Sometimes a bit scary for the younger audience under six years of age, but with the parents by the side it is certainly a wonderful experience. The only point of criticism may be that the animation is really out of date.