Introduction
Cinderella is the daughter of a wealthy duke who has remarried to provide her with a mother and sisters. When the Duke travels abroad, Cinderella discovers that her new family is anything but a family. With spoiled stepsisters and a harsh stepmother, Cindrella is forced to cook, clean and manage the household. Yet she remains cheerful, gentle and kind to her family, to her animal friends and to a mysterious boy, named Charles, who seems to have a connection with the prince of Emerald Castle. A whole new story on a classic fairytale.
When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother.
(Source: ANN)
Audience reviews
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sopraltenor
I started watching this anime because it showed up in my recommended and seemed like a nostalgic watch, which it definitely was despite never having watching this as a child. You can tell this is an older show with a small budget but I honestly enjoyed the outdated sound effects because it reminded me of other shows I used to like. Where I think this show shines though is in storytelling and character writing; sure the baddie is a bit bland (although i like his kind of soft side in regards to his child) and while the redemption for some characters was hinted at it did come a bit out of nowhere, but Cinderella, Charles, and their relationship are leaps and bounds better than any other Cinderella adaptation I’ve seen, and their relationship has better development than quite a few popular ani…
Read at the sourceShionU27
I would first like to say that the story isn't the same old one based on Disney which I really liked. the Cinderella in this story is also super sweet but also complains unlike other versions of Cinderella where she just doesn't talk about her struggles, this girl is more open.
OK and now the real point of this review... I first watched this anime in dub and I couldn't help but notice that throughout over half the movie, there's a generic bird chirping sound. like in the background noise it's birds chirping I found it super annoying once I noticed it and wonder if it was the same with the Japanese. I couldn't actually find the Japanese dub of it so idk if it is? it's just a weird thing. It's not just the copy I watched, everywhere that I've seen this movie it's the same lol. But if you c…
Read at the sourcestillalivesomew
Forget the Disney version. I watched it when I was a kid and again a couple of years ago.
Despite the expected viewers being children, this is where all the characters, including the animal companions, encountered a lot of story-arch subplots, sometimes stressful and sometimes not stressful. It's an extremely decent story if you watched it from start to finish.
The main character was witty in some situations, which is the greatest saving grace for the whole story, or else it will be a huge disappointment.
My only problem was that the music was not that memorable. I can't say it's bad though. But some of music was uncomfortable in a couple of episodes after re-watching it as an adult
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Cinderella was the only story that my mother told me when i was around 9 years old. So i remembered it clealy. I watched Disney's three movies on Cinderella. But here I would admire Japanese Anime writers creativity. I know that the story is well-known all over the world so no need for retelling. But this anime's uniqueness lies in the serialization of the fairytale story, which is very short. A relationship, especially the one which could lead to marriage, wouldn't be so short-noticed such a " mid-night' party event.
In this story the Scenario of Cinderella's daily life and her personality and friendly nature were shown clearly. Charles's character is new to me. I never knew that he came out of palace with his friend's name to know his citizens (also for his own freedom too) Here it is a…
Read at the sourceRosario25
This is my first time writing a review.
At first I didn't think much of it as it is a older anime, but I convinced myself otherwise.
I Did Wonder what it would of turned out to be like.
To my surprise it was a little different then the normal Cinderella stories you hear about, not by much but had a good story that made me want to watch the next episode.
Over all the build up of the characters and the ending was good. Seemed at times you couldn't tell their feelings or thoughts clearer, but I liked it in this anime, made for the suspense of it all.
If you like fairy tales or happy endings this is a good anime to watch.
Read at the sourcejulathegreat
This has got to be my favorite version of the Cinderella Story so far. Now, Cinderella as a character in general is my favorite character, so I'm a little biased. But in every other Cinderella movie, I have never really felt like I've watched Cinderella really progress at all. In general, Cinderella stories are short - Abused girl has to do all the chores, is nice and kind to everybody, isn't allowed to go to the ball, gets magicked into the ball, meets the prince, Glass slipper - it can be summarized very easily. But this show does a very good job of ... not really dragging it out, just adding more to the characters. More story. I still get to watch and see who Cinderella is and how she reacts in a whole slew of situations without just seeing the abused girl suddenly get to go to a ball.…
Read at the sourcechichiriNoDa
Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella... Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo! - Oh wait, wrong soundtrack..
This is YET another take on the classic story of Cinderella. A story of a young maiden forced to do unendless laborious house work under her own noble home by her wicked stepmother. Yep most of us is very much adept and familiar of how the story of this such pitiful maiden goes; but in this Anime adaptation of this classic tale holds a fine re-telling of the story.
What set this apart from the rest is that it gave a much deeper background to Cinderella and the Prince relationship. I'm a sucker for romance and especially about "RAG to RICHES" stories. This series serves just that, with bonus morale lessons about Friendship, Love, Family and other goody values.
In order to fully appreciate this seri…
Read at the sourceStary1722
I have always loved the story of Cinderella. This is by far one of the best adaptations I have ever seen. It was such a good story. I loved how the prince and Cinderella met before the ball. The music was great. At times it was a bit louder than the dialogue though. I personally liked the character designs and thought the prince was very handsome. It had a lot of humor, kidnappings, sword fights, and adventures. It was really a great story that I would recommend to everyone.
Read at the sourceponytaorponyboy
Cinderella Monogatari is not a very recent anime. It does not have the special effects that we are now blessed with having.
However, it is blessed with great storytelling and has a nice moral.
Both movie (Disney) and story (by Charles Perrault) do not go in great detail about Cinderella's life before she went to the ball. This series tell a great deal, and, not only that, the twists make the story a bit more realistic, in my point of view.
Fairy tails are always, or almost, the same and have many common components such as: love at first sight (without even knowing each other), a villain or two defeat and a happy ending.
In my opinion, Cinderella Monogatari changes all of these examples and weaves a story that is so great that you should overlook the fact that perhaps you do not like…
Read at the sourceReemi-senpai
The story is more than impressive , It talks about many things such as: friendship, helping otheres , cairing for otheres , Courage and The most important part of The anime is "Love".
It takes abaute cindrella’s story But in a different way , The anime shaw as the Beautiful Relationship Between The prince and cindrella .
And more you see the anime The more you love the story .
For Me I’v seen these anime When I was a little girl , and Still loving these anime more and more every Time I watch it .
Read at the sourceMiSsBeatoChan
This Anime is one of my favorites..actually, the story is more than just Cinderella's story..it has a pretty good, not spoiled romance and well
created characters..Cinderella is more than awesome and the prince is
just so cool..The story isn't just based on Cinderella's story and that what
makes it enjoyable and a little unpredictable..You would surely love it x3
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