Introduction
Marina, the most beautiful mermaid in the royal Merman family, is curious about the human world. One day, she sees a handsome prince on a boat. Suddenly, a storm comes up, throwing him into the sea. Marina saves her handsome prince and guides him to the shore. Marina falls deeply in love and desperately wants to become a human. Despite the hazards, she is willing to risk it all for love.
(Source: ANN)
Audience reviews
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Firechick12012
When you hear the words The Little Mermaid, what comes to mind? You're probably thinking of Disney's 1989 animated movie, which is understandable since that's considered the most well known adaptation of the 1837 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. The Little Mermaid is one of the most famous fairy tales in existence, and whether you really know about the story or not, you're very likely to have at least heard of it in some capacity, whether through the Disney movie, reading some illustrated version of the book somebody put out, or other means. But what many don't know is that the Disney movie isn't the only movie adaptation of the story, as there have been others that have tackled it before and since then, with one of them being an anime movie that Toei made in 1975, referred to as Hans C…
Read at the sourceShiny_Piece
I just wanna say that The Little Mermaid was my favorite Disney movie growing up. But that does not at all effect how I view Ningyohime, and I will not be comparing the two, because I no longer watch American TV.
Story: 7/10
The overall idea is very sweet and romantic. I thought everything was paced well, and while I haven't read it, I've heard that it's true to the original source material.
Art: 5/10
It's... okay. The animation, while it's not the best, is just all right. Nothing special. I mean, it's no Kimi no Na Wa, but it's certainly no School Days. I think it's especially good on the dolphin, Fritz. Yes, I'm literally the only person so far to call him by his name. I can't tell if the animation is so mediocre because of the animation restrictions back then, or if they just had a…
Read at the sourceFear_the_Reefer
Once upon a time, there was a Danish princess who was only a few blushing years away from coming of age. She had everything a young princess could possibly want... A loving family, the respect of the community, and the most beautiful singing voice in the entire kingdom... A voice that could put even the ancient sirens to shame. But as is normally the case in stories such as these, the princess was not satisfied with the luxurious life that’s been afforded to her... She wanted more from life, and only the very boundaries she’d been forbidden from crossing could grant it to her. Disobeying her father’s orders, she snuck past them. After a chance encounter with a dying prince, she made up her mind that the one thing she needed in life above all things was to live happily ever after by his sid…
Read at the sourceSiyuan
I watched this movie, because I heard it followed the original story much more than the Disney version. Which is true. Most of the time. But I don't remember anything about an evil cat in the original one. I didn't quite get that part. The story was not bad, but I did not like this strange cat part of it...
The art was okay, Normal for the time when the anime was made, I guess, but I definitely did not like it. I think Marina's sisters looked evil, and the grandmother looked extremely stupid. I am not too much into old anime art style, and this did not rise up higher then anything else, not to mention those weird effects...
I would have given the sound a score of one, if not for the fact that I did not hear the original Japanese version, and for the music that I did find kind of fitting so…
Read at the sourcestarshinesMonet
This is one of the saddest, most beautiful, honest versions of The Little Mermaid I have ever seen. A childhood favourite, it left a very strong impression on me from the very first moment. An impression the grew with me, instead of fading away.
I have always found it interesting how true to life the story is in relation to how relationships might actually work in real life. Stories and fairy tales from this age have this habit of teaching us that 'one day our prince/princess will come and we will live happily ever after" - in this story, however, this is not what happens, but instead we are given a dose of another possible outcome. One of heartbreak and loss. And while I do believe is it an exaggerated over reaction, I always found it comforting to know at least one person was telling me…
Read at the sourcewichuraiana
Someone I'd very much like to meet in the nun-run Catholic elementary school I attended put this on a VHS with Disney's The Little Mermaid, and so I first watched the two in a marathon on a day the teacher was out. Being precociously pretentious, I was irritated at how little the Disney version resembled the Andersen fairy tale I loved and slept through it. Then came this anime. I was enthralled. The characters and backgrounds were beautiful in a graceful, idealized way I'd never seen before. The ending, especially, was beautiful in a way I'd never envisioned in all those readings.
That school was forced to close recently and the librarian asked me to take as many things as I could from the library. After wandering around like the oft-mentioned kid in a candy store, I was surprised to fin…
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