AniWorthBara no Hana to Joe
Introduction
It's a Sanrio picture that feels partly like an anime art film and partly like a Warner Bros. cartoon. The film features some very creative imagery, a groovy 70's jazz score, and very little spoken dialogue. It's a story about a dog named Joe that falls in love with a rose and protects it from a mean-spirited crow. There's some energetic Friz Freleng style action, and also some unexpectedly grim tragedy.
(Source: animenation.net)
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 5.67/10 · 720
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Audience reviews
2 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
matthigh
Wow, for a story based on a children's book, this is one downer of a story!
The short (20 minute) anime is definitely laid out like a young children's book, with a simple story and just three characters, simple backgrounds, and a kindly narrator that will speak a few sentences of story, followed by a minute or two of music, then more story.
It's about the love story between a young puppy dog and a giant anthropomorphic rose. Yes, you read that right. This is the trippy-dippy Seventies, after all, and why not a kiddie story about love between an animal and a plant? All is well...until the introduction of evil Mr. Crow (cue the overdramatic villain music so you know he's bad). At times their antics devolve into Looney Tunes style chase scenes. But as I said at the beginning, this is a do…
Read at the sourceRavenYami
Hence there's no review for this short, obscure movie I've decided to write one myself, perhaps this might help other users decide whether or not to watch it themselves.
This is a fairly old film from the 70's produced by Sanrio, the same staff responsible for the much more acclaimed Chirin no Suzu , so is Bara no Hana to Joe as good as the aforementioned movie? I would have to answer: close enough.
First of all, the duration of Bara no Hana to Joe is less than half of Chirin no Suzu, yet in about 20 minutes, it manages to convey a rather unique and bittersweet tale involving Joe, a dog that falls in love with a rose and his dedication into keeping the delicate flower out of the harm's way.
The scenario unfolds in an outlandish manner with playful, colorful imagery and is accompanied by…
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