Starring Yukari Asai, Mikijiro Hira, Etsuko Ichihara
Takahata's take on Scandinavian lore has its dark undertone - but I'm not sure if it's rampant enough. Supposedly the target is a children's audience.
Hols, a young boy who fights off nasty wolves, discovers the Sword of the Sun in a huge talking rock. This then leads him on a journey to another village who has been plagued by the evil of Grunwald, an evil magician. - who bares some similarity in his look to Sleeping Beauty's Maleficient.
The whole thing is too adorable and safe for children. It's not riddled with songs and it does contain elements that Disney would normally opt out off.
3/5
If you like this you should try
Sleeping Beauty (1959) 4/5
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