Adventures of Peter Pan

Animation - 6.3

Sound - 6.2

Story - 6.6

Character - 6.0

Value - 6.3

Enjoyment - 6.8

Average - 6.4

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petran79

(2007-11-23 14:51:05) 2007-09-24 17:48:56

Average	6.7
Animation	7
Sound	7
Story	6
Character	7
Value	7
Enjoyment	6

(C1 anime fansubs. No comments needed)

I had watched like many others the Saban version 15 years ago but back then I really didnt like the anime . Had to do probably with the fact that it was dubbed but there were also better programms like the last good series of Disney and the other better version called "Peter Pan and the Pirates" that had better animation (TMS made the animation of that series like in many other classic american cartoons) and also the Disney movie. I wonder how Disney let it slip that Rascal the raccoon also participated in the series. Or else they would have let this WMT series be broadcasted in the US.

So I watched only some episodes of the first half and never really bothered again. I put in on the same league with the many trash cartoons.

But now with the advent of fansubs there is a chance to rewatch it again in Japanese, especially after knowing that it was directed by one of Japans best directors

I think the animation style of that series had put many younger viewers off back then. I mean Peter Pan looked like a scarecrow and the animation lacked a lot of the vividness of the Disney version and the Fox cartoon series.

But had the viewers then watched a little of the then unpromoted movies of Studio Ghibili (a major influence on the director) and had they watched that amazing opening (Saban always butchered the best OP and ED songs of the Japanese series they dubbed though the Peter Pan OP here was decent) they would be more tolerant to the series. The series was not that promoted in comparison to the other two.

Especially later in the series some scenes look similar to Nausicaa. Probably the show was more popular in Japan for that reason.

It is also interesting that the series influenced the director T.Nakamura because more or less the same characters would later appear in a more dramatic tone in the series "Fantastic Children" and the movie "A Tree of Palme" and in a more enjoyable and comedic tone in the movie "Catnapped".

The series isnt the best of the WMT franchise. Many episodes were too childish for my tastes especially in the first half. But the second arc is much better even if it has nothing to do with the book. Some nicely directed episodes appear and the last episode is worthy of a WMT title. Too bad this magic couldnt have been used efficiently in the other episodes.

The music and sound are repetitive and the characters lack what would make them memorable. In the dub I remember they were much worse. It is also interesting that the same voice actors lend their voices to Disney's Peter Pan in the Japanese dub.

Even if the story in the end isnt that innovative the series is overall well directed and uniquely animated. Even if it isnt the best WMT title it is much better in comparison to animes of similar genres.

I prefer this version over the dub but it is one of the cartoons that you would rewatch out of nostalgia and not because it is considered a classic. But no matter how many classic Western cartoons I tried to watch I always stopped after some episodes. I couldnt enjoy them as I did back then. This title despite the flaws kept me interested till the end. Probably because I appreciate and know about anime more than 15 years ago

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N00b_Hating_Bastard

(2005-01-13 18:36:59) 2005-01-13 18:36:26

Average	8.0
Animation	7
Sound	0
Story	7
Character	0
Value	10
Enjoyment	8

Don't remember much of it,since i was only a kid when i watched it,but i remember AS a kid that i enjoyed it a lot, and it's peter pen,so it's the same old fun story about neverland and the boy that doesnt want to grow up.A classic childhood show.

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