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Plot Summary:
Freshly hatched bee Maya is a little whirlwind and won't follow the rules of the hive. One of these rules is not to trust the hornets that live beyond the meadow. When the Royal Jelly is stolen, the hornets are suspected and Maya is thought to be their accomplice. No one believes that she is the innocent victim and no one will stand by her except for her good-natured and best friend Willy. After a long and eventful journey to the hornets hive Maya and Willy soon discover the true culprit and the two friends finally bond with the other residents of the opulent meadow.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, 3d animation, light, captivating, computer animated, semi serious
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Maya the Bee (1975)
Plot Summary:
Maya the Bee is an anime television series produced by Zuiyo Enterprise in Japan. The series consisted of 52 episodes and was originally telecast across Japan from April 1975 to April 1976 on the TV Asahi network. Based on the classic children's book Maya the Bee by Waldemar Bonsels, the anime series has become extremely popular in Europe and has been rebroadcast in countries and languages all around the world since its premiere. Two English-dubbed versions of the series exist, a British version, using a translated version of the original theme tune, and featuring British accents for the characters; and a United States version with an entirely new theme tune, produced by Saban Entertainment, which was broadcast from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1992 on the children's television channel Nickelodeon. Maya the Bee aired alongside other juvenile-targeted anime such as Adventures of the Little Koala, Noozles and The Littl' Bits as part of Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block of programming for young children. A second Maya the Bee series, Shin Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken, was a co-production made in 1979 by Wako Productions and Austrian/German Apollo Film, Wien. The second series first premiered in Germany from September 1979 to September 1980. The very different and cartoon-like second series, which lasted for 52 episodes, wasn't very popular and did not premiere in Japan until October 1982, on TV Osaka, and aired through September 1983. Ten episodes from this series were added to 45 from the original for the U.S. broadcast run, bringing the total of Maya episodes aired on Nickelodeon in the U.S. to 55.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Austria, Japan, West Germany
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Taz-Mania (1991)
Plot Summary:
Taz-Mania is an American cartoon sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Animation from 1991 to 1995, broadcast in the United States on Fox and in Canada on Baton Broadcast System. The show follows the adventures of the classic Looney Tunes character, Taz in the fictional land of Tazmania. Similar to other Warner Brothers cartoons of its time, such as Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures, Taz-Mania frequently broke the fourth wall, and often made jokes showing that Taz could actually speak perfectly normal when he wanted to. The intro indicates that, in this rendering of Tasmania, "the sky's always yellow, rain or shine". The title song is performed by Jess Harnell and Jim Cummings.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, anime, feel good, humorous, satirical, colorful, sentimental, cult classic, light, colourful
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The Jungle Book: Return 2 the Jungle (2013)
Plot Summary:
This CG follow up to The Jungle Book follows Mowgli the jungle boy as he sets out to visit his family, but loses track of Baloo when the bear gets distracted by a beehive, and Shere Khan sets his sights on trapping two wolf cubs in his lair. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA, India, Canada, Germany
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, computer animated, sincere, captivating, exciting
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Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery - The Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
Thomas the Tank Engine rediscovers the lost railway town of Great Waterton. A new engine named Stanley is brought to help restore the town, but Thomas becomes jealous when Stanley wins over his friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, funny, light, entertaining, anime
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Ribbit (2014)
Plot Summary:
A frog who hates the water and jumping wishes that he could be like the other animals in the Amazon rainforest.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Malaysia, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, sincere, captivating, mockbuster, sentimental, semi serious, computer animated
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Bratz Kidz: Sleep-Over Adventure (2007)
Plot Summary:
When a new girl in the neighborhood, named Ginger, invites Jade, Cloe, Sasha, Yasmin and Meagan over to her house for a sleep-over, the girls happily accept the invitation to make a new friend. They have fashion shows and lots of fun stuff. But before they go to bed they tell scary stories. After, the girls try to convince a frightened Ginger to tell the last scary story of the night. Ginger is too frightened to tell and she runs away. The girls look for her and her parents but there no where to be found. The girls find Bats in one of the rooms and run outside. Once they are outside they find out its actually an abandon house supposedly haunted. Then the monsters that they were talking about in the stories come out to life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, computer animated, exciting
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The Stinky & Dirty Show (2015)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of best friends and unlikely heroes, Stinky the garbage truck and Dirty the backhoe loader, a dynamic and hilarious duo of resourcefulness that learn when things don't go as expected, asking "what if" can lead to success. Based on books by Jim and Kate McMullan.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, computer animated, captivating, entertaining, funny, light, independent film
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Care Bears: Big Wish Movie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Feeling sad that her fellow Care Bears don't seem to appreciate her wishes, Wish Bear uses her wish star, Twinkers, to find some bears who love wishing as much as she does. That's when three new bears move to Care-a-lot...with some very unexpected results.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, computer animated, humorous, captivating
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Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997)
Plot Summary:
A full length animated film for all the family to enjoy. Pooh gets confused when Christopher Robin leaves him a note to say that he has gone back to school after the holidays. So Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore and Rabbit go in search of Christopher Robin which leads to a big adventure.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: light, touching, humorous, anthology, cult classic, light hearted, feel good, semi serious, scary, sentimental
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All Creatures Big and Small (2015)
Plot Summary:
It's the end of the world. A flood is coming. Luckily for Dave and his son Finny, a couple of clumsy Nestrians, an Ark has been built to save all animals. But as it turns out, Nestrians aren't allowed. Sneaking on board with the involuntary help of Hazel and her daughter Leah, two Grymps, they think they're safe. Until the curious kids fall off the Ark. Now Finny and Leah struggle to survive the flood and hungry predators and attempt to reach the top of a mountain, while Dave and Hazel must put aside their differences, turn the Ark around and save their kids. It's definitely not going to be smooth sailing.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, exciting, captivating, semi serious, light, 3d animation, christian film, computer animated
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Zack and Quack (2012)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of an inventive boy named Zack and his best friend, a young duck called Quack. Resourceful friend and neighbour, Kira, joins the dazzling duo on each adventure and is on hand to fix any paper problem with her expert pop-up tool kit.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Israel, UK, South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation
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Peter and the Wolf (1995)
Plot Summary:
Sergei Prokofiev's symphonic masterpiece, first performed in Russia in 1936, has been lauded not only for the spectacular musical score, but also for the story itself--of a young boy who outwits a wily wolf. George Daugherty brings this timeless tale to modern audiences by seamlessly weaving live-action with animation and music by the RCA Symphony Orchestra. The story opens as a grandfather (Lloyd Bridges) hosts his daughter (Kirstie Alley) and grandson (Ross Malinger from Sleepless in Seattle) during a visit to his country cottage. After lunch, the trio settles in as grandfather recounts "The Story" of Peter's adventures with a bird, cat, and dizzy duck on the outskirts "of a very dark forest." The film morphs into a clever cartoon designed by the legendary Chuck Jones (of Wile E. Coyote fame). The "story within a story" leaps to life while the accompanying musical instruments also emerge as playful personalities.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: disturbing, feel good, humorous, captivating, semi serious
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Bratz: Super Babyz (2007)
Plot Summary:
When an alien matter-converter machine transforms four baby girls into superheroes, the quartet must learn to work together as a team to fend off the extraterrestrials who are looking for their powerful device. The aliens regain possession of the converter and use it to remove the girls' superpowers, but the friends soon realize they already have plenty of amazing abilities in this entry in the Bratz series of popular animated films.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 172
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, exciting, computer animated
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Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash (2009)
Plot Summary:
The entire Norwegian police favorite is back! In "Pelle police go in the water" And our dear friend fight with the sneaky environmental criminals Brothers Badger, along with his little friend Oda Otter.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating, anime, exciting, fast, computer animated
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Thomas and Friends: The Adventure Begins (2015)
Plot Summary:
All aboard for Thomas' very first adventure! A little tank engine discovers a big new world when he arrives on the Island of Sodor. Escapades abound as Thomas explores his new home and meets some Really Useful new friends. Finding the true blue meaning of hard work and friendship, Thomas transforms into the Number 1 engine!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, light, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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The Magic Snowflake (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young boy named Nicholas is about to become the next Santa Claus, but must first avoid a crisis that's threatening the magic of Christmas before he can succeed in his new role.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, exciting, captivating, entertaining, light, anime, semi serious
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Bold Eagles (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the second animation film about Ploddy the Police Car, he stumbles on environmental criminals threatening rare animals when he is to meet the Crown princess. She's there to open a national with a majestic rare breeds of eagles. In the area there's been more and mare animals missing from the wildlife. Now Ploddy has to guard the eggs of the eagle, awaiting the eagle mother to come, while he investigates.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, captivating, light, anime, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, computer animated
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A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sammy and Ray, leatherback turtles and friends forever, are enjoying an atoll's water and sand, shepherding new hatchlings Ricky and Ella out to sea. Suddenly, a poacher swoops in and ships them off to be part of a spectacular aquarium show for tourists in Dubai. The kingpin of the place, Big D the seahorse, enlists them in his plans for a great escape. But with their new friends Jimbo the bug-eyed blob fish and Lulu the snippy lobster, Annabel the sweet Octopus, and a whole family of penguins, Sammy and Ray hatch breakout plans of their own. That is when little Ricky and Ella arrive, determined to break in to rescue them. After a series of thrilling adventures and narrow escapes, our heroes head south to meet up with Shelly, Sammy's first and only love.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Belgium, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, 3d animation, light, entertaining, anime, computer animated
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The Strawberry Shortcake Movie: Sky's the Limit (2009)
Plot Summary:
A sudden storm leaves Berry Bitty City with a gigantic problem. Strawberry Shortcake and her friends will have to move their whole tiny town unless they find a way to safely remove a huge boulder that threatens everything they hold dear.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, anime, exciting, sentimental, semi serious
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Raven the Little Rascal (2012)
Plot Summary:
A children’s animated feature film based on an internationally bestselling book series for a main target audience of 3 to 8 year olds telling a universal story about friendship, loyalty and honesty in which Little Raven and his friends have to work up all their courage to save their beloved forest.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, anime
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The Hairy Tooth Fairy (2006)
Plot Summary:
Lucía, an active little girl, looses a tooth. Santiago, her father, is an out-of-work boss, and her mother, Pilar, is a successful but overworked architect, reassure Lucía, by telling her that the Hairy Tooth Fairy (a mouse named Pérez) will come to her bedroom to collect her tooth, leaving some money in its place. A mouse who had been monitoring the situation tells another mouse, who in turn tells another mouse until finally the news reaches Pérez, The Hairy Tooth Fairy, who lives in a boat in the port along with hundreds of other mice. They receive the teeth that he collects, and then clean, shape and polish them so that they can be transformed into shiny round pearls. These pearls are then carried through the citys sewers until finally they reach the jewellers owned by Morientes, where an old friend exchanges them for their weight in gold.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 883
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, computer animated, feel good, captivating
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Black to the Moon 3D (2013)
Plot Summary:
Blackie, the black sheep, is obsessed with going to the moon. Kanuto, the sheepdog, is obsessed with Blackie, but he will not hear of rockets. However, undertaking the trip just dreamed Blackie. Along the way are cows that are opera singers, gallant wolves, spiders, illegal immigrants and a strange little group of dogs that have a rocket ready to take off. But Pinky, a huge pink sheep devilish character, prevents it.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Spain, Italy, France
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, computer animated, light, feel good, anime
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The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer (2009)
Plot Summary:
The amazing story of Daniel, a dolphin who abandons the safety of his pod to explore the ocean and discover the true purpose of his life.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 706
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Germany, Italy, Peru
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining, sincere, feel good, anime, sentimental, touching, humorous, stylized
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Space Dogs (2010)
Plot Summary:
Belka, the amazing flying dog is unexpectedly hurdled into the streets of Moscow when the rocket she is in malfunctions during one of her circus routines. Fortunately the crash leads her to meet a streetwise dog named Strelka and her irredeemable rat friend Venya. Together with other amusing friends found along the way, the three find themselves in a space program-training center where they get sent away in a rocket, leaving planet Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Russia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, computer animated, exciting
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Maya the Bee 3: The Golden Orb (2021)
Plot Summary:
When Maya, a headstrong little bee, and her best friend Willi, rescue an ant princess they find themselves in the middle of an epic bug battle that will take them to strange new worlds and test their friendship to its limits.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, fairy tale, anime
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Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave (2014)
Plot Summary:
Thomas is working at the Clay Pits when a storm closes in and the rain makes the clay cliffs unstable. A flash of lightning reveals what looks like giant footprints on the slope above, but a landslide has begun and Thomas cannot stay to investigate. Bill and Ben push Thomas to safety just in time. Unable to go back and confirm what he saw, Thomas tells Percy about it, but Percy quickly becomes convinced that there is a monster on the island. He even becomes frightened of taking the mail train at night. When an unusual engine with sloping boilers first appears, Percy thinks he must be the monster. James teases Percy and tries to scare him even more, but the new engine, who is called Gator, proves to be a good friend and ally, who helps Percy discover what it really means to be brave.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, funny, light, feel good, entertaining, 3d animation
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Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails - The Movie (2009)
Plot Summary:
The British children's series THOMAS & FRIENDS follows the animated adventures of a helpful locomotive named Thomas the Tank Engine as he and his train buddies work the rail lines and teach kids about the spirit of teamwork. This cartoon movie breaks new ground in the series by providing voices for each individual character (previously, the tales were narrated by a single storyteller) and introducing three new friends: a train named Hiro, a steam engine named Victor, and a crane named Kevin.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 383
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, computer animated, feel good, captivating, funny, light, entertaining
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Agent F.O.X. (2014)
Plot Summary:
Super spy and master inventor Agent F.O.X. arrives in Carrot Town with one objective: infiltrate the community of friendly rabbits, locate a mysterious artifact, and return to base immediately. But the mission is turned on its head when the secret agent is discovered... and mistaken for a distant cousin: a long-tailed rabbit. Overwhelmed by their hospitality and friendship, Long Tail is forced to make a difficult choice: abandon his mission or betray his newfound friends. He soon discovers that he is part of a dangerous plot that could threaten the peace between the two animal groups forever. Agent F.O.X. is a high octane animated adventure with lots of laughs, zany action, and a heartwarming story the entire family will enjoy.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, computer animated, feel good, captivating, exciting, anime
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Arthur's Missing Pal (2006)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.When Arthur's dog Pal disappears, Arthur must enlist the help of his friends to track him down. While Pal discovers his newfound freedom, Arthur discovers how much he misses his dog. Good thing Arthur has the gang to turn to--especially his best friend, Buster Baxter who dusts off his old detective gear to get on the case. This canine quest leads Arthur and Buster across Elwood city, deep into the bowels of an ice cream factory, past a giant cow on ice skates, and right up to the point where all hope seems lost. Could the solution to this caper, though, be right in front of Arthur's eyes? And why has DW been acting funny so lately? One thing's for certain, Arthur is determined to get to the bottom of this case. Follow Arthur, Buster, and all their friends through the streets of Elwood City as they sniff out clues and chase after leads...and learn a valuable lesson about friendship, teamwork, and responsibility.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 242
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, humorous, semi serious
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The Hairy Tooth Fairy 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Eight year old Lucas would like to know how the Tooth Fairy exchanges coins for teeth without getting caught. He is determined to stay awake all night to find out. Meanwhile, a little mouse falls into a trap set by a dishonest contractor who is desperate to tell the world his secret, that the mouse is the Tooth Fairy. Lucas and his family has to do everything in their power to help the sweet little mouse with its mission, which since time immemorial, is to make children happy.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, light, entertaining, feel good, anime, computer animated