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Plot Summary:
The story of a beautiful mermaid who gave up a kingdom for her beloved prince.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: anime, sweet, fairy tale, 2d animation
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The Daydreamer (1966)
Plot Summary:
A fictional account of a teen-aged Hans Christian Anderson. In this film, young Hans runs away from home and each time he falls asleep he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Ugly Duckling.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, mystical, anthology, mythical, psychotronic, independent film, fable
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Magical Mako (1970)
Plot Summary:
Mahō no Mako-chan is a Japanese anime series by Toei Animation. The story is loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale The Little Mermaid. The series has been dubbed into various languages including French, Spanish, Polish and Italian. It is also often known as Mako the Mermaid, Mako-chan’s Magic, Syrenka Mako and Magical Mako-chan. Mahō no Mako-chan aired in 1970 via Nippon Educational TV, which is now TV Asahi.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, mahou shoujo
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Little from the Fish Shop (2015)
Plot Summary:
Deep underneath the sea surface, accompanied by a fish orchestra, the voice of the ocean is telling a story of Little -- the Sea King's daughter. They left the plundered waters of their home to live among humans. They now lead a strenuous life in a somber fish shop in the heart of the harbor district where one day, Little comes to meet a handsome, confident and somewhat fresh young man -- H.H. From this moment on, the life of Little is to take a sea change.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, France, Slovakia
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sincere, captivating, anime, psychotronic, modern day adaptation, urban fantasy
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Drifting Home (2022)
Plot Summary:
Sixth-graders Kosuke and Natsume grew up in the same apartment building as childhood friends. During summer break, while playing in the apartment building that is set to be demolished, they find themselves caught in a strange phenomenon. All they can see around them is a vast sea. Will Kosuke and the others make it back to their world? A journey of farewells in summer has just begun.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: anime, epic fantasy, complex
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Sea Prince and the Fire Child (1981)
Plot Summary:
Years after the war between the Children of Water and the Children of Fire, Oceanus, a god of the sea, presents Prince Sirius with the eye of Algarock, thereby putting him in charge of those that dwell under the waves. But when Sirius encounters a beautiful Fire Child named Malta (the daughter of the Queen of Fire), he is lost in love and defies the law that states that Children of Water and Children of Fire must forever remain separate to prevent war from breaking out once more. Sirius and Malta struggle to be together while running into obstacles and suffering great losses along the way. But in the end, are the echoes of history too loud to overcome, or can the two lovers be united and bring peace to the land?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, adult animation, aesthetic, epic, corny
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Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (1991)
Plot Summary:
Adventures of the Little Mermaid is an animated series produced by Fuji Television in the early 1990s, based on upon the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid. This 26-episode TV series was originally a Japanese/French co-production created by Jean Chalopin and directed by Takehiro Miyano. The title of the series in Japan was Ningyo Hime Marina no Boken, and the series was broadcast on Japan's Fuji TV network from February to July 1991. As in the 1975 feature-length movie version produced by Toei, Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, the mermaid protagonist was drawn as a blonde in this version and given the name Marina. It also added a new ingredient to the story: a magic potion given to the prince with which he could use to breathe underwater and be with Marina. Released in America for Saturday morning and weekday afternoon syndication by Saban Entertainment in the summer of 1991, the series wasn't nearly as popular as Disney's version and faded quickly.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, uplifting, feel good, semi serious, epic fantasy
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Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princess (2007)
Plot Summary:
Another Kiruru appears in the South Pacific, but it was defeated by two unknown entities that look like Keronians, with subtle differences. Meanwhile, Keroro and the gang goes for a trip sponsored by Momoka to a private island. There, an alien named Meru, who claims himself as the prince of the deep sea, captures them, and aims to make Natsumi his princess, and that they had captured Keroro, who pleads to them to assist the Keroro Platoon, only to be kicked out.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale
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The Humpbacked Horse (1975)
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The Humpbacked Horse Dubbed in America as "The Magic Pony," (Russian: Конёк-Горбуно́к; tr.:Konyok Gorbunok) is a 1947 Soviet/Russian traditionally-animated feature film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film is based on the poem by Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, and because of this everyone in the film speaks in rhymes. A remake was made in 1975 by the same director and studio.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: folk tale, anime
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Coral Reef Legend: Elfie of the Blue Sea (1986)
Plot Summary:
In the future, the oceans have risen to flood all the continents due to humanity's negligence of the environment. Only a few bits of land have been spared, and one of those is the city-island where Elfie lives with her grandfather. One day, due to an underwater incident, she discovers that she can breathe underwater. Her grandfather reveals that in truth she is one of the mythical sea-people. Using the city folk's xenophobia, local politicians spark a war with this hidden people to distract people from their current resource problems, and Elfie is caught in the middle of it.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: anime, vintage
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Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Plot Summary:
A story of encounters and partings interwoven between people; this is a human drama with feelings that touch one's heart gradually, which everyone has experienced at least once.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: anime, touching, thought provoking, sentimental, exciting, sincere, manga, epic fantasy, josei, 2d animation
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Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Nobita feels like diving in his hometown, Doraemon uses a Underwater Pump Simulator to pump all the water out of Tokyo, causing the entire city to go underwater. That night, Doraemon and Nobita use a Diving Mask Simulator to dive underwater. Later on, lots of fish, and a shark attack Doraemon and Nobita. So, Doraemon puts a stop on the Underwater Pump Simulator, but there is a girl named Sophia, lying down on the bushes in his neighborhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 599
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: anime, light, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, fairy tale, 2d animation
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Swan Lake (1981)
Plot Summary:
The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he spies amidst swans on a lake a particularly eye-catching one with a crown on its head, the familiar Princess.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 947
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale, touching, serious, emotional, stylized, gloomy, folk tale, crying, independent film
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The Little Mermaid (1992)
Plot Summary:
This charming, lively tale based on Hans Christian Anderson's beloved children's story comes to splendid life in an enchanting animated film. The beautiful anda dventurous mermaid, Princess Lena, lives with her family in a watery castle and has everything she could ever need, but she longs for only one thing; to explore the world of humans. Dermined to marry Prins Stefan, whom she sees when a whirlpool takes her to the surface, Princess Lena must turn to the evil sea witch Cassandra and pay a heavy price for her promise of help.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, uplifting, touching, semi serious, mockbuster, humorous
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Puss in Boots (1969)
Plot Summary:
His goal is to help the weak and defenseless, but his saving a mouse makes him the most wanted in all the land. On the run from incessant, dim-witted mice, Perro befriends a young miller's boy, Pierre; together, they decide to seek fame and fortune. When they cross paths with the lovely Princess Rosa, Perro determines to get Pierre hitched to Her Royal Highness.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, fairy tale
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Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia (2006)
Plot Summary:
In this animated follow-up to Fairytopia, Elina (played by Barbie) enlists the help of a mermaid, Nori, to save her friend Nalu, a merman prince who has been captured by the wicked Laverna.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: semi serious, light, fairy tale, computer animated, exciting, feel good, sweet, captivating, entertaining
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The Little Mermaid (1992)
Plot Summary:
Disney's The Little Mermaid is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation based on the 1989 Disney film of the same name. It features the adventures of Ariel as a mermaid prior to the events of the film. This series is the first Disney television series to be spun off from a major animated film. Some of the voice actors of the film reprise their roles in the series, among them Jodi Benson as Ariel, Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian, Kenneth Mars as King Triton, and Pat Carroll as Ursula. The Little Mermaid premiered in the fall of 1992 with the animated prime time special called "A Whale of a Tale," then moved to Saturday mornings. This series originally appeared on CBS, with an original run from 1992 to 1994. It was later shown in reruns on the Disney Channel until 2008. Some of the episodes contain musical segments, featuring original songs written for the series. The opening theme to the show is an instrumental combination of the songs "Part of Your World", "Under the Sea", and "Kiss the Girl". The overture for the stage musical of The Little Mermaid is similar to this.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Philippines
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, captivating, humorous, feel good, colorful, anime, children's program, semi serious, teen comedy, 2d animation
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The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set several years after the first film, Ariel and Prince Eric are happily married with a daughter, Melody. In order to protect Melody from the Sea Witch, Morgana, they have not told her about her mermaid heritage. Melody is curious and ventures into the sea, where she meets new friends. But will she become a pawn in Morgana's quest to take control of the ocean from King Triton?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Taiwan, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, colorful, sweet, psychotronic, romantic
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Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina (1994)
Plot Summary:
The tiny girl meets a fairy prince who saves her from the creatures of the woods.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, sweet, sentimental, mysterious, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, romantic
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The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008)
Plot Summary:
Follow Ariel's adventures before she gave up her fins for true love. When Ariel wasn't singing with her sisters, she spent time with her mother, Queen Athena. Ariel is devastated when Athena is kidnapped by pirates, and after King Triton outlaws all singing. Along with pals Flounder and Sebastian, Ariel sets off in hopes of changing her father's decision to ban music from the kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Philippines
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: sweet, colorful, captivating, humorous, fairy tale, anime, semi serious, romantic, sexy, touching
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The Princess and the Pea (2002)
Plot Summary:
"A truly noble heart is sensitive," says the wise old raven, Sebastian, who pokes, prods and analyzes peas seeking the solution that would save the kingdom of Corazion from the revenge of Laird, the king's brother. As Sebastian seeks to solve the mystery, his friend, Prince Rollo, is searching for a truly sensitive heart in the pedigrees of pampered princesses, until a chance encounter with a kind-hearted peasant girl causes Rollo to ponder where true beauty lies. Can Sebastian discover the answer in time to rescue the kingdom from the cruel schemes of Laird? Join in the quest to reveal the heart of true nobility.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, romantic, captivating, entertaining, folk tale, anime, independent film
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Big Fish & Begonia (2016)
Plot Summary:
Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something more—she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally gets her chance and transforms into a dolphin in order to explore the world that has her fascinated. But she soon discovers that it’s a dangerous place and nearly gets killed in a vortex. Luckily, her life is spared when a young boy sacrifices himself to save her. Moved by his kindness and courage, she uses magic to bring him back to life only to learn that this power comes at a serious price. On a new adventure, she’ll have to make her own sacrifices in order to protect his soul until it is ready to return to the human world.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: anime, suspense, captivating, surreal, thought provoking, claymation, manga, adult animation, enigmatic, exciting
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Song of the Sea (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, emotional, stylized, fairy tale, captivating, sweet, anime, sad, lyrical, visual
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Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch (2003)
Plot Summary:
As one of the seven mermaid princesses, Lucia must travel to the human world to protect the mermaid kingdoms.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, light, enigmatic, captivating, mahou shoujo
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Frozen II (2019)
Plot Summary:
Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf are going far in the forest to know the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 189000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, 3d animation, feel good, touching, anime, crying, emotional, mystical, uplifting, saga
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Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010)
Plot Summary:
Barbie stars as Merliah, a surfer who learns a shocking secret: she's a mermaid! She and her dolphin friend set out for an undersea adventure to rescue her mother, the queen of Oceana.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, light, captivating, sweet, computer animated
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
Plot Summary:
This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everything on the line for the chance to be with him. Memorable songs and characters -- including the villainous sea witch Ursula.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 286000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, light, feel good, sweet, romantic, cute, mystical, retro, crying, sincere
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Tangled (2010)
Plot Summary:
When the kingdom's most wanted-and most charming-bandit Flynn Rider hides out in a mysterious tower, he's taken hostage by Rapunzel, a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn's curious captor, who's looking for her ticket out of the tower where she's been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 484000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, feel good, romantic, uplifting, captivating, sweet, 3d animation, touching, cute, funny