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One of my all time favorites.

good back-story, and good acting

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

When Hans Chirstian Andersen wrote the "Little Mermaid" he felt proud of himself he connected his life into the Little Mermaid's life ever since the emotional story has been release there had a series of countless version of the tale.One of those was a feature animated movie directly from Japan from Toei, ANDASEN DOWA NINGYO-HIME (The Mermaid princess-or-Little Mermaid) tells you the story of a young mermaid princess who soon to fall deeply in love with a human prince in order to be with the prince she must make a horrible deal with the sea witch to become a human girl in order to do that she must give up her voice and her family as well. If the prince doesn't fall in love with her on his wedding day she will die and turn into foam. Once she got up to land she stays with the prince thinking he will be with her forever but soon to find out there are plans for him to marry another princess which he feels is the girl who saved his life. The next morning will bring the mermaid's death she did had a chance to live but it will lead up to kill the prince but the power of love is too strong she knows once she turns into foam she'll be happy as long as the prince is happy.The Little Mermaid give a strong impact when The Walt Disney Company release the film in 1989 with a more happy tone to it. There very little versions that stay true to the original tale one of them was a another animated feature in Russia which had a much more darker tone but this one how ever will remain a special place in my heart with the idea of giving up anything you got for love. One of the other strong places that holds in me is the song our mermaid sings when she comes of age it shows of what would had happen if the prince stay with her. One of the best version of the Andersen fairy tale ever presented.

I too was introduced to this movie when I was about 7 or 8 and instantly fell in love with this tale of love, loss and sacrifice and consequence. I have not seen this movie since I was young and have been on a quest to find if it is still available for purchase ever since (the world wide web has helped very much). I would like my children to experience this movie in its original form as Hans Christianson Anderson meant it to be told.Like other comments I've read, I too was disappointed with the Disney version of this tale, but not surprised.To all of you who loved Marina and Fritz over Ariel and Sebastein, you will love The Last Unicorn...then again, you may have already seen it way back when.

When I first saw this film, back in 1989(?) I thought it was the Disney version. Then I watched it and saw how different it was from what Disney had done. I had always read the original story, and this was a great representation of it. And since I have been an anime' fan since I was five (1984, people!) The style of animation appealed to me. The song that Marina sings for her father and grandmother was so melancholy and haunting that it always stuck with me. The fact that they did not try to cover the mermaids with "seashell bras" was cool too. Even though it was a "children's film" it had a mature feel that was unlike anything Disney could HOPE to achieve. I recently found this movie on DVD and snapped it up for *my* daughter to watch. Good stuff, man. Classic.

I found this version of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" to be on of the best. If you are looking for the cutsey "Disney-esque" version then please go and rent the Disney version. This story is about the little mermaid told in the original form of Hans Christian Andersen's tale. In his story the little mermaid did not live happily ever after with the prince and she doesn't in this version either. Instead she makes the ultimate sacrifice of her life to save the life and guarantee the happiness of the one she loves. When I first saw this anime as a child I cried my eyes out but even now many years later I can still appreciate that this film does not cater to the "Happily Ever After" cheesiness that most people have come to expect.