Puss in Boots (1969)

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Anime movie
title Puss in Boots
Original title 長靴 を は い た 猫
transcription Nagagutsu o Haita Neko
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 1969
Studio Toei animation
length 80 minutes
genre Comedy , adventure, action, fantasy
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Kimio Yabuki
script Hisashi Inoue , Morihisa Yamamoto
production Hiroshi Ōkawa
music Seiichirō Uno
synchronization

Puss in Boots ( Japanese 長靴 を は い た 猫 , Nagagutsu o Haita Neko ) is an anime film by Toei Animation from 1969. The hero of the film, Kater Pero, became the studio's mascot after its success in Japan and stayed that until today.

action

The cat and musketeer Pero wants to protect the weak, but makes enemies of many other cats. On the run, he meets the miller's son Pierre, the youngest of three brothers, and becomes friends with him. On their journey they come to a kingdom that is looking for a husband for the princess. To get Pierre this position, Pero helps him impersonate Marquis de Carabas. Your competition is the demon king Lucifer, who tries with new tricks to convince Princess Rose of himself. But she always sees through him and refuses until Lucifer finally threatens with his demonic power to get his will. He kidnaps the princess and the two friends set out to save her so that Pierre can finally marry her.

Production and publication

The film was made at Studio Toei Animation under the direction of Kimio Yabuki . The screenplay based on the story by Charles Perrault wrote Hisashi Inoue and Morihisa Yamamoto . The artistic directors were Isamu Tsuchida and Mataji Urata and the animation work was directed by Yasuji Mori . Hiroshi Ōkawa was responsible as producer . The later successful director Hayao Miyazaki was involved as a key artist .

The anime was released in Japanese theaters on March 18, 1969. In the USA, the film was shown in a series with other Toeis films from 1969 to the 1980s in the Saturday morning programs of some television stations and was published several times on commercial media. Translations into French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian and Swedish, among others, were also made. In Germany the film came as Puss in Boots in the GDR in the cinema and on television. In the FRG it first appeared Revue Film with the same title as Super 8 format on 17 m in black and white without sound, on 110 m in color with sound or on 2 × 120 m in color with sound. In 1981 Toppic Video released the anime on VHS tape under the title Perix the Cat and the 3 Mouse Keteers . Ostalgica released the film on DVD in 2010, both with the dubbed version from DEFA Studios and with the West German version.

synchronization

role Japanese voice actors ( seiyū )
Pero Susumu Ishikawa
Pierre Toshiko Fujita
Princess rose Rumi Sakakibara
Demon King Lucifer Asao Koike
king Keaton Masuda

music

The music of Puss in Boots was composed by Seiichirō Uno . The opening credits are accompanied by the song Nagagutsu o Haita Neko ( 長靴 を は い た 猫 ), sung by Susumu Ishikawa , Yoko Mizugaki , Vocal Shop and Trio Poan. The following songs are used during the film:

  • Hanare Rarenai Tomodachi ( は な れ ら れ な い 友 達 ) by Susumu Ishikawa and Toshiko Fujita
  • Karaba-sama Banzai! ( カ ラ バ さ ま 万 歳 ) by Vocal Shop and Trio Poan
  • Nezumi-tachi no Kōshin ( ネ ズ ミ た ち の 行進 ) by Yoko Mizugaki and Vocal Shop
  • Shiawase wa Doko Ni ( 幸 せ は ど こ に ) by Rumi Sakakibara

Manga

A color manga version of the story in 12 chapters, drawn by Hayao Miyazaki , appeared from January to March 1969 in the Tōkyō Shinbun newspaper . It served to promote the film. In 1984 a paperback was published by Tokuma Shoten .

Sequels

Toei continued the Puss in Boots several times. In 1972 Nagagutsu Sanjūshi came out. Tomoharu Katsumata's film takes the story of Pero to the Wild West. In 1976, Nagagutsu o Haita Neko 80 Nichikan Sekai Isshū by Hiroshi Shidara followed , which the cat Pero made to travel around the world in 80 days based on a journey around the world.

reception

The Anime Encyclopedia calls the film a "refreshingly free" adaptation of the fairy tale that enjoyed great success both in Japan and internationally. The humor of the film is mainly in the silly metamorphoses of the demon king and his slapstick interludes. In 2003, the anime was ranked 58th on a list of the 150 best animated films and series compiled by the Laputa Animation Festival through a survey of animation artists and critics.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 516 .
  2. ↑ Fred Patten: Watching Anime, Reading Manga - 25 Years of Essays and Reviews . Stone Bridge Press, 2004, p. 53.
  3. ↑ Puss in Boots - Super 8 Films. Anime no Tomodachi, accessed November 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Perix the cat and the 3 mouse keteers. Anime no Tomodachi, accessed November 23, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Puss in Boots. Anime no Tomodachi, accessed November 23, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 砂 漠 の 民 . In: Fusion Products (Ed.): Comic Box . No. 3, September. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  7. ↑ ナ ウ シ カ の 道 連載 1 宮崎駿 ・ マ ン ガ の 系譜 . In: Tokuma Shoten (ed.): Animage . No. 61, Tokyo, June 10, 1983, pp. 172-173. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ ス タ ジ オ ジ ブ リ 出版 部 の ペ ー ジ ア ニ メ ー ジ ュ 文庫 「長靴 を は い た 猫」 ( Yes ). Tokuma Shoten, February 1984, ISBN 978-4196695189 (Retrieved December 3, 2013).
  9. ↑ 150 best animations of all time (from 2003 Laputa Festival) . Animatsiya in English. May 29, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2011.

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