Ari-Baba to yonjuppiki no tozoku

1971
55m

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A peasant boy and 38 cats band against the tyrannical Ali Baba the 33rd and his cat-phobic genie.A peasant boy and 38 cats band against the tyrannical Ali Baba the 33rd and his cat-phobic genie.A peasant boy and 38 cats band against the tyrannical Ali Baba the 33rd and his cat-phobic genie.

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5.7/10

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Arthur Grosser

Goro
(English version)
(voice)

A.J. Henderson

Nibbler
(English version)
(voice)
…

Gorô Naya

Goro
(voice)

Rob Roy

Tom
(English version)
(voice)

Neil Shee

Genie
(English version)
(voice)
…

Junpei Takiguchi

Kajiru
(voice)

Isamu Tanonaka

Police Chief
(voice)

Kôsei Tomita

Spirit of the Lamp
(voice)
(as Kousei Tomita)

Kenji Utsumi

Dora
(voice)

Chikao Ôtsuka

Alibaba
(voice)
(as Chikao Ohtsuka)

Nobuyo Ôyama

Huck
(voice)

Director
- Hiroshi Shidara
Writer
- Morihisa Yamamoto
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7/10

No classic, but a fun 70s anime feature nevertheless

The Toei features of the 50s, 60s, and 70s are obscure in the US, which is a shame. This film in particular is a lot of fun.

Yes, the animation is limited and almost TV-quality. However, it all has a Seuss-like charm blended with Looney Tunes anarchy. The few musical numbers there are manage to be catchy (you'll have the jazzy "Ali Baba" stuck in your head for days) and there are wonderful gags galore. The climactic battle is great cartoony fun.

Though I was attracted to it because it was a film Hayao Miyazaki, one of my all-time favorite directors, had worked on before he made it big with Nausicaa in the 1980s; however, on its own merits, this is a delightful comedy. Not a classic or a masterpiece, but it's fun for fans of anime and animation.