Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (ラーマーヤナ ラーマ王子伝説, Rāmāyana: Rāma-Ōji Densetsu) is a 1993 Sanatan Dharma animated film co-produced by Japan and India and produced and directed by Yugo Sako and based on the Indian epic the Ramayana. The film was directed by Koichi Sasaki and Ram Mohan, with music composed by Vanraj Bhatia.

Dubbing History
In 1992, an English dub would be recorded in India, using mainly Indian actors who are fluent in English. This would actually be the very first language track recorded for the film. It would be premiered at the 24th International Film Festival of India New Delhi from January 10–20 in 1993. The film was also shown at the Vancouver International Film Festival later that year. A Hindi-language version would also be recorded later on in time.

In 2001, the film would be distributed in the US by Showcase Entertainment with a whole new dub recorded in Los Angeles. This version was released under the title Prince of Light, and features narration by James Earl Jones, as well as additional music by Alan Howarth. This version was screened in Los Angeles on November 9, 2001. Despite the presence of Jones and a then unknown Bryan Cranston, the dub has since become extremely scarce. No home video releases are known to exist in the US. This dub is available on a Slovak DVD release however. This version of the film is currently available to view on YouTube, but only in Czech. The original English audio has yet to resurface.