Adventures of the Little Mermaid (人魚姫マリーナの冒険 Ningyo Hime Marina no Bouken, The Adventures of Mermaid Princess Marina), also known as Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid is an anime series produced by Fuji Television in the early 1990s, based on upon the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid. In Japan, the series was broadcast on Japan's Fuji TV network from February to July 1991. The series was released in America for Saturday morning and weekday afternoon syndication by Saban Entertainment in the summer of 1991.
Cast[]
| Image | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Marina | Jun Kōyamaki | Sonja Ball |
| Prince Justin | Takehito Koyasu | Thor Bishopric |
| Winnie | Yuko Kobayashi | Anik Matern |
| Bobo | Carlyle Miller | |
| Ridley | Sakiko Tamagawa | Arthur Holden |
| Anselm | Toshiya Ueda | Aron Tager |
| Chauncey | Ryūzo Ishino | Gordon Masten |
| Hedwig | Chie Kitagawa | Sonja Ball |
| Duhdlee | Tesshō Genda | Ian Finlay |
| Prince Lothar | Shingo Hiromori | Richard Dumont |
| Barnabas | Junko Hagimori | ? |
| Coral | Yuriko Yamamoto | ? |
| Cecily | Jessalyn Gilsig | |
| King Charles | Michael Rudder | |
| Queen Margaret | Susan Glover | |
| King Nestor | Shōzō Iizuka | Terrence Scammell |
| Grandmother Serena | Tomie Kataoka | Susan Glover |
| Narrator | Jane Woods |
Additional Voices[]
- Richard Dumont - Bilbo (ep. 2), Electric Eel (ep. 3)
- Susan Glover - Woman (ep. 25)
- A.J. Henderson - Bandit (ep. 18), Bert (ep. 18)
- Walter Massey - Lord Ainsworth (ep. 15)
- Judi Richards
- Michael Rudder - Sailor (ep. 2), Poacher (ep. 8)
Music[]
- Opening: "Adventures of the Little Mermaid"
- Vocals: Rachelle Cano
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Syndication | United States | 
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| 1991 | YTV | Canada | 
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| — | Nine Network | Australia | 
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Entertainment | 1992 | 
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Episodes 1-2, 5, 11-15 | NTSC | United States |
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| 8 Volumes | ||||||
| 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1998 | 4 Episodes | ||||
| 1 Volume | ||||||
| Maximum Entertainment | 2004 | 
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Episodes 1-10 | 2 PAL |
United Kingdom | 
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| 2 Volumes | ||||||
| 2008 | Episodes 1-5 | |||||
| 1 Volume | ||||||
Notes[]
- The cover for Volume 2 of the Jetix Films release uses images from Golden Films's 1992 adaptation of The Little Mermaid.
External Links[]
- Adventures of the Little Mermaid at the Internet Movie Database
- Adventures of the Little Mermaid (anime) at the Anime News Network