Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
Original Title	アンデルセン童話 にんぎょ姫 (Anderusen Douwa Ningyohime)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Cinélume
Voice Director	Tim Reid
Recorded	1979
Dub Country	Canada
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	26
Year	1975

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (アンデルセン童話 にんぎょ姫 Anderusen Dōwa Ningyo Hime) is a Japanese anime film based on Hans Christian Andersen's eponymous fairy tale, released in 1975 by Toei Animation.

Synopsis Marina, the most beautiful mermaid in the royal Merman family, is curious about the human world. One day, she sees a handsome prince on a boat. Suddenly, a storm comes up, throwing him into the sea. Marina saves her handsome prince and swims him to the shore. Marina falls deeply in love and desperatly wants to become a human. Despite the hazards, she is willing to risk it all for love.

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Marina	Fumie Kashiyama	Kirsten Bishop
Fritz	Mariko Miyagi	Thor Bishopric
The Prince	Taro Shigaki	Ian Finlay
The Sea Witch	Haruko Kitahama	Jane Woods
The Princess	Rihoko Yoshida
King of the Mermen	Hidekatsu Shibata	Neil Shee
Queen Mother of the Mermen	Miyoko Aso	Jeannette Casenave
Marina's Sisters	Kazuko Sugiyama Haruko Kitahama	Jeannette Casenave Jane Woods
Grand Duke	Kōsei Tomita	Neil Shee
Whistler	Ichirō Nagai	¿?
Jemmy the Cat	Kazuko Sawada	Jane Woods
Crab	Kaneta Kimotsuki	Terry Haig

Additional Voices / Unidentified Roles:

• Jeannette Casenave
• Terry Haig
• Neil Shee
• Jane Woods

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Starmaker Entertainment	1989		NTSC	United States
East West Entertainment	2005		1 NTSC
UAV Corporation	2006
East West Entertainment	2007
Discotek Media	2015
	2024		A DVB-T

External Links

• Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid at the Internet Movie Database
• Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (anime) at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia