Nutcracker Fantasy (くるみ割り人形 Kurumi-wari Ningyou) is a Japanese stop motion animated film directed by Takeo Nakamura and produced by Sanrio. It is very loosely based on Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker. It was released in Japan on March 3, 1979 and in the United States on July 6, 1979.
The film's overall animation style is reminiscent of all the original Rankin/Bass "Animagic" productions, shot at Video Tokyo Production, which Nakamura worked for.
Cast[]
| Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Clara | Kaoru Sugita | Melissa Gilbert |
| Franz / Fritz | Tarō Shigaki | Roddy McDowall |
| Aunt Gerda | Shizue Natsukawa | Lurene Tuttle |
| Uncle Drosselmeyer | Kō Nishimura | Christopher Lee |
| Street Singer | ||
| Puppeteer | ||
| Watch Merchant | ||
| King Goodwin | Kiiton Masuda | Dick Van Patten |
| Princess Mary | Yukari Uehara | Robin Haffner |
| Chamberlain | Hisao Dazai | Ken Sansom |
| Viking Wiseman | Hiroshi Tamaoki | Mitchel Gardner |
| French Wiseman | Arihiro Fujimura | Gene Moss |
| Chinese Wiseman | Jirō Sakagami | Jack Angel |
| Executioner | Kinya Aikawa | |
| Otto Von Atra | Ichiyō Itō | Gene Moss |
| Poet Wiseman | Shūichirō Moriyama | Ken Sansom |
| Clovis | Shinji Maki | Gene Moss |
| Indian Wiseman | Shunji Fujimura | Mitchel Gardner |
| Queen of Time | Haruko Kitahama | Eva Gabor |
| Queen Morphia | Atsuko Ichinomiya | Jo Anne Worley |
| Gar | Takao Yamada | Jack Angel |
| Narrator | N/A | Michele Lee |
Additional Voices
- Maxine Fisher - Mice
- Joan Gerber - Mice
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Region | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Space | 1984 | 
|
PAL | United Kingdom | 
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| 14th Mandolin | 1986 | Australia | 
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| Columbia Pictures Home Video | 1991 | NTSC | United States | 
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| Discotek Media | 2017 | 
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1 NTSC | ||
| 2019 | 
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A DVB-T | |||
External Links[]
- Nutcracker Fantasy at the Internet Movie Database