Swan Lake (世界名作童話 白鳥の湖 Sekai Meisaku Dōwa Hakuchō no Mizūmi) is an anime film based on the ballet Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The film was released in Japan on 14 March 1981 by Toei. The film was produced by Toei Animation of Japan in partnership with Soyuzmultfilm from the Soviet Union and directed by Kimio Yabuki. The adaptation uses Tchaikovsky's score and remains relatively faithful to the story.
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Dubbing History[]
The film was originally dubbed in 1981 by Frontier Enterprises in Tokyo. This dub would be released on VHS by Hi-Tops Video in the late 1980's.
Around the same time, an alternate dub was recorded at Golden Sync Studios, and featured celebrities as the main principles (Pam Dawber, Christopher Atkins, David Hemmings, and Kay Lenz). Directed by Ardwight Chamberlain, the film was better in voice syncing. This dub would air on American Movie Classics in December 24, 1990 and The Disney Channel in June 1994. It was distributed in the United States and Canada by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. The dub would not see any home video release until 2017, when Discotek Media gave the film a DVD release with both dubs and the original Japanese audio.
Cast[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Dub Actor |
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Princess Odette | Keiko Takeshita | Nancy Link | Pam Dawber | |
Prince Siegfried | Tarō Shigaki | Steve Knode | Christopher Atkins | |
Rothbart | Asao Koike | Joseph Zucatti | David Hemmings | |
Odille | Yōko Asagami | Patricia Kobayashi | Kay Lenz | |
Margarita | Fuyumi Shiraishi | Nancy Culluci | Lara Cody | |
Hans | Yoneko Matsukane | Gerri Sorrells | Robert Axelrod | |
Queen | Taeko Nakanishi | Judith Sackheim | Louise Chamis | |
Benno | Akira Murayama | Don Johnson | Ardwight Chamberlain | |
Adolph | Mugihito | Greg Starr | ||
Minister | Jōji Yanami | Mike Worman | Ted Lehmann | |
Princess Katherine | Chiyoko Kawashima | Helen Kataoka | ||
Princess Rosanna | Debbie Davidson | |||
Princess Francine | Seiko Nakano | Donna Zucatti |
Additional Voices (Frontier Dub)
Transmission[]
Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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1990 | AMC | United States | |
1994 | The Disney Channel |
Video Releases[]
Distributor | Year | Format | Dub | Region | Country | |
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Hi-Tops Video | 1988 | Frontier | NTSC | United States | ||
Discotek Media | 2017 | Both | 1 NTSC |