Monday, August 3, 2015

Sanrio Television and Movie Releases



As aforementioned, Sanrio deals with movie production. From 1977 to 1985, Sanrio produced 17 films: 
  • Little Jumbo (1977); 
  • Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977);
  • The Mouse and His Child (1977); 
  • Ringing Bell (1978); 
  • The Glacier Fox (1978); 
  • Nutcracker Fantasy (1979); 
  • Unico (1979); 
  • Metamorphoses (1979); 
  • A Tale of Africa (1980); 
  • The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (1981); 
  • The Sea Prince and the Fire Child (1981);
  • Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1981); 
  • The Ideon: A Contact (1982); 
  • The Ideon: Be Invoked (1982); 
  • Unico in the Island of Magic (1983);
  • Oshin (1984);
  • A Journey Through Fairyland (1985).

After A Journey Through Fairyland, Sanrio shifted their focus more on short films, television shows, and animation videos based off their characters. In 2006, they decided to return to feature-length films, with rumors of productions as late as 2019.

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