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james0246 · 2008-03-31, 17:15

How about:

The Sea Prince and the Fire Child/Shiriusu no Densetsu - This is a great 1980-81 anime movie retelling the story of Romeo and Juliet, well, not literally Romeo and Juliet but rather the "star-crossed lovers" type of story. The story is reflected perfectly in the english title, a Sea Prince falls in love Fire Child, and of course their parents disapprove of their love. War is called, etc. It is a fairly obvious story, but it is told quite well (a timeless story always helps

), with a decent American or Japanese dub (I have not seen a subtitled copy) and some great early 80s animation (the water and fire effects in some scenes are particularly nice), and some very nice character designs. I strongly recommend this movie especially considering that this was one of the first true anime movies to find its way to the states.

Sadly enough, this anime is hard to find on Region 1 DVD, somewhat eaiser for VHS, but ultimately eaisest to find on Region 2 DVD.

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james0246 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: East Cupcake	How about: The Sea Prince and the Fire Child/Shiriusu no Densetsu - This is a great 1980-81 anime movie retelling the story of Romeo and Juliet, well, not literally Romeo and Juliet but rather the "star-crossed lovers" type of story. The story is reflected perfectly in the english title, a Sea Prince falls in love Fire Child, and of course their parents disapprove of their love. War is called, etc. It is a fairly obvious story, but it is told quite well (a timeless story always helps ), with a decent American or Japanese dub (I have not seen a subtitled copy) and some great early 80s animation (the water and fire effects in some scenes are particularly nice), and some very nice character designs. I strongly recommend this movie especially considering that this was one of the first true anime movies to find its way to the states. Sadly enough, this anime is hard to find on Region 1 DVD, somewhat eaiser for VHS, but ultimately eaisest to find on Region 2 DVD.