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Jul 27, 2010 12:29 PM

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Seriously, I saw this anime when I was a little kid. And as I grow older, I suppose I did have some sneaking suspicions that my distant memories of it might have been a little anime-ish. But otherwise had no clue until today that this movie which I saw was made in Japan. Woah.

I honestly feel quite a bit bewildered every time this happens to me, and it happens quite a lot! A lot of my children's movies I watched as a little kid, were, in fact, Japanese. One has to wonder if there were subliminal things there that led to me becoming an anime fan.

Anyone else here discover this was an anime thanks to MyAnimeList?

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Jul 27, 2010 12:34 PM

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Not that, but I did discover Tokyo Mew Mew. It comes on this weird little girly TV channel my younger cousins watch; the names were all different (like Zoey instead of Ichigo) and it was called Mew Mew Power on the channel. If it had the Tokyo in it, I'd've known, but it didn't.

Jul 28, 2010 4:44 PM

Tsumayouji

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Wow. Yeah, this one totally threw me off, too. I loved this movie as a kid and had no clue that it wasn't originally American. Gotta love the randomness. Now I'm wondering about Seabert the seal...

Aug 8, 2010 10:19 PM

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I totally did not know that this was anime until I was able to read the credits and have some knowledge of what anime is. But I was totally surprised when I found out along with a couple other movies such as Serendipity the Pink Dragon and Magical Princess Gigi (Minky Momo). and I read that Seabert originated in France but it does remind of Japanese anime.

Oct 8, 2010 2:34 PM

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Redlinks said:
I totally did not know that this was anime until I was able to read the credits and have some knowledge of what anime is. But I was totally surprised when I found out along with a couple other movies such as Serendipity the Pink Dragon and Magical Princess Gigi (Minky Momo). and I read that Seabert originated in France but it does remind of Japanese anime.

Ahh, France, you say? Wow, that's kind of even more surprising to me. I can't really think of anything that I watched when young that I know now/knew then came from France (barring Seabert now, of course). There were a couple of movies when little that I knew at the time were anime, but a french cartoon? That's a new one. =D

Oct 8, 2010 2:41 PM

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Oh shit, I had no idea. I loved this when I was young.

Oct 19, 2010 5:05 AM

Gligarr

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Mwa-ha-ha! I understands your doubts, but this cartoon were made in... USSR! Yes, soviet artist made this film with help of Japan producers. Director was not Japanese, he was russian)). And cartoon was made by famous soviet cartoon company - SoyuzMultfilm (СоюзМультфильм), which made "Cheburashka and crocodile Gena", "Hedgehog in the Hog", "The Mystery of the Third Planet".
Japan made music for cartoon, some landscapes an distribute it in america, Britain...
USSR made animation, voices, and distribute it in German, France, east Europe
Half-maded in USSR and half-maded ion Japan... American version has many deleted scenes (such as killing penguins by poachers and heat Lolo by bird). I recommend you to see russian or japan version - its more logic and more dramatic.

P.S. Yes, I am russian. I sow this cartoon at three year. "Приключения пингвиненка Лоло" is showed on our federal TV sometimes. And "The First Squad" is not first Japan-Russian anime. Lolo was the first ;))
P.S.S Sorry for my bad English Language

Oct 21, 2010 4:08 PM

Tsumayouji

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Oh wow. You know, for some reason, the USSR's involvement makes total sense to me. Something about how the people are drawn and portrayed in the film definitely rings more true to the Russian aesthetic rather than that of the Japanese. Good info to have. That's very cool that people from two different countries collaborated to make the project. Team building success! =D

I'm really intrigued about these deleted scenes now. I'll have to try and dig them up. Thanks for chiming in, Gligarr. And your English isn't so bad. Could use some work, yes, but it's clear what all your sentences mean to say, which is the most important part. I personally have always wanted to learn Russian. Hopefully, I can find some way to do that soon, and then I can be the one apologizing for my terrible Russian. ^_0

Dec 18, 2010 11:44 AM

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Wooooow! For most of my childhood I watched only the old soviet cartoons, and this was one of my favourites! That was a revelation, and when I shared it with my mum, she was like "oh yeah... I knew it was something like that".

But yeah... Makes me remember my childhood. Didn't change much, I'm still watching cartoons xD

P.S. Великий и Могучий Русский Язык rocks! >.<

Apr 11, 2011 6:08 PM

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CirqueDemonic

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May 2010

This was my sister's favorite movie when we were kids. We rewatched it a few months ago, and then I looked it up on the internet, and discovered it was made by both Japan and Russia. Somehow, it didn't click to me it might be on here until tonight, when I came across it looking for something else. Now my 15-year-old anime-hating sister is sitting beside me saying "Scamper!" in a childish voice. Lol. Funny how these things happen. ^-^;

Jul 20, 2011 7:47 PM

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CrusherX

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Jan 2009

I typed in the search box 'pengin' and this came up on MAL, that was a big surprise to me. It has been years since I have seen this show and I never knew it was an anime >.<.

Nov 22, 2011 12:02 PM

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fezakyuu

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You really do learn something new everyday.

Apr 26, 2012 3:17 PM

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ArtimesGamer

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Another one is "Serendipity the pink Dinosaur" and "Little Nemo and The adventures of Slumber land"

lol technically speaking they are my first anime movies that i ever saw with out realizing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obpWeb83I1Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbSIsDRiuTw

wow talk bout nostalgia lol

ArtimesGamerApr 26, 2012 3:25 PM

May 27, 2012 8:38 AM

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ForgoneReality

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Yeah, I'm slowly finding that more and more of my childhood was influenced by anime. It's kind of cool to learn that.

Feb 24, 2013 7:23 AM

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Kanorin

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yeah, I remember watching this cartoon (anime huh?) as a child. well, I alredy hated it then, but I still was surprised, when I saw this on MAL.

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Jul 1, 2019 9:14 PM

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hirahira

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This is an anime?! My mind is blown. But I'm very happy to have another thing to add to my list. I watched this so many times as a kid that I have every line memorized.

Jul 25, 2020 11:47 PM

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FutureTrunksFan

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Yo! I remember watching this when I was like 4 years old. And now watching this 13 years later, OMG that is insane. Anyways, I’m a huge anime fan, and I’ve been looking for a Japanese version to watch, and I could never find it.

Feb 15, 2022 11:00 AM

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I am from a post-soviet country and i legit thought it was some USSR/Russian cartoon. I was maybe 4-5 years old and i loved it. Maybe my first anime wasn't Naruto or Howl's Moving Castle... It's all messed up in my memories anyway, so i'll have this one now listed as the possible first

edit: I've found out, that it is actually both Japanese and Soviet Union film

midnight643514Feb 16, 2022 2:06 AM

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