Anju to Zushioumaru

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Synonyms: Anju to Zushiou Maru, Anju and Zushiomaru, The Littlest Warrior, The Orphan Brother

Japanese: 安寿と厨子王丸

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 19, 1961

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Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Toei Animation

Source: Other

Genre: Fantasy

Theme: Historical

Duration: 1 hr. 23 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: 6.20¹ (scored by 986 users)

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Ranked: #8688²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #10534

Members: 2,517

Favorites: 5

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Synopsis

Anju and Zushioumaru live a peaceful life in rural Japan with their kind and gentle father—the steward of the emperor's hunting grounds who teaches his children to respect nature and protect animals. The local lord frames him for burning the hunting grounds; Anju and Zushioumaru, along with their mother and a few animals, escape to Kyoto to ask the emperor to pardon their father.

However, Anju and Zushioumaru are separated from their mother and sold into slavery after being tricked into boarding the wrong boat. Their cruel master forces them to perform extreme acts of hard labor under the threat of torture. Fortunately, Saburou—their master's son—is sympathetic to their plight. The siblings wield no weapons and constantly fear the punishment for unobedient slaves. Under these unfortunate circumstances, they must desperately work to regain the happiness they once had.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Zushioumaru

Main

Kazama, Morio
Japanese

Anju

Main

Sakuma, Yoshiko
Japanese

Saburou

Supporting

Mizuki, Jou
Japanese

Onikura

Supporting

Mishima, Masao
Japanese

Masauji, Iwaki

Supporting

Usami, Junya
Japanese

Jijo

Supporting

Arai, Shigeko
Japanese

Gatekeeper

Supporting

Oda, Masao
Japanese

Moku

Supporting

Tatsukou

Supporting

Ushio, Kenji
Japanese

Emissary

Supporting

Masuda, Junji
Japanese

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Yabushita, Taiji

Director

Takahata, Isao

Assistant Director

Ootsuka, Yasuo

Key Animation

Mori, Yasuji

Key Animation

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Reviews

Mar 26, 2019

Assthete

Mixed Feelings

Anju is so much better than its predecessors. You'd expect some slight progression, but thanks to Saiyuuki's blatant incompetence only a year before, it didn't happen. I can feel Takahata's touch in this, always granting his stuff a sense of gravitas, however subtle. It's also vastly superior in terms of presentation, with fluid and consistent animation, clever use of color and texture, and accurate drawing. For the first time Japanese animators fully committed to visual timelessness. Screenwriters also finally realized idealism shouldn't be the norm, presenting a rather tragic story about coping with loss, and such a fitting ending. Even the cuteness didn't feel nearly ...

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May 7, 2023

KKAJ

Mixed Feelings

This is the oldest Anime I've watched so far and maybe that's why I expected something much more worse yet I found myself more surprised than I had initially expected. The entire movie gives off the vibe of old Disney movies, only that this one doesn't have a happy ending and instead focuses on loss and tragedy. I found myself feeling for some reasons very nostalgic whilst watching this because it reminded me of old tales I used to read when I was a kid. Would I recommend it? It depends because I feel like this story and (obviously) it's animation would have little to ...

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Mar 3, 2021

AlanDSouza1

Not Recommended

To me, this felt like a step backwards even for TOEI movies in the sixties. The animation quality has gone through clear reductions in quality, especially when contrasted against something like Sayuuki. The story is premised to be an interesting tragic tale, but is constantly undermined by ill placed Disney stylized replica animals that have no place in the story and only serve to bog down the narrative. The character designs suffer from a lack of inspiration and there is a return to designs more reminiscent of nascent Japanese animation around thirty years its predecessor than the standards TOEI set for itself in the previous ...