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I tried looking for the raws right now but no DVDs have ever been released for this series! It might have something to do with MGM Studios owning the license or rights to the Yearling movies.


Anyways, it seems counterproductive of me to recommend this non-WMT since we can't fully watch it :'(

Although it's art style and altered setting doesn't really fit in with a lot of the other WMT-type anime, Gankutsuou is based on The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. There are definitely some artistic licenses taken with it, but it's an excellent anime, to be sure.

Andersen Douwa Ningyo Hime: based on the Andersen tale, The Little Mermaid.
Sekai Meisaku Douwa: Hakuchou no Mizuumi: based on the ballet "Swan Lake".

sanjushi

Yuki no Joou (The Snow Queen)
I just finished watched the first episode of this anime serie and all nostalgic and glad feelings of the World Masterpiece Theater anime series raised in me again.

This anime was produces by TMS Entertainment (the same producer of Ie Naki Ko). And broadcasted by NHK in 2005-2006 (and re-exhibited in 2011 in BS-Premium channel).

There is a Russian animation based on The Snow Queen tale.
the reason i bring it up here is that this movie helped inspire a depressed Miyazaki out of his slump while he was working at Toei. iirc, this may have been a catalyst for his desire to start directing and moving out on his own, setting up outside of Toei as Toei headed in directions of lower budget more mass-appeal garbage fashioned after the success of some inexpensive but wildly popular anime TV series of the day.
or something like that.
the movie is quite good, if you have no problem watching 1950s animation (I love it)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen_(1957_film)
here is how they tell the part of the Miyazaki influence (a bit diff than what i read elsewhere):



I guess there were Eng dubs done for it (looks like several), but, even if you are a dub fan I recommend not going for these version, as they changed all the music, edited it, etc. or atleast the ones that I can find clips of.

you can find one of (atleast) the dubbed version on youtube to sate your curiosity, but please watch the subbed original ;)

Does anyone here have a Netflix account? For those interested in Oz no Mahou Tsukai / The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, you can watch all 52 episodes in English here: Netflix

If you don't have Netflix, you can also watch it at Jaroo's website: Jaroo
They show only five episodes at any given time but rotate them.

You can also watch all 52 episodes on YouTube: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in English (TV Series 1986)

Unlike many of your WMT and meisakus in general, this series is pretty damn well documented!

Wikipedia
Wikia
TVTropes

Those series are directed by Osamu Dezaki, the same person that directed Ie Naki Ko, Takarajima, Rose of Versailles among other masterpieces.
Back in '05 when I got the news that the legendary Dezaki was directing a new series in the WMT vein, I was in absolute bliss, even more after I started watching it, even though it's modern series, Dezaki had not lost it's touch and the series were extremely entertaining. Live-Evil are finally on the last episodes, after all these years. :)


@djmasturbeat
That info is very interesting.

Does anyone know where I can find 'Ai no Gakko Cuore Monogatari'?
Thanks in advance.

I was so surprised to see that no one had mentioned ANY of the anime from Toei's Sekei Meisaku Douwa (World Children's Classics) series until now!

Tōei Dōga produced a number of wonderful films/series in the 1980s that I would recommend from that series, but these are my favourites:

The Wild Swans: based off the Hans Christian Andersen story.

Twelve Months: based on the fairy tale by Samuil Marshak.


Not part of the same series, but still a WONDERFUL film that I highly recommend to fans of this caliber of anime:

The Sea Prince & the Fire Child