Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Rose Flower and Joe, Bara no Hana & Joe
Japanese: バラの花とジョー
Information
Type:
Movie
Episodes:
1
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Mar, 1977
Producers:
Sanrio
Licensors:
None found, add some
Studios:
None found, add some
Source:
Unknown
Duration:
20 min.
Rating:
PG - Children
Statistics
Ranked:
#89172
2
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Popularity:
#11082
Members:
739
Favorites:
3
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This is a fairly old film from the 70's produced by Sanrio, the same staff responsible for the much more acclaimed Chirin no Suzu , so is Bara no Hana to Joe as good as the aforementioned movie? I would have to answer: close enough. First of all, the duration of Bara no Hana to Joe is less than half of Chirin no Suzu, yet in about 20 minutes, it manages to convey a rather read more
The short (20 minute) anime is definitely laid out like a young children's book, with a simple story and just three characters, simple backgrounds, and a kindly narrator that will speak a few sentences of story, followed by a minute or two of music, then more story. It's about the love story between a young puppy dog and a giant anthropomorphic rose. Yes, you read that right. This is the trippy-dippy Seventies, after all, and why not a kiddie read more |