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Legend of the Forest (movie)

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©Tezuka Productions 

 
Alternative title:
Mori no Densetsu (Japanese) 
森の伝説 (Japanese) 
Genres: adventure 
Plot Summary: A tranquil forest and all of its residents must face the destruction of man. A squirrel, born and raised in the forrest, fights to defend his home and faces trials and adversities along the way. 
User Ratings: 58 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:5, raw:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 10 votes (sub:7, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Good: 11 votes (sub:11)
 Decent: 13 votes (sub:12, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 2 votes (raw:1, sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 88 users, rank: #5675 (of 10059)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.517 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.0531, rank: #5942 (of 10234)
Weighted mean: 6.613 (Good−), rank: #5497 (of 10234) (seen all: 6.61)
Bayesian estimate: 6.771 (Good−), rank: #4515 (of 7688)
Running time: 29 minutes 
Vintage: 1987-12-18 
Premiere date:
1988-02-13 (Japan) 
2003-01-15 (Italy - Future Film Festival) 
Release dates: We have 1
Official website:
Tezuka Osamu @ World 
Trivia: We have 1
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DVD (Region 1)
    The Astonishing Work of Tezuka Osamu (Sub.DVD) 2009-07-28 (from $14.00)
LaserDisc
    Legend of the Forest w/ Astro Boy Bonus [Dub] (LD) 1995-10-04

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Osamu Tezuka 
Scenario: Osamu Tezuka 
Storyboard: Osamu Tezuka 
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 
Art Director: Masami Saito 
Sound Director: Takashi Ui 
Director of Photography: Masaaki Fujita 
Producer: Takayuki Matsutani 

Animation:
Atsushi Ishiguro 
Naoko Kitamura 
Takashi Okamura 
Animation Check: Kaoru Kano 
Assistant producer:
Minaru Kubota 
Minoru Kubota 
Background Art:
Kazushige Takatō 
Mieko Chijinami 
Setsuko Ishizu 
Color design: Rika Fujita 
Design: Osamu Tezuka 
Editing: Harutoshi Ogata 
Illustration: Masaki Katori 
Key Animation:
Junji Kobayashi 
Kaoru Kano 
Masaki Yoshimura 
Shinichi Suzuki 
Shinji Seiya 
Teruo Handa 
Toshi Noma 
Yoshiaki Kawajiri 
Yoshinori Kanemori 
Sequence Director: Takashi Ui 
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi 
Special Effects: Takashi Maekawa 
(none)
Japanese companies
Production: Tezuka Productions 
English companies
English staff
(none)
Distributor:
Lumivision (LaserDisc) 
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
The Right Stuf International 
Licensed by: KimStim 
English cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by: Divisa home video (Spain) 
Spanish cast
(none)

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