• Feature Length Theatrical Animated Film

• Tôei Dôga

• Distributed by: American-International Pictures
• Cartoon Characters: Hols, Grunwald, Hilda, Rockoor, Hols' Father, Coro, Village Chief, Drego, Frost King, Hols' Friends.
• Directed By Isao Takahata, Fred Ladd.
• Animated By Yasuo Otsuka.
• Written By Isao Takahata.
• Originally Released on July 21, 1968.
• Originally Released Theatrically.
• Running Time: 82 minutes.
• Eastmancolor
•   Japan

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Cartoon Summary:

Horus, a young man, pulls a blade out of a Rock Giant, only to discover that it is the Sword of the Sun and, if reforged, the sword's destiny will transform the...  (more)

Cartoon Production Information:

Alternate Titles: "Taiyo No Ko Hols No Daiboken," "Taiyou No Ouji Horusu No Daibouken," "Taiyô no Ôji Hols no Daibôken."

English Titles: "The Little Norse Prince," "Prince Of The Sun: The Great Adventure Of Horus," "Prince Of The Sun: Hols's Great Adventure," "The Great Adventure Of Little Prince Valiant," "Little Norse Prince Valiant"."

Foreign Language Title: "The Great Adventure Of Little Prince Valiant" (Italian).

The first feature film directed by Isao Takahata. This film was made while a huge labor dispute was raging at Toei. Though production was originally scheduled to last eight months, the film took...  (more)

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Comments By: randallblair

This wonderful work was the very first collaboration by Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki who later went on to found Studio Ghibli which gave us Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, etc. This piece has much of the same "magic" of these...  (read more)

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