

2001·Adventure·1h 44m
7.0
★










Imprisoned by a sorcerer who fears she will rob him of eternal life, guileless young Princess Arete befriends a villager who helps her plan an escape.
Directed by Sunao Katabuchi
princess
treasure
based on novel or book
medieval
anime
abduction
socerer

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Cast

Houko Kuwashima
Princess Arete (voice)

Tsuyoshi Koyama
Boax (voice)

Yusuke Numata
Grovel (voice)

Minami Takayama
Ample (voice)

Satomi Korogi
Witch (voice)

Eiji Takemoto
Daraboa (voice)

Norihisa Mori
Blond Knight (voice)

Takashi Nagasako
King (voice)

Yoshikazu Nagano
Guard #1 (voice)

Akio Suyama
Young Boax (voice)

Yuko Sasaki
Narrator (voice)
Crew

Sunao Katabuchi
Director

Sunao Katabuchi
Screenplay

Akira Senju
Original Music Composer

Takeshi Seyama
Editor

Eiko Tanaka
Producer

Eiko Tanaka
Sound Effects

Yoshiharu Sato
Key Animation

Yasuhiro Aoki
Key Animation
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
Alinayass
8.0★ · 07/05/25

Feliz aniversario a la amistad Costa Rica y Japón.
Arete me dio demasiado felicidad
Arete me dio demasiado felicidad
Feliz aniversario a la amistad Costa Rica y Japón.
Arete me dio demasiado felicidad
Arete me dio demasiado felicidad
Gabriel Silva
9.1★ · 03/21/25

The beautiful animation that draws more inspiration from European film than anything else that Japan was making at the time gives Princess Arete a leg up on a lot of the other animated film coming out of Japan at the same time, which makes it a shame that this went so far underneath the radar. Following a princess who is tired of her suitors, the film could have easily been a plucky girl-power story but instead finds wonder in stories and wonder in a way that makes Tangled - which came out ten years later - feel cloying and annoying. There's a stillness here that many have compared to Ghibli films, but Studio4c has its own sense of awe to it that feels a lot more inward than outward. This does allow for a lot of payoff later on as Arete eventually leaves the castle and the cages of the terms of her engagement only to be trapped and controlled by another man - and then form a deep friendship with another girl. The way by which Arete functions as a protagonist, still having some agency even when some of it is stripped away, is wonderful. Would genuinely love to see a blu ray of this
The beautiful animation that draws more inspiration from European film than anything else that Japan was making at the time gives Princess Arete a leg up on a lot of the other animated film coming out of Japan at the same time, which makes it a shame that this went so far underneath the radar. Following a princess who is tired of her suitors, the film could have easily been a plucky girl-power story but instead finds wonder in stories and wonder in a way that makes Tangled - which came out ten years later - feel cloying and annoying. There's a stillness here that many have compared to Ghibli films, but Studio4c has its own sense of awe to it that feels a lot more inward than outward. This does allow for a lot of payoff later on as Arete eventually leaves the castle and the cages of the terms of her engagement only to be trapped and controlled by another man - and then form a deep friendship with another girl. The way by which Arete functions as a protagonist, still having some agency even when some of it is stripped away, is wonderful. Would genuinely love to see a blu ray of this
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4.0★ · 07/12/26

Elrafi
6.0★ · 02/16/26

Cleou fraise
8.0★ · 02/15/26
