The hero, Prince Siegfried, is out riding one day with his friends when he spies amidst swans on a lake a particularly eye-catching one with a crown on its head, the familiar Princess ...
Score
Tchaikovsky weaponized for maximum heartbreak.
Direction
Yabuki's theatrical staging makes 75 minutes feel epic.
Director
Kimio Yabuki
Tarō Shigaki
Prince Siegfried (voice)
Keiko Takeshita
Princess Odette (voice)
Asao Koike
Rothbart (voice)
Yoko Asagami
Odille (voice)
Yoneko Matsukane
Hans (voice)
Fuyumi Shiraishi
Margarita (voice)
Akira Murayama
Benno (voice)
Mugihito
Adolf (voice)
Chiyoko Kawashima
Princess Catherina / Princess Rosanna (voice)
Seiko Nakano
Princess Francine (voice)
Joji Yanami
Minister (voice)
Taeko Nakanishi
Queen Mother (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Toei Animation produced this as part of their World Masterpiece Theater competitor line, aiming to out-prestige their rivals with classical material.
This adaptation preserves the ballet's original tragic ending that Disneyfied versions often dodge—Japanese audiences got the full Tchaikovsky gut-punch.
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