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The Wizard of Oz (オズの魔法使い, Ozu no Mahōtsukai) is a 1982 anime feature film directed by Fumihiko Takayama, from a screenplay by Yoshimitsu Banno and Akira Miyazaki, which is based on the 1900 children's novel by L. Frank Baum, produced by Yoshimitsu Banno and Katsumi Ueno for Toho.

This article possibly contains original research. (May 2013)

The Wizard of Oz オズの魔法使い
Screenshot of The Wizard of Oz anime, featuring the four main characters
Directed by	Fumihiko Takayama
Written by	Akira Miyazaki
Produced by	Yoshimitsu Banno Katsumi Ueno
Starring	Mari Okamoto Kazuo Kumakura
Edited by	Nobuo Ogawa
Music by	Joe Hisaishi Yuichiro Oda
Production companies	Toho Wiz Corporation Topcraft
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	July 1, 1982[1]
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

In the 1980s, a re-edited version of the film was released in Czechoslovakia. The film was dubbed into the Slovak language except for the songs, which were performed by Japanese singers (from the original Japanese music version). Some other foreign dubs, such as the Italian and Greek versions, had this premise edit as well.

Cast

Character	Japanese	English
Dorothy Gale[2]	Mari Okamoto	Aileen Quinn
The Wizard	Kazuo Kumakura Seri Machika (as the Beautiful-Winged Lady)	Lorne Greene
Scarecrow	Kotobuki Hizuru	Billy Van
Tin Woodman	Jōji Yanami	John Stocker
Cowardly Lion	Masashi Amenomori	Thick Wilson
Omby Amby	Unknown
The Good Witch of the North	Miyoko Asō	Elizabeth Hanna
Jellia Jamb	Unknown
The Wicked Witch of the West	Kaori Kishi
Glinda, the Good Witch of the South	Kumiko Takizawa	Wendy Thatcher
Aunt Em	Taeko Nakanishi	Unknown
Servant
Uncle Henry	Naoki Tatsuta
Toto	Shohei Matsubara
Soldier	Motomu Kiyokawa
Monkey King	Toshiyuki Yamamoto

Release and home media

The film was first released in Japan straight to VHS, Betamax and on satellite television (CS)[2][3] on July 1, 1982.[1] It was also broadcast on AT-X as early as December 19, 2002.[4] The English version of this film, edited by Johann Lowenberg and produced by John Danylkiw, appeared on television in the United States in 1983.[5][6] Alan L. Gleitsman was the executive producer of Alan Enterprises, which did the English dub for the North American release. New Hope Entertainment was also involved in producing the English-dubbed version. It was distributed in English-speaking countries and territories, including the United States and Canada, by Alan Enterprises. Paramount Home Video released the English dubbed version on VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc, and CED in the 1980s and on VHS in 1991.

Except for a Polish Japanese-language DVD[7] the movie never got an official DVD release in any other country.

Relation to other works

The novel

The film is known for staying particularly close to the novel, its primary elimination being the journey to Glinda, which is only now slightly less of a deus ex machina than in the MGM version. Also borrowed from that version are the red "magic shoes" rather than the silver shoes of Baum's text. Some familiarity with the later books is clear, as the houses are the same two-chimneyed domes found in the artwork of John R. Neill, who never illustrated the first Oz book. It is one of the rare films to depict the various forms the Wizard appears to each of the travelers, such as the Beautiful-Winged Lady (shown to be a puppet rather than the Wizard in a costume, as in the book), the Terrible Beast (looking like an ordinary rhinoceros) and the Ball of Fire.

Television anime

This film's writer, Akira Miyazaki, also wrote for the 1986 anime television series of the same name.

Music

The music was written by Jō Hisaishi and Yuichiro Oda and performed by Columbia Orchestra.[3] The Lyrics were written by Keisuke Yamakawa. The single containing the songs was released in April 1981 (Catalog# CK-584[8]), over a year prior the movie release; thus, it is possible that it was decided only later to use it as a soundtrack.

1. "Someone is waiting for me" (だれか私を待っている, Dare ka watashi wo matte iru) (Main theme) (Singer: Mitsuko Horie)
2. "What is 1+1?" (1＋1は何？, Ichi tasu ichi wa nani) (Insert song) (Singers: Mitsuko Horie and Koorogi '73)

The English dubbed version featured new different lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Allen Byrns, all sung by Aileen Quinn.

1. "It's Strictly Up to You" (Main theme)
2. "I Dream of Home"
3. "A Wizard of a Day"

See also

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a 1986 Japanese anime adaptation of Oz
• The Wizard of Oz adaptations — other adaptations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

References

External links

• The Wizard of Oz at IMDb
• Ozu No Mahôtsukai at The Big Cartoon DataBase
• Review at Anime News Network, June 17 2003

На других языках

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- [en] The Wizard of Oz (1982 film)

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[es] El mago de Oz (película de 1982)

El Mago de Oz (オズの魔法使い, Ozu no Mahōtsukai?) es una película de anime producida en Japón dirigida por Fumihiko Takayama a partir de un guion de Yoshimitsu Banno y Akira Miyazaki, que está basada en la novela de 1900 escrita por L. Frank Baum. Está producida por Yoshimitsu Banno y Katsumi Ueno para Toho. La película se estrenó originalmente en el Festival de cine de Cannes.

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[it] Il mago di Oz (film 1982)

Il mago di Oz (オズの魔法使い Ozu no Mahōtsukai?) è un film d'animazione del 1982 diretto da Fumihiko Takayama.

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