Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

リトル・ニモ (1989)

Timing: 1:35 (95 min)

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Release date

1989-07-15

Country

Japan, United States

Production

Tokyo Movie Shinsha, TOHO-TOWA

Genre

Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

Budget

$35 000 000

Revenue

$1 368 000

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Director

Masanori Hata, Masami Hata, William T. Hurtz

Actors

Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, René Auberjonois, Danny Mann, Laura Mooney, Bernard Erhard, Bill Martin, Alan Oppenheimer, Michael Bell, Sidney Miller
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Scenario

Ray Bradbury, Winsor McCay

Producer

Yutaka Fujioka

Operator

Hajime Hasegawa

Composer

Thomas Chase

Artist

Audition

Editing

Takeshi Seyama
All team (47)

• In the early stages of production, Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki worked on the project, but both left due to creative differences. Miyazaki later said that working on 'Little Nemo' was 'the worst experience of his professional career'.
• The creator of Little Nemo, Winsor McCay, being one of the pioneers of American animation, realized the first adaptation of his comics in 1911. It was a 10-minute film, in the creation of which McCay was assisted by director and producer James Blackton, with 2 minutes of the film consisting of animated material.
• The first Japanese anime released for wide public distribution in the United States.
• Despite generally favorable reviews, the film was a box office failure: it grossed around $10 million in Japan and just over a million dollars in the US (with a total production budget of $30 million). Nevertheless, after its release on VHS, over 2 million copies were sold.
• In the early stages of production, Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki were working on the project, but both left due to creative differences. Miyazaki later said that working on "Little Nemo" was "the worst experience in his professional career".