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Princess of Agrabah · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:13 pm Post subject: Aladdin anime

Has anyone seen "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" from 1982? It's an anime version of the story, and while of course the Disney version is my favorite I definitely enjoyed it Very Happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UubvBWm2cnc
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Meesh · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:02 am Post subject:

Amusing that John Carradine plays the wizard, and his son plays Aladdin in a different portrayal Razz

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Princess of Agrabah · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:16 pm Post subject:

XD Really? Which one was that?
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APK · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:10 pm Post subject:

I've never seen this before. Thanks for posting it. I'm really enjoying it so far! But I don't understand why Aladdin was arguing with the magician to pull him out? There were stairs there! Laughing

Maybe the English dubbers were covering up dialogue that they thought made Aladdin look bad?

Princess of Agrabah · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:44 pm Post subject:

That's true XD. I guess he was blocking the entrance? I loled at that part though, since I was thinking how funny it'd be if Aladdin had argued over that with Jafar Laughing

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APK · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:06 pm Post subject:

It's so funny. After arguing back and forth, anime Aladdin decides to run up the stairs only when the magician is so annoyed at him that he magically closes the opening Laughing

And he took his sweet time with that incantation, too, so Aladdin could've ran out of there at any moment!

I know that when animes get dubbed into English, they change a lot of the dialogue and they'll even change the characterization if they don't think the characters are good enough role models. Maybe the anime Aladdin had said "first give me my reward!" or "why should I give you this lamp, huh? Maybe I should keep it!" And they thought it made him look bad, so they changed it? Laughing

Or maybe the translation is exactly correct, in which case, that would be hilarious!

APK · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:22 pm Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:48 pm Post subject:

Have you ever seen the Arabian Nights tv special with Jason Scott Lee as Aladdin? He actually does argue with the magician as he thinks he's going to run off with the lamp if he hands it over first before being paid the other half of what he owes him for the trip down there. The magician won't help him up until he gets the lamp, and Aladdin won't give him the lamp until he gives him the money, so the magician gets upset and closes the cave with him still down there Laughing

Calluna · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:26 am Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:45 am Post subject:

Sort of! Aladdin grabbed so much treasure on the way out that it buried the lamp deep in his pocket and weighed him down a bit, so it was harder to get out of the cave. Aladdin asked to be helped up so he can give the magician the lamp, but the magician insisted he got the lamp first and that Aladdin should get rid of the treasure. Aladdin obviously wasn't going to do that as it was his payment for going down there and these were pretty awesome jewels, so he tried to dig the lamp out of his pocket. He was unsuccessful and promised him he'd give him the lamp when he got above the surface if he would just help him up. The magician got pissed off he couldn't give him the lamp and was more worried about the treasure, so he closed up the cave with him in it. This story would be so much different if he would have just helped him up Laughing

Princess of Agrabah · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:00 am Post subject:

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:09 am Post subject:

I adore that series and I love their take on Aladdin/how funny it is. Disney has influenced every version of this story '92, I swear.

Princess of Agrabah · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:46 am Post subject:

It is funny. I'm watching the BacBac one and I can't stop laughing

"MY HANDS ARE LETHAL! I TOLD YOU!" Is it on DVD?
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DLN001 · Agrabah Citizen Joined: 19 Jul 2011 Posts: 50

Hmmm, I've never heard of it. I did hear there was an anime adaptation of Beauty and the Beast though. I'll have to look into that.

AladdinsGenie · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:26 pm Post subject: