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A Thousand and One Nights (Japanese: 千夜一夜物語 Hepburn: Senya Ichiya Monogatari) is a 1969 adult anime feature film directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, conceived by Osamu Tezuka. The film is part of Mushi Production 's Animerama, a series of films aimed at an adult audience. The film was a hit in Japan...

What kind of anime is a thousand and One Nights?

A Thousand and One Nights Directed by Eiichi Yamamoto Produced by Osamu Tezuka Atsushi Tomioka Written by Osamu Tezuka Kazuo Fukasawa Hiroyuki Kum ... Music by Isao Tomita The Helpful Soul 8 more rows ...

Who is the director of a thousand and One Nights?

A Thousand and One Nights (1945) Tongue-in-cheek fantasy film set in Baghdad and loosely based on the One Thousand and One Nights medieval story.

Is a thousand and One Nights based on a true story?

The worlds first adult animated film (predating Fritz The Cat by 3 years), A Thousand and One Nights is a bizarre, hallucinogenic, and erotic take on Arabian Nights, that ends up being a strangely entralling watch. An absolute must for fans of obscure animated films!

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Where can I watch 1001 Nights anime?

Watch 1001 Nights | Prime Video.

What movie is based off of the Thousand and One Nights?

Arabian NightsOne of Hollywood's first feature films to be based on The Nights was in 1942, with the movie called Arabian Nights. It starred Maria Montez as Scheherazade, Sabu Dastagir as Ali Ben Ali and Jon Hall as Harun al-Rashid.

Who wrote 1001 Nights?

Antoine Galland, the first French translater of the Arabian Nights, has been for three centuries, credited as being the author of the Arabian Nights, as we know them, the creator, the inventor of the Thousand and One Nights in particular, because his addition was the first to include Aladdin and Ali Baba and these most ...

Who is the main female character in A Thousand and One Nights?

ScheherazadeScheherazade or Shahrazad (Persian: شهرزاد, Šahrzād, or شهرزاد‎, Šahrāzād, lit. 'child of the city') is the legendary Persian queen who is the storyteller and narrator of The Nights. She is the daughter of the kingdom's vizier and the older sister of Dunyazad.

Is Aladdin from 1001 Arabian Nights?

Aladdin is only one of 1,001 tales. Aladdin is part of a centuries-old stories-within-a-story called The Thousand and One Nights (also called The Arabian Nights).

How old is the story of Scheherazade?

After 1,001 of these well-told tales, the Sultan relents. Rimsky-Korsakov wrote Scheherazade (a symphonic suite) in the summer of 1888.

Why is it called One Thousand and One night?

The next night, as soon as she finishes the tale, she begins another one, and the king, eager to hear the conclusion of that tale as well, postpones her execution once again. This goes on for one thousand and one nights, hence the name.

What happens at the end of One Thousand and One Nights?

At the end of 1,001 nights, and 1,000 stories, Scheherazade finally told the king that she had no more tales to tell him. During the preceding 1,001 nights, however, the king had fallen in love with Scheherazade. He wisely spared her life permanently and made her his queen.

Storyline

On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand.

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This film is notable for documenting the use of the word "groovy" as a recognized slang term in American society as early as the mid-1940s.

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What is the name of the 1969 anime A Thousand and One Nights?

Japan. Language. Japanese. Box office. ¥290 million. A Thousand and One Nights ( Japanese: 千夜一夜物語, Hepburn: Senya Ichiya Monogatari) is a 1969 adult Japanese anime feature film directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, conceived by Osamu Tezuka. The film is a first part of Mushi Production 's Animerama, a series of films aimed at an adult audience.

When will the new anime dub be released?

The dubbed version of the film was very hard to find, and was considered lost for a while, however, the trailer for the English dub was recently found, and anime distributor Discotek Media discovered and restored the English dub and released it on Blu-ray alongside the original Japanese version on November 24, 2020.

When was A Thousand and One Nights made?

A Thousand and One Nights is a 1969 anime feature film directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, collaborating with Osamu Tezuka, and the first entry in Mushi Production's Animerama trilogy, a series of anime films aimed at adult audiences.

When did Fritz the Cat come out?

The film was also given an American release at some point in 1969 , complete with an English dub, predating the first American X-rated animated film, Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat, by three years. However, while the film was a hit in Japan, it did poorly in the United States, where it only received a limited release.

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