Magic Boy (movie)

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Alternative title:
Der Zauberer und die Banditen (German)
El pequeño samurai (Spanish)
Magic Boy, el pequeno Samuraï (Spanish)
O Menino Mágico (Portuguese)
Shōnen Sarutobi Sasuke (Japanese)
The Adventures of Little Samurai
Young Sasuke Sarutobi
少年猿飛佐助 (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, magic
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Sasuke is a young boy living in a forest with his sister. Surrounded by friendly wild animals, one day one of them is captured and devoured by a sorceress. Set on defeating this evil magician, Sasuke leaves his home and begins a journey in order to acquire ninja skills powerful enough to confront her.
User Ratings: 20 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (others:1
1 German dubbed
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 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Very good: 3 votes (dub:1, sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
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 Good: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Decent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 2 votes (dub:1, sub:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 67 users, rank: #6437 (of 10449)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.350 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.9818, rank: #6739 (of 10631)
Weighted mean: 6.510 (Good−), rank: #6075 (of 10631) (seen all: 6.51)
Bayesian estimate: 6.870 (Good), rank: #4251 (of 8051)
Running time: 83 minutes
Vintage: 1959-12-25
Premiere date:
1959-12-25 (Japan)
1961-06-22 (USA)
1962-01-04 (Brazil-Cinema)
Release dates: We have 2
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 3
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DVD (Region 1)
    Magic Boy (DVD) 2014-07-21

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director:
Akira Daikubara
Taiji Yabushita
Script:
Michihei Muramatsu
Toppei Matsumura
Story: Kazuo Dan
Music:
Satoshi Funemura
Toru Funamura
Character Design:
Akira Daikubara
Hideo Furusawa
Art Director:
Reiji Koyama
Seigo Shindo
Executive producer: Hiroshi Ōkawa

Animation:
Chikao Tera
Daikichirō Kusube
Kazuko Nakamura
Masatake Kita
Reiko Okuyama
Shūji Konno
Taku Sugiyama
Background Art:
Kazue Itō
Mataji Urata
Saburo Yokoi
Color: Kōichi Maeba
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Ōta
Eiko Itō
Etsuko Inaba
Gisaburō Sugii
Haruko Kasai
Junko Ichimura
Katsuko Kikuchi
Katsuko Kubota
Katsuya Oda
Kazumi Sakai
Keiko Ishino
Kenzō Takao
Kyōko Nakatani
Machiko Dazai
Makoto Nagasawa
Masako Ishizawa
Masako Sekiguchi
Masayo Oigata
Michihiko Yoshida
Midori Suzuki
Miyo Yamada
Mochitsugu Yoshida
Motoaki Ishii
Noboru Sekiai
Nobuko Takeo
Nobuyuki Fukushima
Norio Hikone
Norio Katta
Reiko Hanada
Sadao Kikuchi
Shigeyuki Hayashi
Shinpachirō Takamatsu
Shōji Etō
Sumiko Naganuma
Susumu Akasaka
Takao Kodama
Tamae Matsuzumi
Tetsuta Ikuya
Tomekichi Takeuchi
Tomoko Hondani
Toshiko Nakayama
Toyohei Horikawa
Tsutomu Tominaga
Yasuo Yamamuro
Yasusaburō Watanabe
Yōichi Kotabe
Yōko Katō
Yoshio Aiso
Yuko Motofuji
Key Animation:
Akira Daikubara
Hideo Furusawa
Masao Kumagawa
Yasuji Mori
Yasuo Ōtsuka
Photography:
Akio Yamamoto
Mitsuaki Ishikawa
Seigō Ōtsuka
Planning:
Hideyuki Takahashi
Sanae Yamamoto
Production manager: Seiichi Moro
Recording:
Hisashi Kato
Takeshi Mori
Theme Song Lyrics:
Hiroshi Iwase
Tetsuro Hoshino
Teruo Miyazaki as Sasuke Sarutobi

Harue Akagi as Yasha-Hime O-Mon
Hiroko Sakuramachi as Oyû
Katsuo Nakamura as Yukimura Sanada
Kenji Susukida as Hakuunsai Tozawa
Ryōei Itō as Okera no Kinta
Shunji Sakai as Batta no Sanji
Tomoko Matsushima as Okei-chan
Yoshio Yoshida as Yamaarashi no Gonkurō

Kazuo Iwata as Gatekeeper

Akira Kishii
Kasei Kinoshita
Kuniko Kashii
Mitsuko Asō
Tokuko Sugiyama
Japanese companies
Production: Toei Animation
English staff
English cast
Singer: Danny Valentino (Magic Boy Song)
Theme Song Composition: Ray Ellis (Magic Boy Song)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Fred Spielman (Magic Boy Song)
Janice Torre (Magic Boy Song)
Billie Lou Watt as Sasuke Sarutobi (uncredited)

Anthony La Penna as Yukimura's Servant (uncredited)
George Gonneau as Sanada Yukimura (uncredited)

Daws Butler
Hans Conried
English companies
Broadcaster: Turner Classic Movies (USA; 2003)
Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment
Licensed by:
Warner Bros.
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
(none)
Miguel Ángel Herros as Saske
Rocio Garcel as Hermana de Saske

Antonio Passy as Ermitaño
Guillermo Bianchi as Gonkoro
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Cartoon Network España (Spain)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Broadcaster: ZDF
German cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Garcia Júnior as Sasuke

Darcy Pedrosa as Príncipe Yukimura
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Rede Globo
Dubbing Studio: Herbert Richers
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