The Story of Cinderella
1996 • Tatsunoko Production
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 1996
- Episodes
- 26
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Tatsunoko Production · Marubeni
- Genres
- Adventure · Fantasy · Romance
Cinderella is the only daughter of a fairly wealthy family. When her mother dies, his father marries a widow with 2 daughters then goes travelling for business. Cinderella eventually becomes the slave of her stepmother and stepsisters. The Prince on the other hand, lives a boring life in the castle and one day escapes and pretends to be a commoner. Cinderella meets him through an accidental bump and becomes his bestfriend not knowing that he really is the prince. There are other twists to this tale including another villain in the person of the king's right hand who is plotting to take over the throne once he eliminates the prince. After a series of events and stories told, the castle holds a Royal ball for the prince to be able to choose a wife. Every maiden in the kingdom receives an invitation. When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from her pets dog, mice, cat and birds, and from her Fairy Godmother.
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The Story of Cinderella, produced by Tatsunoko Production and aired in 1996, emerged during a period when Japanese animation studios were revisiting classic Western fairy tales for episodic television. This series was designed to provide a gentle, expansive retelling of the traditional Cinderella narrative, stretching the source material to fit a multi-episode format that allowed for greater character development and world-building compared to condensed film versions.
The animation reflected the studio's mid-nineties house style, prioritizing a soft, approachable aesthetic suited for a younger target audience. While Tatsunoko Production was more widely recognized for its action and science fiction series, this project demonstrated their capacity for character-driven fantasy, receiving moderate reception as a reliable, albeit conventional, contribution to the saturated genre of fairytale adaptations prevalent in late twentieth-century anime.
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