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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

1989 · 95 min

A lavishly animated dream adventure that shifts from whimsical wonder to genuinely eerie nightmare imagery, leaving a lingering sense of childhood awe and dread.

Directed by: Masami Hata, William T. Hurtz
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family
Starring: Takuma Gono, Chikao Ohtsuka, Hiroko Kasahara

Tagline: Take off on a wonderful adventure with "Little Nemo."
Overview: A little boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his own fantasy, which is everything he has dreamed of, until he unleashes an old secret that may not only destroy this perfect dream world but reality itself.

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Directed by: Masami Hata, William T. Hurtz
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family
Starring: Takuma Gono, Chikao Ohtsuka, Hiroko Kasahara

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
family
survival
redemption
Places: fantasy world
home
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: animated
musical
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	6
Horror	5
Humour	5
Realism	2
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: adventure, animation, family, fantasy
Directed by: Masami Hata, William T. Hurtz, Masanori Hata
Written by: Ray Bradbury, Chris Columbus, Richard Outten
Starring: Takuma Gono, Chikao Ohtsuka, Hiroko Kasahara, Kenji Utsumi, Taro Ishida, Tessyo Genda, Mari Yokoo, Hiroshi Otake
Music: Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker
Cinematography: Hajime Hasegawa
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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