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Arion

1986 · 119 min

A somber, mythic animated epic that feels like a lost Greek legend, with weighty drama and bursts of action.

Directed by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Genres: Adventure, Action, Animation
Starring: Shigeru Nakahara, Miki Takahashi, Mayumi Tanaka

Tagline: Let the Gods beware!
Overview: The story follows Arion, a young man kidnapped by Hades as a child and raised to believe that his mother was blinded by Zeus and that killing the ruler of Mount Olympus will cure her.

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Directed by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Genres: Adventure, Action, Animation
Starring: Shigeru Nakahara, Miki Takahashi, Mayumi Tanaka

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
revenge
family
power
fate
Places: fantasy world
Era: timeless
Audience: teen
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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

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Genres: adventure, action, animation, fantasy
Directed by: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Written by: Akiko Tanaka, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Starring: Shigeru Nakahara, Miki Takahashi, Mayumi Tanaka, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Bin Shimada, Masako Katsuki, Kohei Miyauchi, Toku Nishio
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography: Akio Saito
Runtime: 119 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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