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Sanrio World Masterpiece Movie Theater Trilogy #1
Hello Kitty's Cinderella

7/22/1989 Movie 30 minutes Sanrio (distributed by Tôhô)
HATA'S ROLE
Series Director
STAFF
Series Production Supervisor: Tsuji Shintarô
Director: Kohanawa Tameo
Animation Director: Matsuyama Maya
Screenplay: Kaneharu Tomoko
Music: Aoki Nozomu
Art: Abe Yukio
Voice Actors: Koyama Mami, Shiozawa Kaneto, Tomoe Shigeko, Ukai Rumiko, Yamada Eiko, Asô Miyoko, etc.
Sanrio Anime Festival triple-feature #1.

Hello Kitty's Cinderella was released together with the next two films as a 'triple feature' in what was called the "Sanrio Anime Festival" (apparently renamed "Sanrio World Masterpiece Movie Theater" starting with the 1990 trilogy). Two more of these 'triple-features' were released over the next two years. Hata is credited as Soukantoku or series general director of every film. Additionally, he directed one film in each trilogy (Three Musketeers, Blue Bird and Journey to the West), and wrote the screenplay of two of the films (Three Musketeers and Magic Forest).

** Note that Hata was credited as director or series director in most of the Sanrio "character anime" which have been appearing since 1990 in every format, but I'm not about to start to including those.
Kiki and Lala's Blue Bird

7/22/1989 Movie 60 minutes Sanrio (distributed by Tôhô)
HATA'S ROLE
Director, Series Director
STAFF
Series Production Supervisor: Tsuji Shintarô
Animation Director: Matsuyama Maya, Akabori Mikiharu
Screenplay: Terada Shinji
Music: Satô Toshihiko
Art: Abe Yukio
Original Work: Maurice Maeterlinck's play The Blue Bird
Voice Actors: Toda Keiko, Saitô Hiromi, Furuya Tôru, Tsuru Hiromi, Yoshida Rihoko, etc.
Hata's directing contribution to #1.

At twice the length of the other two items on the docket, this film was obviously the main attraction of the first of the 'Sanrio WMT' triple-features. The film is aimed at a very young audience, but it is quite carefully crafted, and the rich visuals do a fine job of bringing to life Maeterlinck's fantasy world. This sort of pizzaz is lacking in Hata's later film in the series, Three Musketeers, in comparison with which Blue Bird seems more rewarding, at least visually. The subject matter also seems better attuned to Hata's talents, with a situation similar to that in Fairy Florence.
My Melody's Little Red Riding-Hood

7/22/1989 Movie 30 minutes Sanrio (Tôhô)
HATA'S ROLE
Series Director
STAFF
Series Production Supervisor: Tsuji Shintarô
Director: Kubo Hidemi
Animation Director: Matsuyama Maya, Suzuki Yasuhiko
Screenplay: Takayashiki Hideo
Music: Kitayama Yoshi (or Miyamoto Ichi)
Art: Abe Yukio
Voice Actors: Sakuma Rei, Nakao Ryûsei, Takiguchi Junpei, Ogai Yôko, etc.

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