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Sanrio WMT Trilogy #2
Hello Kitty's Thumbelina

7/21/1990 Movie 40 minutes Sanrio (distributed by Tôhô)
HATA'S ROLE
Series Director
STAFF
Series Production Supervisor: Tsuji Shintarô
Director: Kubo Hidemi
Screenplay: Kubo Hidemi, Takaoshiki Hideo
Animation Directors: Akabori Mikiharu, Matsuyama Maya
Art: Abe Yukio
Voice Actors: Hayashibara Megumi, Asagami Yôko, etc.
Sanrio Anime Festival triple-feature #2.
Croak-Croak Keroppi's Great Adventure:
The Fantastic Beanstalk

7/21/1990 Movie 20 minutes Sanrio (distributed by Tôhô)
HATA'S ROLE
Series Director
STAFF
Series Production Supervisor: Tsuji Shintarô
Director: Mutsuki Mikkao
Animation Directors: Akabori Mikiharu, Mitsuoka Seiichi
Screenplay: Iida Jôji
Music: Honma Isato
Art: Abe Yukio
Voice Actors: Matsuo Yoshiko, Fukayuki Sanae, Ikura Kazue, Tsujimura Mahito, Tomita Kôsei, etc.
Pokopon's merry Journey to the West

7/21/1990 Movie 40 minutes Sanrio (distributed by Tôhô)
HATA'S ROLE
Director, Series Director
STAFF
Series Production Supervisor: Tsuji Shintarô
Screenplay: Terada Kenji
Animation Directors: Akabori Mikiharu, Monkyô Kôichi
Music: Kanezaki Jun'ichi
Voice Actors: Tanaka Mayumi, Kyôda Hisako, Futamata Issei, Nakao Ryûsei, Genda Tesshô, etc.
Hata's directing contribution to #2.

Again, great visuals rescue this film from descending to the level of mere 'kidsch'. This was Hata's third anime adaptation of the famous Chinese legend, and it dates only a year after the second, I'm Songokû, a TV special which he co-directed with Rin Taro.

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