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Marina and Friz(Fritz?) from Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.Y'know... the blonde version? And the lil' whale? Remember? Eh? ...
This version was one of my first movies and I found it again in our old-old VHS collection a couple of months ago. It still makes me cry till this day. :[
I just realized this version is anime-looking. I guess it was my first anime before I knew anime could even be a word! D:
Watch it here (better than Disney's I promise ye!): [link]
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Ahhh I watched it at the age of 6, if not 5! I cried my eyes out! It was extra shocking because I only knew the Disney version, had no idea about Andersen's tale, and I was 100% sure it was gonna end happily, and then such a twist
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I also like it better than the Disney version
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OMG just watched this amazing movie with my little sister earlier today! The powerful ending led us both in tears, which is rare for me because I hardly ever cry at movies these days. I prefer this version than the Disney version. It's more loyal to the orignal story and Marina is a better character than Ariel (who I still love anyway).
confession time: I secretly kind of ship Marina and Fritz! π
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Inorite! It's much more sad and moving, because it's much closer to the source story.
They are both fishes, right? lol
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This version is definitely better than Disney's commercialized crap. It bugs me that 99% of people my age worship Disney just because of nostalgic reasons - honestly, the only reason most people think Disney feature films are better than any animation made today is that they watched those films as kids >_<
Andersen's tale is such a moving, beautiful story... And the Japanese actually respected it. Pretty much the only con of the film is the random side plot with the malicious cat.
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I've never seen all of Disney's version, but I guess they've changed it from the original to keep it a little more kid friendly? I know I cried my eyes out when she died in this version, and I guess Disney wanted to prevent that from happening to millions of little kids around the globe XD
I'd say this version does beat Disney's version, howver
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Yeah, Disney's version's got a happy ending where the mermaid gets her prince in the end and stays human forever yaddayaddayadda... To describe in more detail, the main differences are:
1) Ariel does exchange her voice for the sea witch (Ursula) for legs, but that's the only con she gets for becoming a human: unlike in the fairy tale, her every step doesn't hurt like walking on knives. (Well, to be fair, I don't remember this being included in the anime either.) Also, the original tale said something about cutting the mermaid's tongue off, while Disney of course talks only about losing the voice.
2) The sea witch is the primary antagonist in the film. Kinda boring if you ask me - the way Disney thinks there always has to be a clear villain who wants to take over the throne or something similar.
3) In Ariel and Ursula's contract there was nothing about Ariel dying if the prince had married another girl: the contract was "You've got three days to get a kiss from him and if you don't succeed you'll be a mermaid again".
3) And yes, the film ends happily: after Ursula is defeated, Ariel's father transforms her into a human permanently, without any pain, and Ariel marries Eric, end of story.
So yes, I prefer Marina to Ariel.
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Β‘waaaaaa OoO!!! La sirenita Marina, con ella me traumΓ© despuΓ©s de ver la sirenita de DisneyΒ‘
T-T I REMEMBER this final!
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Beautiful fan art! I never owned it on VHS, but I still love this movie. It's good to see so many people out there that know about this movie 
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It's the very first movie I cried about. It's just more emotional than the Disney one.
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I wrote an article about this film, you can read it here : www.theredanimation.canalblog.com !
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Thanks! It's a great read by the way
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Great!
Yeah, I love how other adaptations of "The Little Mermaid" stay much more faithful to the original story, unlike what Disney tried to do (they say that they were going to make Ariel blonde, but later decided to change it to red).
They made Marina (a nice name, by the way) look very pretty and I also like that expression they gave her towards the end of the film, when I think she was walking up the stairs-- really adds to the sad, but touching ending.
At first, I wondered what was up with the cute-looking dolphin, but realized that he was added there so the mermaid could have someone to talk to, rather than herself.
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I have that one!That made me cry to death when I was little,awesome art.
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And thanks!
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aww she's really cute I actually saw this yesterday the hans christians anderson's version. It was really sad at the end.
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I think that's the closest interpretation of Christian Anderson's original story. If only Disney's The Little Mermaid were that good!
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Whoa. Im surprised to see BOOBS in your gallery
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Ah, Gabbeh made me laff.
You're anti BEWBS.
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I remember this because the eel witch was horrifying to me. I still have this VHS as well. <3
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Aww, it's so sweet! 
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