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Twelve Months
Sign in to saveAlso known as The Forest is Alive, Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Mori wa Ikiteiru, World Children's Classics: The Forest That Lives
1980 animated film directed by Tetsuo Imazawa, Kimio Yabuki and Yūgo Serikawa
Film · TMDB
6.9A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her. The girl almost freezes to death in the forest, but she is rescued by the spirits of the Twelve Months, who create spring around her. The girl is able to deliver the bouquet to the queen, but others want a share of the reward.
Cast
- Shinobu Otake as Anja (voice)
- Ai Kanzaki as Queen (voice)
- Tokuko Sugiyama as Stepmother (voice)
- Mariko Mukai as Stepmother's daughter (voice)
- Ichiro Nagai as Professor (voice)
- Masashi Amenomori as Prime Minister (voice)
Themes
- fire
- fairy tale
- forest
- stepmother
- orphan
- magical object
- blizzard
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Anime · MyAnimeList
- Score
- 6.69/10 (1,175 votes)
- Rank
- #6542
- Popularity
- #11532
- Type
- Movie
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studios
- Toei Animation
Twelve Months is the story of an orphaned girl named Anya. When a spoiled princess, who is also orphaned, sees a picture of a Galanthus, she immediately wants one. However, the Galanthus only blooms in spring, in the month of April. It is New Year's Eve and there was no way that…
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