The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

But there was something very specific and unique looking about that animation series and about that show that stood out from other shows that I was privy to at that age.

And weirdly enough, also unofficially, things like the anime versions of The Wizard of Oz And there's like a sequel to the wizard of Oz.

And it was one or two like fairytale things that are very dark and very interesting that I remember actually renting from the video store.

Um, just because I thought the art on the, on the videotape looked good because it was, it wasn't butchered.

No reinvention, no genre swapping, just pure, unadulterated, microscopic fidelity to L. Frank Baum's text.

We are talking about the 1986 to 1987 Japanese anime series, Ozu no Mahoutsukai, or The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

It remains one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of this franchise.

I just marvel at the fact that a Japanese animation studio managed to create one of the most faithful adaptations of a distinctly American fable.