A Japanese Animerama animation directed by Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto.
A team of scientists from the future transport their consciousness into the bodies of historical figures in ancient Egypt.
This is the second film in the Animerama series, following A Thousand and One Nights (1969). It was a little bit wierder and made a little less sense than the first one. The plot was not as good and there were too many characters that were not developed well enough. The animation style was mostly cartoon, with live action mixed in the beginning and end. There were some odd WTF moments like the kabuki portrayal of Ceasar's death scene. There was just as much cartoon nudity, but it didn't seem to be as effective as ATAON. There was even closer depictions of intercourse, with cartoon bodies rubbing together, but to no avail. You just can't top something like that. There were more crude jokes in the dialogue, which I did appreciate. I rate it good because it was unique and stylish and all that, but nowhere near as good as the previous year's adventures with Aladdin.
A Japanese animation directed by Eiichi Yamamoto.
A young water seller in Baghdad falls in love with a slave woman in a market. When he can't pay for her, a dust storm disrupts the procedings and he steals the woman, setting off a seemingly endless chain of events.
Such style! Being the first X rated cartoon ever made and Japanese, I had a feeling that it would be good. The plot was epic and characters memorable. The pacing kept time with events, slowing down and speeding up accordingly. The animation did not look like stereotypical anime because that style was not yet developed in 1969. It looked more like American animation styles, with some unique twists thrown in. Who would think of using live action shots in the middle of a cartoon? So unique! The soundtrack was mostly psychedelic rock, which I liked and found fitting for the time period. This is about as lewd and crude as Fritz the Cat. Animated boobs and butts cannot be counted, but there are no depictions of genitalia or penetration. All of the sex is implied, but there is a rape scene. Aladdin is seen smoking a cigar and getting drunk and there is a nobleman who gets high on his own handmade designer drugs. This noble's son eats something that he calls cordial as an aphrodisiac that makes him blow orange smoke from his nose. Some of the more violent scenes were a torture scene with badly timed screams and a fight between a triclops and a roc. I'm rating this best. It is a must see!
