#jack and the beanstalk (1974)

[thenewnio]

Here's a fantasy/mystery quest idea!

Yon adventuring party come across a castle with a princess who acts strangely obedient and childlike. Her apparent "mama", who oddly looks nothing like the princess, treats her like a pet or a doll to play with and dress up, while seemingly having big plans for the girl. Meanwhile, there are clues suggesting that something is very wrong here, I.E. no sign of the castle servants other than the knights, who never speak or remove their armor; the princess not having any memory of what a father is; the mother both forbidding the princess from ever leaving the castle and making subtle attempts to do away with the party; etc. The party is left with the choice to either flee the castle and get help, or to solve the mystery themselves.

Solution:

Backstory: The princess was cursed by a witch who has taken over the castle, posing as the princess’s mother. The curse regressed the princess’s mind to a childlike state and erased her memories.

Knights: The knights are actually golems created from empty suits of armor by the witch to guard the castle.

Servants: The castle’s real inhabitants have been turned into insects by the witch.

Witch's Plan: The witch plans to control the kingdom through the princess or use her as a pawn in a larger scheme.

Clues: Ancient tomes, hidden passages, old portraits showing the true royal family, strange behavior from the princess, the local insects acting abnormally intelligent and hidden letters or diaries revealing the truth.

Plot Developments:

Discovery: The party uncovers the true nature of the “mama” through investigation, piecing together clues from old records and aid from their own enchanted items.

Conflict: Confronting the witch involves navigating traps, battling animated suits of armor, and breaking the spells over the princess and servants.

Resolution: The party can either free the princess and the castle from the enchantment or seek external help to muster a larger force against the malevolent power.

[albertonykus]

Which Stories from the Doraemon Manga Have Not Been Translated into English?

When I compiled my spreadsheet of Doraemon manga chapters available in English, I noted that 16 stories from the manga remain untranslated. (That number only covers Doraemon manga by the original author, Fujiko F. Fujio, and not the various spin-offs and adaptations by other authors.) However, at the time I hadn't gone to the trouble of tracking down exactly which ones these were. I have now done the work, so here I can provide the complete list of Doraemon manga stories unavailable in English.

As I'd observed previously, none of the stories featuring the retconned character Gachako were translated, of which there are five in total:

"ドラえもん対ガチャ子" ("Doraemon vs. Gachako", 1970)

"ロボットのガチャ子" ("Gachako the Robot", 1970)

"きょうりゅうが来た" ("A Dinosaur is Here", 1970)

"まほうのかがみ" ("Magic Mirror", 1970)

"おかしなでんぱ" ("Strange Electromagnetic Waves", 1970)

In addition to those, the following Doraemon stories lack official English translations:

"ドラえもんのおとしだま" ("Doraemon's New Year's Money", 1971): Doraemon tricks Nobita and his friends into giving him money for New Year's. (Early Doraemon had a somewhat different personality from what we're used to now...) A two-page bonus comic drawn to promote a manga contest.

"遊園地になる木" ("A Tree That Becomes an Amusement Park", 1972): Doraemon plants a tree that does what the title implies. Out of all the untranslated Doraemon stories, this is the only one for which I can't think of any obvious explanation for why it has been omitted. It's a very short, one-page comic directed at kindergarteners, but other such Doraemon stories have been translated for the Kindle release, so... I've got nothing.

"はりええほんドラえもん" ("Sticker Picture Book Doraemon", 1973): An interactive comic in which the reader is encouraged to cut out provided images and glue them into blank spaces to complete the plot. Notably features the earliest appearance of the Mini Doraemons. Given that English Doraemon comics have primarily been released in digital format, it's understandable why this story has not been translated.

"じゅん番入れかわりそうち" ("Order Changer", 1974): Title page pictured above. This was the introduction to the Dorami spin-off in which she takes care of Nobita's identical-looking distant relative, Nobitaro. The other stories from the spin-off were later redrawn to be part of the main Doraemon series, rendering this one out of place for most future releases.

"ドラえもん百科" ("The Doraemon Encyclopedia", 1975): A bonus comic presenting an illustrated guide to Doraemon's gadgets, first published in vol. 6 of the 45-volume Doraemon print compilation. Based on the art style, this entry was not illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio himself, and it was not included in The Complete Works of Fujiko F. Fujio. It really only qualifies for this list on the technicality of being printed in the 45-volume set (the contents of which were selected by Fujio). Not to be confused with "ドラえもん大事典", which despite also translating to "The Doraemon Encyclopedia" and having been first published in 1975, is included in the English Kindle release.

"ジャックと豆の木" ("Jack and the Beanstalk", 1975): Gian asks Doraemon for a giant beanstalk. This story was released as part of Fujio's Shonen SF Short Story Collection, so it is technically not part of the Doraemon series. However, given that it features Doraemon characters as protagonists, it can be considered a Fujio-authored Doraemon story.

"ドラえもんの大ひみつ" ("Doraemon's Big Secret", 1976): A two-page bonus comic in which Nobita learns Doraemon's backstory.

"未来の遊び百科" ("Future Game Encyclopedia", 1976): Doraemon shows Nobita games that people will play in the 22nd Century. Much of the material from this comic was later merged with "ドラえもん大事典" ("The Doraemon Encyclopedia") when the latter was reprinted in vol. 11 of the 45-volume set.

"さよならハンカチ" ("Goodbye Handkerchief", 1980): A two-page bonus comic drawn as a prize for a contest in which readers could send in their own gadget concepts.

"シューズセット" ("Shoe Set", 1980): A two-page bonus comic drawn as a prize for a contest in which readers could send in their own gadget concepts.

"人間そっくりたまご" ("Human Lookalike Egg", 1981): A three-page bonus comic drawn as a prize for a contest in which readers could send in their own gadget concepts.

That covers the 16 missing entries based on the total number of Fujio-authored Doraemon stories recognized by Yasuyuki Yokoyama, professor of education at the University of Toyama and founder of Doraemonology (yes, that’s a thing). However, there are a couple of remaining stories that should arguably be considered as well, and also remain untranslated:

"道路光線" ("Pathway Beam", 1980): A two-page bonus comic drawn as a prize for a contest in which readers could send in their own gadget concepts. Yokoyama didn't count this as a separate story because it was expanded in 1981 into a regular-length chapter, "歩け歩け月までも" ("Walking to the Moon") (which is available in English), but the argument could be made that it should be, much like how he considered the original short version of "Nobita's Dinosaur" and its extended Doraemon Long Stories version independent entries.

"ドラQパーマン" ("Dora Q Perman", 1979): A crossover with two of Fujio's other series, Obake no Q-Tarō and Perman. This story was primarily drawn by Hideo Shinoda, which is why it was omitted from Yokoyama's list. However, Fujio is still credited as one of the authors and it is included in The Complete Works of Fujiko F. Fujio.

I have added all of the above stories to my spreadsheet so that it now doubles as a complete list of Fujio-authored Doraemon entries.

If there is a takeaway to all of this, it's that the English Kindle release really is a very complete record of the Doraemon manga. If you read every Doraemon story available on Kindle in English, you will have read nearly every Doraemon work made by the original author, outside of a few exceptional outliers. That being said, it's clear that the Kindle version takes some liberties with its translation (as I have previously noted), so if one wishes to gain an accurate picture of the original dialogue, the Japanese version should always be consulted when possible.

[todayingetty]

Jack & The Beanstalk, 20 July 1974

[lazsrealm]

Jack and the Beanstalk #207-63

Jack and the Beanstalk (A Little Golden Book) Retold by  Stella Williams Nathan (Author), Dora Leder (Illustrator) Golden Press 1974 Synopsis: A retelling of the tale about a poor boy who climbs a magic beanstalk and regains his father’s fortune from the giant who stole it. 1973 JACK and the BEANSTALK – Little Golden Book (Preview)- Retold by Stella Williams Nathan -Illustrated by Dora Leder –…

[jeremiah225]

What happened to the dog did he get formed Back To human only for mice's they turn humans that doesn't make any sense they haven't got saved but they live happily ever after they still poor that doesn't make any sense the film doesn't make any sense if you guys pre-order 1974 Japanese Jack and the beanstalk film you're an idiot I hate to say it I would just say I respect to the past but that film is absolute crap garbage 🗑️

[muttonchopsalley]

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the original release of this 1974 anime film adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk.

[bigandtalltales]

Hunter Black Page 187 - There Is No Room There For You

What I Said Then: "'Blah blah blah, you ape,' is one of those things I’ve always wanted to write. It’s something that villains who look down their noses at the heroes say, and truth be told, if I was a villain, I would look down my nose at heroes. That’s something I’ve shamelessly stolen from who knows how many writers that I love. I’d like to think that if Ckazannisch made Maliya this offer when she wasn’t recovering from a poisoning of the soul, she would not have accepted. But for now, she just wants this to be over."

What I'm Saying Now: One of my favorite animated films as a kid was the 1974 Jack and the Beanstalk -- maybe my first exposure to something that might be described as anime. You can follow the link to the ENTIRE MOVIE on YouTube for free. It's a delight. I bring this up because it has one of the best uses of the line, "You ape," in movie history.

[limestoner]

Had stream party earlier Watchin “Are Hou Happy?” aka Jack in the Branstalk (1974).

Friend: “Is this the dog’s song?”

Me: “No. this is ‘You’re silly if you think it miiiiight…’”

That’s the beanstalk growang. But I’ve heard dumber reasons for a song. Like Nack singing gleeflukly about selling the family’s poor cow. Anyway the mouse comes all the way down (exhausting) she then leads them all the way back up (damn that’s impressive) and Jack sees a zombie girl with turnip shaped hair.

Margaret: (calmly) My parents were destroyed by a witch.

He watches Margaret stop a cloud with her hand, talk blithely about how she doesn’t think about her parents being obliterated because it’s been a long time, and sees Margaret set off on a cloud singing about how high she is because she is marrying her wonderful Prince Tulip.

Jack just walks up to anybody. He walked up to her when she is clearly high as a kite. Soon, Hack is high is anciiitr:

Jack:” we are rich, rich! As rich as any bitch. We are flying higher than a kite.” 🎶 while he and his mother weee dancing while the dog start r to sing.

⬆️The dog when he seen out as a baby

Dog. “Somewhere go there you have to climb high silver moon at least we ‘gree….. you and I!!!!”

Friend was disappointed that only the humans did all the talking except that one song by the dog. Liked that the kingdom was full of mice but kept asking if there were any people of average earthly human size. I’m not sure why.

We had wondered how on earth the mother gave birth to the giant as he started destroying everything in his path because he “smelt a human!” Well Jack was behind like 5 walls and inside a cauldron with a lid. But later when Jack was right near the giant, Tulip didn’t turn into a human-sniffing giant.

The giant by the way likes to lie on the uncomfortable trashte in the castle, get out a mini robot that looks like his mother so she can insult him, then smash her.

Jack also walked up to the man playing the renassaince synthesizer renaissance I mean like it was safe in though this is a large strange man. And Jack didn’t grar that the man had ab eye patch for literally no reason and laughed maniacally for also no reason and the cow Jack got beaten by his mother but what will happen to the cow. Jack was way too happy about the song about no one wants a cow that doesn’t give milkZ and why was Kack just standing there while the cow strained and strained for milk to come out.

But of course the crowning moment of this film is the wedding scene. The mother, Madame Hecuba, watches with sinister glee as Tulip Carrie’s Margaret on his hand stand before the priest. The priest who sings the film’s most poignant tune.

Priest: “The two of you stand here in front of me tonight. Are you HAPPYyyYyyYY!?”

Evrythint is all nuclear green. Then it is magentaish blood when the mother imagines herself as queen while thrninf the couple into rodents.

Then golden yellow as Tulip imagines swinging on a wedding bell with Margaret? Is that what he thinks marriage will be like? Then Margaret imagines herself flying in the full color night sky with “Prince Tulip” as she imagines him. Same size as she is and conventionally attractive.

So why is Margaret’s fantasy the one with all the colors

Anyway there’s a showdown with the gang and the mother and the giant on a football field in a smoke rib cage only for her to get stomped by the giant. Everyone acts like everything is settled and there are no more loose ends and have a big conversation about it while Tulip is sitting by himself thinking. Just then, Jack and the dog show up to start the fight back up and use their best looney toons pranks to antagonize Tulip.

Jack rather unceremoniously leaves the cloud kingdom abs You he giant follows him roenZ. Jack gets to the bottom andabs decides to cut the beanstalk even though: it means he can’t see amqrgar t again, I know the giant would cause damage if it got down to the ground but it’s going to ruin the day of the people he lands on.

No one’s happier than I. I see a giant falling from the sky.

[ncfan-1]

I’m sorry, I know it’s supposed to be an intense, creepy scene, but whenever I think about Father Burroughs’s hallucination church service, all I can see is this:

Like, same energy with the weird paper-parishioner things, exactly the same energy.

[yazzydream]

I’m rewatching that Jack and the Beanstalk American/Anime movie, and I’m baffled at how this had to have been storyboarded and then went ahead and animated it all anyway without anyone stopping and going ‘hold up, this doesn’t make any sense together.’

I get the feeling this was trying to go with a Cinderella Disney route, what this all the chorus-y music and nonsensical sounding mimey mice characters.

But there’s also the Popeye-Bluto like bean seller.

And finally the distinctly Road Runner/Looney Tunes end--

and I’m getting the feeling that someone looked at all these very different cartoons from different cartoon studios and decided, ‘yes this is quintessential American animation.’

[superjerrbear-81]

There's a story behind this. When I was about seven or eight years old, I watched most of this movie while waiting for my dad to assist me in getting dressed for school. We both woke up early because it was easier for him to get me ready before he went to work. The typical morning routine consisted of my bath, then he puts me in bed while I wait for him to finish showering and dressing. In the meantime, I got to watch TV.

IIRC, I missed the last 10 or 15 minutes of this movie. While he was helping me get dressed and in my wheelchair, I missed the ending. I was able to pay attention as I was being dressed. I was very disappointed to miss the ending, but I didn't think it wise to complain too much. But, it only took one complaint for my dad to offer up some advice. He told me I could probably catch it again as a rerun.

With this in mind, I spent the next two weeks randomly checking the Guide Channel every few hours to see if it was back on. Of course, I couldn't check it during specific times of the day, so it may have rerun while I was at school or asleep. I didn't forget about the movie, but I stopped looking for it. Then, I suddenly had an inkling to check YouTube.

I couldn't remember if it was simply called Jack and the Beanstalk or if it went by some other name, so I typed "Jack and the Beanstalk with a princess" into the search bar. Sure enough, the first result was a clip from the movie. I investigated the first result, but the movie playing immediately after the clip was the last thing I expected. I didn't even notice it in the video queue.

For the sake of argument, let's say I was seven years old. Wow, it only took me 34 years to finally finish watching this movie! It was nice to revisit something I gave up on because I couldn't catch it at the right time. This movie had more influence on me than I thought.

The first thing I noted on this second viewing is the animation style. Once upon a time, I was obsessed with anime. If my timeline is correct, this would be the first official anime I've ever seen. At the time, after seeing the princess's design, I wanted to see more cartoons in that style. Other than her design, this looks like a typical 70s animated cartoon.

I originally thought Voltron, Superbook, and The Flying House were my first brushes with anime (I still consider Vampire Hunter D my first true introduction to the concept of anime), but this movie precedes them by a year. Still, I'm not ruling out the possibility that I had an earlier brush with anime preceding Jack and the Beanstalk.

For as long as I remember, I've been in love with falling in love. The first movie to reinforce this is still The Princess Bride, but this one is the second one. Something about Jack and Margaret's interactions made me want that for myself. The romance aspect was my second favorite part of this movie.

My number one favorite part was the action. There's not much of it, but what they have is entertaining. Too bad I missed the ending the first time around because I would've loved the final act.

Jack and the Beanstalk also solidified me into a lifelong fan of the underdog. I was already a fan before this movie, but this movie caused me to be more interested in underdog stories. Although I'm sure if I hadn't seen it, something else would have made me a fan of underdog stories.

As a kid, I was very familiar with the original story, so I knew this one could only end one way. Considering the only way for Jack to see Margaret again is if he gets more magical beans to grow a new beanstalk, it's highly unlikely they'll have a full happily ever after. On the upside, at least the adventure led to Jack having a better life. He and his mother don't have to worry about money issues anymore.

One last thing, am I the only one that finds it a little dark how happy the cow is to be taken to the butcher? Animals are clearly shown to understand the people in the story, yet the cow happily comes along after Jack's mother tells him to sell her to the butcher…

[coppercookie]

Jack and the beanstalk (1974)

I'm not too familiar with the jack in the beanstalk story but this seems to follow it until Jack reaches the castle in the clouds where a witch has turn all the inhabitants into mice except for the princess who she plans to hypnotise into marrying her son the giant. So it is up to Jack, his dog and the mice to save the princess and return everything to normal.

This movie is weird it sort of feels like watching a Disney movie while having a fever from a flu. I left out the stuff that led nowhere like the golden chicken and talking harp but there is this really weird romance plot between the dog and one of the girls who were turned into mice which was sort of uncomfortable. The dog never talks until he has a ballad out of nowhere just to go back to not talking. Jack is honestly kind of an asshole so it is hard to root for him especially when he antagonised the giant after he calmed down. I'm getting tired of Toei movies all having mice side characters mice are cute and all but other small animals exist.

The worst things about Jack and the beanstalk is the pacing and music numbers. For all of the stuff that happens in the movie it still feels dreadfully slow and the dated music definitely didn't help.

If you are curious check it out but I'm sure there are better adaptations with a tighter structure out there.

The list

[whencartoonsruletheworld]

don’t even talk to me if your wedding wasn’t like this

[thealmightyemprex]

Top 10 Animated Fairy Tale films

Did my top 10 Live action fairy tale films,her are the animated ones

10.Jack and the Beanstalk 1974-A very unique and a bit odd adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk

9.Wonderful World of Puss in Boots -A delightful telling of the classic Puss In Boots fairy tale

8.Hoodwinked -A parody of Little Red Riding Hood told from multiple perspectives

7.Tangled :Love the songs and the romance in this telling of Rapunzel

6.Little Mermaid 1989-Great characters and music make this a classic

5.Shrek 2-Gold standard for fairy tale parodies

4.Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs -Of the classic Disney fairytales this one FEELS most like a fairy tale

3.Beauty and the Beast :A cinematic classic

2.Puss In Boots the Last Wish :ALmost made this number one

1.Sleeping Beauty -Pitch Perfect fairy tale movie for me

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[lazsrealm]

Walt Disney's Mickey and the Beanstalk #103-59

View the Flipbook LGB Book #103-59 (1988) By Dina Anastasio and illustrated by Sharon Ross. Originally published: March 12, 1974 A classic Disney Little Golden Book, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy, in their own version of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk. This Little Golden Book is based on the animated movie originally released in 1947 as one of the two stories in the film…

[philicheesecake]

The name of the cartoon is "jack and the beanstalk 1974". There is a girl there - Princess Margaret and she has exactly the same hairstyle as your Eli.

Omg she’s adorable! I totally see the resemblance in the hair lol