Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures
Encyclopedia
is a 52 episode anime
series directed by Fumio Kurokawa and produced by Nippon Animation
which was first aired in 1975. The story is based on the children story "Sinbad the Sailor
".
from Baghdad
. Sinbad especially enjoys listening to the adventure stories of his uncle Hassan whom has brought sinbad a strange speaking bird named Yasmina with him from his journeys. Sinbad decides to joins his uncle and in hope of being a part of his uncle next adventure. After a giant whale
attackes the boat, he ends up on a deserted island. Sinbad, who is separated from his uncle, begins the adventure alone with only Yasmina for company. When he returns home from his first adventures, he finds to his shock that his parents are missing, since they have gone to find him and were apparently lost at sea. With no formal ties left at home in Bagdad, Sinbad sets out again in search for adventure.
Throughout the series Sinbad journeys to different destinations together with Yasmina and his friends - Ali Baba
and Aladdin
. They encounter a number of strange creatures, including a giant bird, gigantic snakes, mermaid
s, genies, Lilliputians, and hostile magicians. He also meets several other characters and enacts stories featured in Arabian Nights, including the Forty Thieves, the stories of The Genie and the Merchant, or the Flying Horse. In the end, after Sinbad has vanquished the evil magicians coming after his life, all whom he loves rejoin Sinbad, including his lost parents and his uncle, who have been captured by a malevolent supreme sorcerer.
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series directed by Fumio Kurokawa and produced by Nippon Animation
Nippon Animation
is a Japanese animation studio. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, with chief offices in the Ginza district of Chūō and production facilities in Tama City....
which was first aired in 1975. The story is based on the children story "Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad the Sailor is a fictional sailor from Basrah, living during the Abbasid Caliphate – the hero of a story-cycle of Middle Eastern origin...
".
Synopsis
Sinbad is a young boy and the son of a famous merchantMerchant
A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.Merchants can be one of two types:# A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant...
from Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
. Sinbad especially enjoys listening to the adventure stories of his uncle Hassan whom has brought sinbad a strange speaking bird named Yasmina with him from his journeys. Sinbad decides to joins his uncle and in hope of being a part of his uncle next adventure. After a giant whale
Whale
Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti . This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga...
attackes the boat, he ends up on a deserted island. Sinbad, who is separated from his uncle, begins the adventure alone with only Yasmina for company. When he returns home from his first adventures, he finds to his shock that his parents are missing, since they have gone to find him and were apparently lost at sea. With no formal ties left at home in Bagdad, Sinbad sets out again in search for adventure.
Throughout the series Sinbad journeys to different destinations together with Yasmina and his friends - Ali Baba
Ali Baba
Ali Baba is a fictional character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves...
and Aladdin
Aladdin
Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
. They encounter a number of strange creatures, including a giant bird, gigantic snakes, mermaid
Mermaid
A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female human head, arms, and torso and the tail of a fish. A male version of a mermaid is known as a "merman" and in general both males and females are known as "merfolk"...
s, genies, Lilliputians, and hostile magicians. He also meets several other characters and enacts stories featured in Arabian Nights, including the Forty Thieves, the stories of The Genie and the Merchant, or the Flying Horse. In the end, after Sinbad has vanquished the evil magicians coming after his life, all whom he loves rejoin Sinbad, including his lost parents and his uncle, who have been captured by a malevolent supreme sorcerer.
Characters
- SinbadSinbadSinbad or Sindbad may refer to:* Sinbad the Sailor, from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, also known as Arabian Nights* Sinbad the Sailor, an alias of Edmond Dantes in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo...
- The hero of the series. Sinbad is a young boy from Baghdad who decided to be adventurous as his uncle in order to became known as an adventurer and a merchant. - Yasmina - A speaking bird given to Sinbad by his sea-faring uncle. It later turns out that she is actually a princess cursed into the form of a bird by a malevolent sorcerer. At the end of the series, she is restored to human form and reunited with her parents.
- Ali BabaAli BabaAli Baba is a fictional character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves...
- A good friend of Sinbad and Aladdin. A former desert raider and daring adventurer who was abandoned by his band after he had a change of heart and subsequently joins Sinbad on his adventures. He is very good with using ropes. - AladdinAladdinAladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
- A wise and elderly man. The original finder of the GenieGenieJinn or genies are supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings that occupy a parallel world to that of mankind. Together, jinn, humans and angels make up the three sentient creations of Allah. Religious sources say barely anything about them; however, the Qur'an mentions that...
's lamp, he fell upon hard times when his wealth attracted hostile forces and so had to make a living as a ferryman in Egypt. After Sinbad helps him against a plagueish river genie asking riddles of everyone crossing his section of the NileNileThe Nile is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is long. It runs through the ten countries of Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt.The Nile has two major...
, Ali Baba joins Sinbad on his adventures. - Hassan - A poor young street boy who is Sinbad's best friend in Bagdad, despite his low social status. He works as a water seller in the streets and has three pesky, pre-adolescent brothers.
Music
| English | Japanese | Position | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinbad's Adventures | Shindobatto no bouken | Japanese Japanese language is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an... Opening |
Mitsuko Horie Mitsuko Horie is a Japanese seiyū and singer. She was born on March 8, 1957 in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. She has voiced several characters throughout her career, such as Sailor Galaxia in Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars and Remi in the Nippon Animation World Masterpiece Theater series Remi, Nobody's Girl... |
| Sinbad's Song | Shindobatto no uta | Japanese Japanese language is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an... Ending |
Mitsuko Horie Mitsuko Horie is a Japanese seiyū and singer. She was born on March 8, 1957 in Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. She has voiced several characters throughout her career, such as Sailor Galaxia in Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars and Remi in the Nippon Animation World Masterpiece Theater series Remi, Nobody's Girl... |
Alternative Titles
- アラビアンナイト シンドバットの冒険 (Japanese title)
- Los viajes de Simbad (Spanish title)
- Przygody Sindbada (Polish title)
- Shirab, il ragazzo di Bagdad (Italian title)
- Sinbad de Zeeman (Dutch title)
- Sinbad le marin (French title)
- Sinbad no Bouken (Japanese title)
- Sindbad (German title)
- The Arabian Nights: Adventures of Sinbad
- مغامرات سندباد (Arabic title)
- ماجراهای سندباد (Persian title)