Aesop's Fables

Mar 13, 1983

1h 1m

★ 6.3

Overview

Aesop is a trouble-making young boy who finds himself in another world filled with creatures he never believed to exist, such as fairies and talking donkeys. He sets off to find a way back to the normal world. On his journey he befriends many classical creatures from well-known fables and encounters many trials, each teaching him a valuable lesson.

Genres

Animation

Family

Production Companies

Toei Animation

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Cast

Chuchu

Hiroshi Otake

Barrow

Junpei Takiguchi

Pitchi

Keiko Han

la Mère d'Esope

Minori Matsushima

The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.

6.0

Thumbelina

Mar 18, 1978

A tiny girl, only as long as a man's thumb, is born to a childless woman, abducted by frogs who want her to marry their son, but escaping instead (with the help of a bumblebee) to find a real prince without having to kiss the frog first.

7.9

My Little Goat

Mar 9, 2018

A mother goat rescues her kids from the belly of a wolf, but where is her eldest son Toruku?

6.5

The Old Crocodile

Jun 6, 2005

A very old crocodile is shunned by his family after eating one of them.

0.0

The Sycamore

Jul 31, 2025

Two weary travellers seek out shade and sustenance from an idle tree. Based on the fable, "The Travellers and the Plane Tree" by Aesop.

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6.0

Rabbit Ears - The Fool and the Flying Ship

Jun 22, 1991

Long ago in Russia, a proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. But when a country bumpkin and his oddball crew of extraordinary friends show up to claim her, the dumbfounded Tsar quickly has second thoughts.

7.5

Banyan Deer

Jan 1, 1959

First Indian animated film in color, based on a tale from the Buddhist Jatakas.

4.6

The Daydreamer

Jun 1, 1966

A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and The Emperor's New Clothes.

6.5

The Grasshopper and the Ants

Feb 10, 1934

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

10.0

The Reflection

Nov 23, 2023

A dog finds a bone. Based on the fable, "The Dog and Its Reflection" by Aesop.

4.2

The Hare and the Tortoise

Jan 1, 1924

A retelling of the classic Aesop Fable, The Tortoise and the Hare.

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