Minikui Ahiru no Ko

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Japanese

みにくいあひるの子

English

Information

Type

Movie

Aired

1968

Episodes

Duration

19 min

Studios

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Book

Rating

G - All Ages

Genres

Award Winning

Themes

Demographics

Kids

Statistics

Rank

11932

Score

5.81

Scored by

168

Popularity

19759

Members

406

Favorites

External Links

Official Site Wikipedia Minikui Ahiru no Ko

Synopsis

An stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen story.

Background

It had a limited release in 1968 and won several awards that year such as the prestigious Mainichi Film Nobuo Ofuji Award. On August 1, 1970 it had more nationwide release as a part of the Toho Champion Matsuri where several films are shown back to back for children at a discounted price over school holidays. As such, Minikui Ahiru no Ko was quadruple billed with (Space Amoeba in the US release), , and .