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The Fairytaler
''The Fairytaler'' ( da, Der var engang...) is a 2002 Danish animated television series based on the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. and It was also the second anthology series adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's works right after Andersen Stories ended. An English dub was eventually produced in later years. List of episodes # The Little Mermaid # The Emperor's New Clothes # The Nightingale # The Tinderbox # The Ugly Duckling # The Wild Swans # The Hardy Tin Soldier # The Travelling Companion # The Swineherd # The Flying Trunk # The Beetle # What the Old Man Does is Right # The Galoshes of Fortune # The Golden Treasure # The Professor and the Flea # The Fir-Tree # The Snow Queen, Part 1 # The Snow Queen, Part 2 # The Snowman (half-long episode) # The Bottleneck # Thumbelina # The Jumper (half-long episode) # Jack The Fool # It's Quite True (half-long episode) # Ollie Shuteye (half-long episode) # The Lovers (half-long episode) # Little Ida's Flowers (half-long ...
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Animation
Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Computer animation can be very detailed Computer animation#Animation methods, 3D animation, while Traditional animation#Computers and traditional animation, 2D computer animation (which may have the look of traditional animation) can be used for stylistic reasons, low bandwidth, or faster real-time renderings. Other common animation methods apply a stop motion technique to two- and three-dimensional objects like cutout animation, paper cutouts, puppets, or Clay animation, clay figures. A cartoon is an animated film, usually a short film, featuring an cartoon, exaggerated visual style. The style takes inspiration from comic strips, often featuring anthropomorphi ...
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Andersen Monogatari (TV Series)
''Hans Christian Andersen'', also known as ''Paramount Pictures Presents Hans Christian Andersen'' and known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime anthology series based on the legendary stories of Hans Christian Andersen which aired on Fuji TV from January 3 to December 26, 1971. It consists of 52 episodes and was produced by Mushi Production and Zuiyo Enterprise. Third entry in the ''Calpis Comic Theater'', a precursor of the World Masterpiece Theater series. Zuiyo Enterprise, would split in 1975 into Nippon Animation Company, Ltd. (which employed some of the anime's production staff and continued with the World Masterpiece Theater franchise) and Zuiyo Company, Ltd., which retained the rights of the series along with Mushi Production. Premise The series has been broadcast three years after ''The World of Hans Christian Andersen'' (''Anderusen Monogatari'', 1968), an eponymous and thematically similar feature length movie produced by Toei Animation. The film and the series also ha ...
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The Fir-Tree
"The Fir-Tree" (Danish: ''Grantræet'') is a literary fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 with "The Snow Queen", in '' New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection'', in Copenhagen, Denmark, by C.A. Reitzel. One scholar (Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager) indicates that "The Fir-Tree" was the first of Andersen's fairy tales to express a deep pessimism. Plot summary In the woods stands a little fir-tree. He is preoccupied with growing up and is thoroughly embarrassed when a hare hops over him, an act which emphasizes his diminutiveness. The women call him the baby of the forest and again he is embarrassed and frustrated. A stork tells him of seeing older trees chopped down and used as ship masts, and the little tree envies them. In the fall, nearb ...
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Golden Treasure
"Golden Treasure" is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875). Plot summary There are children born with extraordinary qualities very definite, and this is the case of Peter, who has a great ability for music, especially for the drum. Using it in the war when he grows up, accompanying him in his heart when is in love and too when his reputation grows, it also lead to fame and wealth. {{Hans Christian Andersen Short stories by Hans Christian Andersen Danish fairy tales ...
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The Galoshes Of Fortune
"The Galoshes of Fortune" ( da, Lykkens Kalosker) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a set of time-travelling boots, considered to be inspired by the folktale of the "seven-league boots" (''syvmilestøvler''). The tale was first published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark on 19 May 1838 with '' The True Soldier'' (one-act verse play) and " That Was Done by the Zombie" (poem) in ''Three Poetical Works''. Reitzel paid Andersen 40 rixdollars for the story. In the tale, Andersen continues to perfect his colloquial style. Andersen read the tale aloud in the late 1830s with his novel '' Only a Fiddler''.Andersen 68,251 The tale irritated the young Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard with its satirical portrait of a bird that babbles on endlessly in a philosophical vein.Stewart, (2009), p.45 Plot The story is set in Copenhagen. A group of guests are holding a large party. During the festivity Counciler of Justice Knap argues that the Middle Ages were a t ...
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Gudbrand On The Hill-side
"Gudbrand on the Hillside" is a Norwegian folk tale about finding the good in whatever situation one finds oneself in. It is present in many collections of folk tales including ''Best-Loved Folktales of the World'' (1982). It was one of many Norse folk tales included in ''Norske Folkeeventyr'' by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe between about 1853 and 1858. Hans Christian Andersen's "What the Old Man does is always Right" (in ''Nye Eventyr og Historier'', 1861) is another adaptation of this tale. Themes of optimism, looking on the bright side, and marital happiness are attributed to this tale. Summary The story is about Gudbrand and his wife, who live on a hillside and get along very well. They own two cows and decide to bring one to town to sell. When Gudbrand arrives in town, he is unable to sell his cow but since he is just as well off as before, he heads back home. On his way home, he runs into a man who has a horse, and he trades the cow for the ...
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The Flying Trunk
"The Flying Trunk" (Danish: ''Den flyvende Kuffert'') is a literary fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young man who has a flying trunk that carries him to Turkey where he visits the Sultan's daughter. The tale was first published 1839. Plot summary A young man squanders his inheritance until he has nothing left but a few shillings, a pair of slippers, and an old dressing-gown. A friend sends him a trunk with directions to pack up and be off. Having nothing to pack, he gets into the trunk himself. The trunk is enchanted and carries him to the land of the Turks. He uses the trunk to visit the sultan's daughter, who is kept in a tower because of a prophecy that her marriage would be unhappy. Analysis English poet Julia Pardoe, on her introduction to ''The Thousand and One Days'', a compilation of Middle Eastern folktales, remarked that its tale ''The Story of the Princess Schirine'' was "the groundwork" of Andersen's tale. Adaptations *I ...
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The Swineherd
"The Swineherd" ( da, Svinedrengen) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a prince who disguises himself as a swineherd to win an arrogant princess. The tale was first published December 20, 1841 by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark in '' Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. Third Booklet'' (''Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Ny Samling. Tredie Hefte''). The tale appears to be original with Andersen though similar tales are known. "The Swineherd" has been adapted to other media. Plot A poor prince wants to marry the Emperor's daughter and sends her two beautiful gifts, a nightingale and a rose. The princess rejects the humble gifts because they're real and natural, rather than artificial. The prince then disguises himself and applies for the position of swineherd at the palace. Once on the job, he creates a musical pot. The princess slogs through the mud to the swineherd's hut and pays ten kisses for the pot. When the swineherd follows the pot with the ...
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The Steadfast Tin Soldier
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (Danish: ''Den standhaftige tinsoldat'') is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A. Reitzel on 2 October 1838 in the first booklet of ''Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection.'' The booklet consists of Andersen's "The Daisy" and "The Wild Swans". The tale was Andersen's first not based upon a folk tale or a literary model. "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" has been adapted to various media including ballet and animated film. Plot On his birthday, a boy receives a set of 25 toy soldiers all cast from one old tin spoon and arrays them on a table top. One soldier stands on a single leg because, as he was the last one cast, there was not enough metal to make him whole. Nearby, the soldier spies a pretty paper ballerina with a spangle on her sash. She, too, is standing on one leg, and the soldier falls in love. That night, a goblin among the ...
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The Wild Swans
The Wild Swans (Danish: ''De vilde svaner'') is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen. The tale was first published on 2 October 1838 in Andersen's '' Fairy Tales Told for Children. New Collection. First Booklet'' (''Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Ny Samling. Første Hefte'') by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been adapted to various media including ballet, television, and film. It is categorized as an Aarne-Thompson type 451 ("The Brothers Who Were Turned into Birds"). Other type 451 variants include such as ''The Twelve Brothers,'' ''The Six Swans'', ''The Seven Ravens'', ''The Twelve Wild Ducks'' and '' Udea and her Seven Brothers''. Synopsis In a faraway kingdom, there lives a widowed king with his twelve children: eleven princes and one princess. One day, he decides to remarry, but marries a wicked queen who is a witch. Out of spite, the queen turns her eleven stepso ...
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The Ugly Duckling
"The Ugly Duckling" ( da, Den grimme ælling) is a Danish literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). It was first published on 11 November 1843 in ''New Fairy Tales. First Volume#New Fairy Tales. First Volume. First Collection, New Fairy Tales. First Volume. First Collection'', with three other tales by Andersen in Copenhagen, Denmark to great critical acclaim. The tale has been adapted to various media including opera, musical, and animated film. The tale is an original story by Andersen. Plot After a mother duck's eggs hatch, one of the ducklings is perceived by the other animals as an ugly little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse. He wanders from the barnyard and lives with wild ducks and geese until hunters slaughter the flocks. He finds a home with an old woman, but her cat and hen tease and taunt him mercilessly, and once again he sets off alone. The duckling sees a flock of migrating wild swans. He is deligh ...
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The Tinderbox
"The Tinderbox" ( da, Fyrtøjet) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a soldier who acquires a magic tinderbox capable of summoning three powerful dogs to do his bidding. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is sentenced to death but cunningly summons the dogs to save his life. In the Aarne-Thompson tale index, The Tinderbox is type 562: The Spirit in the Blue Light. Other tales of this type include ''The Three Dogs'' and '' The Blue Light''. The tale has its source in a Scandinavian folk tale Andersen learned in his childhood, but similarities with " Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" and other tales have been noted. The story was one of Andersen's first fairy tales, and was published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark on 8 May 1835 in an inexpensive booklet with three other tales by Andersen. The four tales were not favorably received by Danish critics who disliked their informal, chatty style and lack of ...
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