History Anime / TheWizardOfOz

* MoodWhiplash: Late in the film, there is an intense scene where the group escapes from a kalidah, with the Tin Woodsman chopping down the makeshift bridge he made and sending the predator to the ravine below. It then ''immediately'' cuts to a shot of the group walking down the yellow brick road, with pretty flowers falling down the trees, as the upbeat "Wizard of a Day" song plays.

Not to be confused with the 1986 anime adaptation ''Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'', which was also written by Miyazaki.

* BlackBeadEyes: Subverted. Dorothy appears to have black pupils from a distance. However, while at a broken section of the gold brick road over a stream, a close-up of her face reveals that she just has VERY dark blue eyes and a little white sclera.

* LimitedAnimation: The animation in this case is very stiff, in particular Dorothy rarely expresses facial emotion at times.

* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: When the Cowardly Lion takes Scarecrow over a ravine through the yellow brick road by leaping over it with him holding on, Scarecrow thanks him by hugging him. Lion is shown to be flattered by this and blushes hard.

* NiceShoes: The magic slippers that Dorothy obtains from the Wicked Witch of the East. Dorothy notes how comfortable they feel while wearing them, and are good at helping her walk miles to the Emerald City.

* IWantSong: While Dorothy is sleeping in the abandoned shack after a long day walking, she has a memory of her home life in Kansas. While this scene is playing, a song sung by the actress who plays Dorothy (Aileen Quinn) called "I Dream Of Home", in which she sings that she [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dreams of her home in Kansas]] and asking why did she have to go so far away from it.

* GhibliHills: Music/JoeHisaishi composed the score, and the animation studio, Topcraft, was later absorbed into Studio Ghibli. To go with this scene, the Land of Oz in this version is filled with rolling green hills, which the yellow brick road sweeps and tumbles here and there.

* PantyShot: When Dorothy is falling after a viaduct she is running through collapses, the camera is fixed downwards as Dorothy nears the ground. While this is going, she flips over and her short bloomers are briefly seen.

Unusual for an anime, the film was released first in English in the United States, with Creator/AileenQuinn as Dorothy and Creator/LorneGreene as the Wizard, and was a staple on U.S. cable and syndicated broadcast television during the '80s. The Japanese dub (featuring Mari [[Anime/HanaNoKoLunlun "Lunlun"]] Okamoto as Dorothy) wasn't released until 1986. It's also one of the few directorial credits for Takayama, who is best known for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'' and generally wrote for and directed sci-fi or giant-robot shows such as ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.

Unusual for an anime, the film was released first in English in the United States, with Aileen "[[Film/{{Annie}} Annie]]" Quinn as Dorothy and Creator/LorneGreene as the Wizard, and was a staple on U.S. cable and syndicated broadcast television during the '80s. The Japanese dub (featuring Mari [[Anime/HanaNoKoLunlun "Lunlun"]] Okamoto as Dorothy) wasn't released until 1986. It's also one of the few directorial credits for Takayama, who is best known for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'' and generally wrote for and directed sci-fi or giant-robot shows such as ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.

** The Wicked Witch of the West shows up when Dorothy and her friends were tasked to kill the witch, instead of being an ever-looming threat.

** The Wicked Witch of the West shows up when the group were tasked to defeat the witch, instead of being an ever-looming threat.

''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1982 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. It's a feature film produced by Creator/{{Toho}} and Wiz Corporation, directed by Fumihiko Takayama, written by Yoshimitsu Banno and Akira Miyazaki, and animated by Creator/{{Topcraft}} (which later became part of Creator/StudioGhibli), with music by Ghibli's later go-to composer, Joe Hisaishi.

Unusual for an anime, the film was released first in English in the United States, with Aileen "[[Film/{{Annie}} Annie]]" Quinn as Dorothy and Creator/LorneGreene as the Wizard. A Japanese dub (featuring Mari [[Anime/HanaNoKoLunlun "Lunlun"]] Okamoto as Dorothy) followed in 1986. It's also one of the few directorial credits for Takayama, who is best known for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'' and generally wrote for and directed sci-fi or giant-robot shows such as ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.

''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1982 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. It's a feature film produced by Creator/{{Toho}} and Wiz Corporation, directed by Fumihiko Takayama, written by Yoshimitsu Banno and Akira Miyazaki, and animated by Creator/{{Topcraft}} (which later became part of Creator/StudioGhibli), with music by Ghibli's later go-to composer, Creator/JoeHisaishi.

The English version stars Aileen Quinn as Dorothy and Creator/LorneGreene as the Wizard. A U.S.-Japan coproduction, it was released in the United States first, with the Japanese dub (featuring Mari ([[Anime/HanaNoKoLunlun "Lunlun"]] Okamoto as Dorothy) not released until 1986. Nevertheless, it is considered anime due to being animated and (eventually) released in Japan. It's also one of the few directorial credits for Takayama, who is best known for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'' and generally wrote for and directed sci-fi or giant-robot shows such as ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.

The English version stars Aileen Quinn as Dorothy and Creator/LorneGreene as the Wizard. A U.S.-Japan coproduction, it was released in the United States first, with the Japanese dub (featuring Mari Okamoto as Dorothy) not released until 1986. Nevertheless, it is considered anime due to being animated and (eventually) released in Japan. It's also one of the few directorial credits for Takayama, who is best known for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'' and generally wrote for and directed sci-fi or giant-robot shows such as ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.

''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1982 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. It's a feature film produced by Creator/{{Toho}} and Wiz Corporation, directed by Fumihiko Takayama, written by Yoshimitsu Banno and Akira Miyazaki, and animated by Creator/{{Topcraft}} (which later became part of Creator/StudioGhibli).

The English version stars Aileen Quinn as Dorothy and Creator/LorneGreene as the Wizard. A U.S.-Japan coproduction, it was released in the United States first, with the Japanese dub (featuring Mari Okamoto as Dorothy) not released until 1986. Nevertheless, it is considered anime due to being animated and (eventually) released in Japan. It's also one of the few directorial credits for Takayama, who is best known for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'' (which curiously also features a character named Dorothy).

''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1982 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. It's a feature film produced by Creator/{{Toho}} and Wiz Corporation, directed by Fumihiko Takayama, written by Akira Miyazaki and animated by Creator/{{Topcraft}} (which later became part of Creator/StudioGhibli).