History Anime / TheWizardOfOz

''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 (''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket''), written by Akira Miyazaki and animated by Creator/{{Topcraft}}.

The English version stars Aileen Quinn as Dorothy and Creator/LorneGreene as the Wizard.

* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: When Dorothy reunites with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, the latter shows his relief and joy by rubbing his hand through Dorothy’s head and hair.

** And to top it all off, the song “Wizard of a Day”, an upbeat and celebrating feature song sung by Aileen Quinn, is playing in the background.

* BodyHorror: The Tin Man. While most characters blink downwards, the Tinman blinks SIDEWAYS. Justified, as he is probably a machine in this adaptation.

* CryIntoChest: When Dorothy is asked by Scarecrow how her meeting with the Wizard went, in which he told her that she must kill the Wicked Witch of the West in order to get back to Kansas, [[BreakTheCutie she starts to tear up]] and then hugs Scarecrow as [[InelegantBlubbering she is crying.]] She then sobbingly begs for her friends to help her get back to Kansas as Scarecrow has a hand on the back of Dorothy’s head in comfort.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guards of the Wicked Witch’s castle are shown to be very bad at spotting the gang. And when they try to run for their targets, they are incredibly clumsy and trip easily.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: It’s unclear if Dorothy was blonde in the books due to differing illustrations, but is definitely the case in this version. She has blonde hair and is also very caring towards her friends and gives them big hugs several times even though she just met them.

* 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 why did she have to go so far away from it.

* LetsGetDangerous: Dorothy throughout most of the journey appears helpless and relying on others to look after her. However, when she gets to the Witch’s castle with all of her friends captured as prisoners, she decides that she is their only hope and leaps into action.

** The Emerald City is genuinely green. In the first book, the characters wore glasses that only made it look green. This element varies book to book.

* 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 bloomers are briefly seen.

* PlatonicKissing: Before sending Dorothy off on her mission, the Good Witch grabs Dorothy’s head and gives her a kiss on the forehead. This kiss protects Dorothy from any magic targeted directly at her from the Wicked Witch.
* SayMyName: Dorothy says Aunt Em and Uncle Henry several times as she’s running to meet them in reunion, with them likewise doing the same for Dorothy.

** Later on, when Dorothy is running away through a viaduct in the Wicked Witch of the West’s castle, a spell that breaks the viaduct causes her to fall off and plunge to the stone landing. Lion then appears and catches Dorothy in mid-air. Gasping with gratitude, Dorothy lovingly hugs him almost the same way Scarecrow did, to Lion’s even bigger flattery and blushing.

** When each of the main four characters go separately to meet the Wizard, he appears to each one in different forms. For Dorothy, a large green head appears to her. For Scarecrow, a beautiful woman with wings appear to him. For the Tin Woodsman, a large carnivorous beast appears to him. And for the Cowardly Lion, a large speaking ball of fire appears to him.

* TheGlomp: When Dorothy and her friends defeat the Wicked Witch of the West, she starts celebrating by giving Scarecrow a big hug with joy, having accomplished their mission.

* 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 brown eyes and a little white in her eyes.

''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1982 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. It's a feature film produced by Creator/{{Toho}} and directed by Fumihiko Takayama (''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'') with animation by Creator/{{Topcraft}}.

Not to be confused with the 1986 anime adaptation ''Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. Coincidentally, 1986 was also the same year this movie finally saw release in Japan, four years after it was made, which leads to the two works being confused at times (not helped by the fact that the 1986 TV series got a U.S. release too).

* GhibliHills: Music/JoeHisaishi composed the score, and the animation studio, Topcraft, was later absorbed into Studio Ghibli.

* 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 (AileenQuinn) called “I Dream Of Home”, in which she sings that she [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin dreams of her home in Kansas]] and why did she have to go so far away from it.

''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1982 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. It's a feature film produced by Creator/{{Toho}} and directed by Fumihiko Takayama (''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'') with animation by Creator/{{Topcraft}}, and was made for the U.S. market, left unreleased in Japan until 1986.

Not to be confused with the 1986 anime adaptation ''Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''.

''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1982 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. It's a feature film produced by Creator/{{Toho}} with animation by Creator/{{Topcraft}}, and was made for the U.S. market, left unreleased in Japan until 1986.

''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1982 AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. It's a feature film produced by Creator/{{Toho}}.

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: When the citizens of Winkieland realize the cruel Wicked Witch is dead, they all celebrate as they are no longer under her tyranny. When they realize that Dorothy and her friends were the ones who saved them, they form a celebration that consists of citizens cheering two opposites sides of buildings while Dorothy and her friends walk out of the town and back to the Emerald City as if they were a passing parade float.

* 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 brown eyes.

* BodyHorror: The Tin Man. While most characters blink downwards, the Tinman blinks SIDEWAYS. Justified, as he probably a machine in this adaptation.
* BreakTheCutie: Dorothy has this reaction when she realizes that in order to get back home, she must travel to a dangerous and foreboding castle controlled in order to kill the insane Wicked Witch. She bursts into tears and clings to Scarecrow as she sobs.

* ComplimentBackfire: When the Wicked Witch of the West meets Dorothy for the first time, the Witch tried to ease her into giving her the slippers by calling Dorothy a brave and pretty girl while putting a comforting gnarly hand on her shoulder. Dorothy is visibly not pleased with this flattery, and has Toto bite the Witch’s hand to release her.
* CompositeCharacter: Glinda looks a lot like Ozma (who isn't introduced until the second book and doesn't meet Dorothy until the third). She wears a similar ringlet and dress as Ozma:
* CryIntoChest: When Dorothy is asked by Scarecrow how her meeting with the Wizard, in which he told her that she must kill the Wicked Witch of the West in order to get back to Kansas, [[BreakTheCutie she starts to tear up]] and then hugs Scarecrow as [[InelegantBlubbering she is crying.]] She then sobbingly begs for her friends to help her get back to Kansas as Scarecrow has a hand on the back of Dorothy’s head in comfort.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guards of the Wicked Witch’s castle are shown to be very bad at spotting the gang. And when they try to run for their targets, they are incredibly clumsy and trio easily.

* IncredibleShrinkingMan: When the Wicked Witch has poured all over her. Instead of melting like most versions, in this one she shrinks smaller and smaller, until she vanished to nothingness.

* LeaveTheCameraRunning: When Dorothy is rinsing off her face with water, the camera focuses on her for half a minute.

* OhCrap: When Scarecrow, Lion, and Dorothy first see the massive and ferocious Kalidahs, they each have a reaction shot, with a close up to each of their faces looking frightened and gasping.

* PicnicEpisode: At one point while Scarecrow and Dorothy are walking to the Emerald City, thy stop to have a picnic, with Dorothy eating food from a basket she was carrying. While doing so, she and him reminisce about what they plan on doing and get to know each other more.

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

* HairDecorations: In this version, Dorothy has her hair tied back into a ponytail with a red ribbon. This is closer to the novel, which has most of her hair initially under a pink bonnet when walking to the Emerald City, but ends up losing it.

* DigitalDestruction: The VHS English release of the movie has VERY faded and bleak picture. The Japanese version has much better resolution.
** Someone on YouTube decided to splice the two together by making a combined video of the two versions. This video contains the Japanese video quality, but keeps the English audio.

* CryIntoChest: When Dorothy is asked by Scarecrow how her meeting with the Wizard, in which he told her that she must kill the Wicked Witch of the West in order to get back to Kansas, she starts to tear up and then hugs Scarecrow as she is crying. She then sobbingly begs for her friends to help her get back to Kansas as Scarecrow has a hand on the back of Dorothy’s head in comfort.

* 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 (AileenQuinn) called “I Dream Of Home”, in which she sings that she Kong’s for her home and why did she have to go so far away from it.

* Nice Shoes: 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.

* CryIntoChest: When Dorothy is asked by Scarecrow how her meeting with the Wizard, in which he tells her that she must kill the Wicked Witch of the West in order to get back to Kansas. When Scarecrow later asks Dorothy how it went, she starts to tear up and then hugs Scarecrow as she is crying. She then sobbingly begs for her friends to help her get back to Kansas as Scarecrow has a hand on the back of Dorothy’s head in comfort.
* DullSurprise: Dorothy has a nice smile and bright eyes. However, she hardly shows alarmed facial expresses when confronted with danger. This is averted with BreakTheCutie and CryIntoChest as shown above.

* NiceShoes: The Magic Slippers that Dorothy obtained from the Wicked Witch of the East. Dorothy comments how comfortable she feels wearing them, and they are good for walking miles towards the Emerald City.

** The Munchkins are shown wearing mostly blue clothing, in order to represent the national blue color of Munchkinland.

** Played with for Dorothy, who is portrayed as a blonde instead of a brunette. This comes from John R. Neil's illustrations, starting with the third book, depicting Dorothy as having blonde hair. Illustrations for the first book, however, depict Dorothy as a brunette.

* BreakTheCutie: Dorothy has this reaction when she realizes that in order to get back home, she must travel to a Dark and foreboding castle controlled by the insane Wicked Witch. She bursts into tears and clings to Scarecrow as she sobs.

* ComplimentBackfire: When the Wicked Witch of the West meets Dorothy for the first time, the Witch tried to ease her into giving her the slippers by calling Dorothy a brave and pretty girl while putting a comforting gnarly hand on her shoulder. Dorothy is visibly not pleased with this flattery, and has Toto bite the Witch’s hand.

* HairDecorations: In this version, Dorothy has her hair tied back into a ponytail with a red ribbon. This is closer to the novel, which has most of her hair initially in pink bonnet when walking to the Emerald City, but ends up losing it.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: It’s unclear if Dorothy was blonde in the books due to differing illustrations, but is definitely the case in this version. She has blonde hair tied back with ribbon. She also is very caring towards her friends and gives them big hugs several times even though she just met them.

* IWantSong: When 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 (AileenQuinn) called “I Dream Of Home”, in which she sings that she Kong’s for her home and why did she have to go so far away from it.

* NiceShoes: The Magic Slippers that Dorothy obtained from the Wicked Witch of the East.

** Later on, when Dorothy is running away through a terrace in the Wicked Witch of the West’s castle, a spell that breaks the terrace causes her to fall off and plunge to the stone landing. Lion then appears and catches Dorothy in mid-air. Gasping with gratitude, Dorothy lovingly hugs him almost the same way Scarecrow did, to Lion’s even bigger flattery and blushing.

* ComplimentBackfire: When the Wicked Witch of the West meets Dorothy for the first time, the Witch calls Dorothy a brave and pretty girl while putting a gnarly hand on her shoulder. Dorothy is visibly not pleased with this flattery, and has Toto bite the Witch’s hand.

* HairDecorations: In this version, Dorothy has her hair tied back into a ponytail with a red ribbon.

* SayMyName: Dorothy says Aunt Em and Uncle Henry several times as she’s running to meet in reunion, with them likewise doing the same for Dorothy.

* CryIntoChest: When Dorothy is asked by Scarecrow how her meeting with the Wizard, in which he tells her that she must kill the Wicked Witch of the West in order to get back to Kansas, Dorothy starts to tear up and then hugs Scarecrow as she is crying. She then sobbingly begs for her friends to help her get back to Kansas as Scarecrow has a hand on the back of Dorothy’s head in comfort.

** Dorothy is portrayed as a blonde instead of a brunette. This comes from John R. Neil's illustrations, starting with the third book, depicting Dorothy as having blonde hair. Illustrations for the first book, however, depict Dorothy as a brunette.

* CompositeCharacter: Glinda looks a lot like Ozma (who isn't introduced until the second book and doesn't meet Dorothy until the third). She wears a similar ringlet and dress as Ozma.

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** Dorothy is portrayed as a blond instead of a brunette. [[note]] Although, John R. Neil's illustrations of Dorothy depict her as having blond hair.[[/note]]

** The Emerald City is genuinely green. In the first book, the characters wore glasses that only made it look green. This element varies book to book.

* While not conventionally attractive, the Wicked Witch of the West is much younger and less ugly than she is in the book.
** The Wizard's true form looks less stylized and more ordinary than depicted in the original book art.

* AdaptationlNiceGuy: In the original book, Dorothy cleans up the Wicked Witch's remains and throws it out the door. It comes off as InnocentlyInsensitive to modern readers. In this adaptation, other men clean up the water.

The English Version stars Aileen Quinn as Dorothy and Creator/LorneGreene as the Wizard.

* FreeRangeChildren: As a part of the DeliberateValuesDissonance, Aunt Em and Uncle Henry leave their young niece to take care of their farm for the day.

''The Wizard of Oz'' is a 1982 AnimatedAdaptatkon of Creator/LFrankBaum's ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. It's a feature film produced by Creator/{{Toho}}.

The English Version stars Aileen Quinn as Dorothy Gale and Creator/LorneGreene as the Wizard.