Beautifully constructed, 1001 Nights stays true to the lush and mysterious backdrop of the well known and age old story. Tezuka remolds the story into an escapist fantasy where a 60s-era working man is transported back to an era of entirely fictitious Arabian details. Seemingly at odds with itself, 1001 Nights consistently unfolds in a way that combines Playboy graphics, Arabian rug design and traditional Japanese scroll paintings.
Sound like a strange mix? You bet and along the way we experience some of the great cultural juxtapositions that makes Tezuka the unpredictable style it is. … source MAL
Encoded from the BD with subtitles by Orphan. Single Audio: Japanese (stereo DTS-HD Master Audio). The first of three Animerama films conceived by Osamu Tezuka (this one written by him as well). The film was such a hit in Japan it was one of the earliest anime films to be brought to the US (in 1970) where it flopped hard. Although, I can kind of understand why. This is some weird shit (and yet this is the most traditional of the 3).