Cinderella Monogatari

Cinderella is the daughter of a wealthy duke who has remarried to provide her with a mother and sisters. When the Duke travels abroad, Cinderella discovers that her new family is anything but a family. With spoiled stepsisters and a harsh stepmother, Cindrella is forced to cook, clean and manage the household. Yet she remains cheerful, gentle and kind to her family, to her animal friends and to a mysterious boy, named Charles, who seems to have a connection with the prince of Emerald Castle. A whole new story on a classic fairytale.

When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother.

(Source: ANN)

Charles Main

Kikuchi, Masami Japanese

Cinderella Main

Kawamura, Maria Japanese

Pappy Main

Matsushita, Aki Japanese

Bingo Main

Tsuboi, Tomohiro Japanese

Wanda Main

Tsuji, Tsutomu Japanese

Chuchu Main

Nakazawa, Yayoi Japanese

Miss Palette Supporting

Mita, Yuuko Japanese

Jeanne Supporting

Matsukuma, Tsurumatsu Japanese

Ian Supporting

Takagi, Wataru Japanese

Marcel Supporting

Toriumi, Katsumi Japanese

Uchiyama, Shuuji Producer

Sasagawa, Hiroshi Director

Matsukawa, Riku Sound Director

Ishiyama, Takaaki Episode Director, Storyboard

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Jul 31, 2022

sopraltenor

Recommended

I started watching this anime because it showed up in my recommended and seemed like a nostalgic watch, which it definitely was despite never having watching this as a child. You can tell this is an older show with a small budget but I honestly enjoyed the outdated sound effects because it reminded me of other shows I used to like. Where I think this show shines though is in storytelling and character writing; sure the baddie is a bit bland (although i like his kind of soft side in regards to his child) and while the redemption for some characters was hinted at it ... did come a bit out of nowhere, but Cinderella, Charles, and their relationship are leaps and bounds better than any other Cinderella adaptation I’ve seen, and their relationship has better development than quite a few popular anime ships imo. Some of the side characters (mainly Isabel) are also quite good. I really enjoyed how some of the smaller (filler seeming) episodes came to play into the main story later on and I was able to binge this over a weekend and enjoy it. There could definitely be some improvements to this show but I think it’s a good watch nonetheless (although if you have a thing about good animation I wouldn’t recommend).

Unrelevent side note; I also find it funny how Charles (the prince) looks like a slightly prettier version of Derek (the Swan Princess) and a dark haired version of John Smith (Pocahontas), 90s animation seems to have had a type.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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May 16, 2010

Pitrocks14

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (5/26 eps)

Cinderella Monogatari turns out to be an outstanding and incredible romance series from the early 90s. It was made to be in-character and similar to our love of Hans Christian Anderson books. Cinderella is a decent and lovely lady but lives a eccentric and hardworking life after her dad leaves and her mother is dead. Two stepsisters and a stepmother treat Cinderella awfully and make her responsible for her stuff. But with the help of a couple of sweet and kindhearted animals and a fairy godmother, it improves her life. To me, it seems fair to me. The art was the old 90s but a ... little more darker than series like Sailor Moon or anything according to that. The story was cute. I enjoyed it a bit. And the characters were pretty much kept in-character but poor Cinderella. The animals reminded me of the ones in The Rescuers (1977) where there was this little orphan girl who drops a bottle containing a plea for help into the water and two mice come out and rescue her from her evil aunt. I did this just for refreshment of memory. But by the by, Cinderella is a pretty much quirky animated series but is very cute and sweet; with just a touch of romance, most drama and fantasy alike. Not very much of a comedy but is more likely to capture or uplift your heart with a touch of some heart-warming moments.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Apr 23, 2016

BowlingJD

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/26 eps)

Directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa (Yatterman) and produced by Tatsunoko Production (Macross), both director and studio has history dating back to notable anime from the 70’s and 80’s.

Most people are familiar with the story of Cinderella, but very few know that there was an anime that came out in the late 90’s with a bit of a spin on the Disney version.

Cinderella’s fathers leaves for a long trip, her mother dies years before, and no sooner after father dearest leaves, Cinderella’s step-mother and sisters begin the treat her as their own personal servant to whip. No sooner than this though Paulette, a seemingly random woman (fairy ... godmother) depicted in the anime grants various animals around Cinderella the ability to speak. Early on Cinderella and the fated prince meet and after a few misunderstandings and chance meetings become friends. They go on various adventures together and so on. In the mean-time, there is a dubious plot within the crown and of course, step-mother and sister out to take advantage of Cinderella.

The plot is all there, but spanning at 26 episodes, this anime quickly becomes tiresome, slow, and repetitive. Not to say there is not the occasional “plot twist,” but this anime does not stray to break new grounds in any way.

The sound and animation are very poor in quality. Not to mention the character design and the layout of the show is very late 70’s early 80’s at best. This is not acceptable in 1996. There is zero excuse for something with this poor of quality. Voice acting is not any better, script writing is very bland, and the list goes on with how poor everything other than the plot is with Cinderella Monogatari.

It would be very much a surprise if anyone other than a small child could watch this extremely poor quality of an anime more than three episodes before having enough. This is unfortunate because the plot is sweet and interesting. However, with animation this bad, it is un-watchable today.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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