♪ Night falls ♪
♪ Letting us live out ♪
♪ Our imaginary film ♪
♪ If you were this ♪
♪ If you were that ♪
♪ If you drew ♪
♪ If you decided ♪
♪ If we invented ♪
♪ If we acted ♪
♪ It's time for action ♪
♪ Action ♪
What if were a princess
with the finest diamond necklace in the world?
It'd come undone,
there'd be diamonds in the grass.
Very nice!
But we wouldn't see them in the grass.
That could be the story.
The hunt for the diamonds!
And for the princess!
She could be rooted to the spot by some curse
in a secret place.
Bold princes, like me,
would try to set her free.
But they'd all disappear!
No one would know what happened to them!
Right!
I'll draw a tiara like my great-great-grandmother's.
More or less!
I'll do the helmet great-great-grandfather wore.
How was it?
Here's the story of the costume.
Detection!
Helmet...
There!
Too old, but still...
Great!
That's about right.
That's just right!
Will you need other princess?
Send up Ugly Robot.
Right.
I've done my costume.
Great helmet!
Very fine!
Right, my turn.
And a monster to guard the princess!
- We need a place for princess! - And the diamonds!
Are you ready?
- Yes! - Yes!
'The Princess of diamonds'
Aren't you afraid of disappearing like the other princes?
Not me!
I'll free her and marry her!
How will you find her?
Easy! When I see diamonds in the grass.
Must look nice...
I shall stuff my pockets!
A diamond?
No!
An ants!
Oh, yes! I'll have some fun.
Set fire to it!
Oh, no!
You'd stop me burning ants?
Yes!
The fire might also spread to the tree,
and we'd fry, too!
Well, I'm not scared!
Life is a matter of choice ants or princesses!
Are you mad?
My lighter!
Lost in the grass!
You wrench!
Find it or I'll...
If you promise to stop...
My lighter?
A diamond!
I saw it first. It's mine!
Good day, Prince.
That's one of the 111 diamonds in my necklace.
Which fell in this field.
Before the sand in this hourglass runs out,
you must find all the diamonds, reassemble my necklace,
but keep the last one for my keeper so that he may let you pass.
Then hand me the necklace.
I'll be freed from the curse which keeps me here
and will marry you.
That won't take me long!
Here's one!
Careful!
What happens to those who do not finish?
They're turned into ants.
Help me, you good-for-nothing!
A prince who is helped by another prince is at once turned into an ant.
Stop, you fool!
Can you not move at all?
No, I have become a statue.
Nothing can make me release this...
unfortunately.
8... 9... 10 diamonds!
Prince. Two thirds of the time are up.
Prince, how many diamonds?
11...
Your time is up.
Farewell, Prince.
No!
One more minute!
Not me!
Prince, do you wish to try this test?
You are right. It's impossible to free me.
I wouldn't want you to be an ant.
Farewell, Prince.
Don't touch any diamonds now.
All would be lost.
You! Why did you do that?
To see you again
and try to set you free, too.
Prince, how many diamonds?
3...
That's impossible.
I'm going crazy!
The ants!
The ants are helping me!
Thank you.
I can move!
- Prince, do you love me? - Yes.
For how long?
For ever!
Very well...
I stand up.
I kiss you.
Long live the generous Prince!
Long live the Prince who saved from being burned!
We are no longer ants!
Long live the hero who saved everybody!
He's the best!
Long live the Prince! Long live the Princess!
He's the best!
What if we were in Egypt in the days of the Pharaohs?
Oh, yes!
Do you have a story?
No.
Nor me.
I do!
Look on the bookshelf.
'Legends of Ancients Egypt'
The first is real Egyptian tale from 4,000 years ago in hieroglyphics.
Great story!
Not bad.
No part of me!
Take a few liberties, make one of them a woman.
What if there was a Pharaohess?
It wasn't done!
Yes and no...
It wasn't, but one queen did it.
Hatshepsut.
To show she was a Pharaoh,
she was portrayed dressed as a Pharaoh,
including the symbolic beard.
A beard? No, thanks!
- It looks pretty. - No!
What I want
is a... queen's... hairstyle.
Loot at the beauty!
Yes, It's absolutely delightful!
All right.
You're great Queen Hatshepsut,
a vulture on your head. And you're the poor peasant.
The costume's easy... a loincloth.
You need a new hairstyle.
Oh, yes!
How do we show time passing?
The sun was symbolized by Ra's boat crossing the sky.
That's it!
Off I go.
Mind your clothes!
How's that?
Turn your torso to the front.
But your face to the side.
- Like that? - Yes!
You look like an Egyptian painting.
You need to draw the eye facing the front.
Are you ready?
- Yes! - Yes!
'The Fig boy'
My poor boy!
People like me can meet the queen.
You can't!
Why can't I? I could go to a public audience, too.
You couldn't!
You have nothing! You are nothing!
I do! I have my fig tree!
Big deal!
It gives me figs.
Figs? Not in winter!
In the meantime, it's my home.
Well, I'll go back to mine!
Ra's boat is sinking in the west.
Tomorrow I'll ask the queen
to punish my neighbour and repay me.
Try not to fall out!
And dream of figs!
I'd rather dream of queens.
I had a pleasant dream.
What? I'm still dreaming!
Figs?
One's ripened! Incredible!
It smells good!
What a feast even if it is winter!
No!
I shouldn't eat this miraculous fig.
That is why, great Queen, I ask for compensation.
He did you no wrong by gleaning from your field.
You have wasted my time.
You shall have 100 strokes.
Yes, great Queen.
Hey, you there! What do you want?
A fig...
Come here. Speak up.
My patience has limits.
What do you want?
Nothing, great Queen.
Why are you here?
I brought a fig.
You brought a dry fig to a queen?
No, a fresh fig.
A fresh fig in winter?
It just ripened on my tree.
I thought it was not for a present like me,
but for a great queen.
You thought well.
I will eat your fig.
This fig is...
exquisite!
If your tree bears more fruit, you may bring them to me.
Palace Intendant!
Give 10 bronze and 10 gold coins to this generous boy.
10 bronze coins and 10 gold coins for a fig!
That's going too far!
I hope another fig ripens
so I can take it to the queen tomorrow.
Is there one?
Yes!
Another ripe fig?
Yes, great Queen.
This fig is delicious!
Thank you, my boy.
Palace Intendant!
Give him a gold pitcher and two alabaster bowls on an electrum tray.
A gold picture and two alabaster bowls on an electrum tray for a fig!
I must put a stop to this folly!
This naive boy will bring about his own downfall!
Young man!
Tomorrow, instead of a gift, you may well receive 40 strokes.
The Queen thinks your breath stinks of garlic.
But have no fear
Cover your face with a cloth and everything will be all right.
Thank you for your advice.
It's nothing.
I know the Queen so well.
Design to accept Queen, this fig.
This fig is succulent.
Palace Intendant!
Give him 30 long-horned cows.
30 long-horned cows for one fig!
That's the last gift this little idiot will receive!
Palace Intendant!
Why was there a cloth on his face?
Your Majesty...
you'll kill me if I tell you!
You're wrong!
I'll have your head cut off if you don't!
Great Queen!
This wretched little worm thinks that...
Oh, Queen, I cannot!
By hours, speak!
He covers himself, because he thinks...
that you reek of garlic!
It's working!
He is not like the others.
Tomorrow he will get the reward he deserves.
What?
Deign to accept, Queen, this fig.
This fig is delectable.
Bring me ink, reed pen, and papyrus.
Write? What for?
Roll up this message, put my royal seal on it,
and have my supplier of figs take it to my Treasurer
who will reward him better.
My trick isn't working.
No! I shall collect the reward.
Wait! Wait!
The Queen wishes to save you the trouble.
The treasure had 3 bags of gold coins for you.
These are from my own reserve.
I'll take the message you no longer need.
Thank you!
No, it's nothing.
Nothing at all!
I bear, Grand Treasure,
a message from the Queen.
I am her loyal slave.
Grand Treasurer,
cut off the head of the bearer of this message.
Take the Intendant to the Treasury.
The treasury!
I shall be rich!
The Queen's treasure, all mine!
I am the most...
I shall never see that poor fig boy again.
You? Here?
I brought you a fig.
Intendant, what is the meaning of this?
Palace Intendant!
I call, and no one comes!
Grand Treasurer?
How dare you come before me after disobeying me?
But, great Queen,
I did obey you.
The Palace Intendant!
Will somebody explain?
I will, Queen.
So, that loathsome Palace Intendant deceived us both
and was fairly punished.
Very well.
But I have no Intendant now.
My boy, I appoint you Palace Intendant.
My Queen!
Palace Intendant,
will you now keep your figs to yourself?
Oh, no, Queen!
This fig
is perfectly ripe!
Sweet!
Fragrant!
What if fought a sorceress?
I think we'll need a princess.
That's right. Sorceress, princess...
The story's taking shape.
And princes who overcome the sorceress to win the princess.
But the sorceress lives in a fortress...
...which is impregnable.
To what?
Cannon fire.
What else?
I don't know.
Let's see.
Middle Ages.
War.
A castle.
Armed men.
Not very interesting. Just killing each other!
A ladder. We need a better plan of attack.
I know! We could set fire to it.
There's a battering ram.
We have the attack.
Now for the defence.
Yes, how does the sorceress riposte?
Superb!
That gives me an idea.
I've chosen a simple costume.
I'm not a prince, but I want to be as good as one.
Yes, that silhouette's just right.
Are you ready?
- Yes! - Yes!
'The Sorceress'
The abominable sorceress must be overcome
and our noble king
will give the hand of his beloved daughter to the Prince
who is able to enter the castle of this horrible creature.
I'll get inside the castle.
I'll marry the Princess.
Are you kidding?
I wonder what it's like inside.
No one has ever been able to get inside.
And no one ever will.
Who knows?
But of course!
You're going to get in!
The sorceress!
The Prince!
Seen that huge ram?
Ridiculous!
Well, you try!
You do better!
I'm not ready yet.
How can they carry a battering ram that big?
It's solid iron!
Well, that won't break.
In 2 minutes' time they'll be in the sorceress's castle!
I doubt it!
Heave ho! Heave ho!
Heave ho!
Well? Are you still busy preparing your attack on the castle?
Yes!
I'm watching.
Meanwhile, others have the fire power and are taking action.
We've never seen such big cannons!
I say!
Haven't you attacked the sorceress's castle yet?
Not yet. I'm thinking.
This one's got it!
He can't go through...
He goes over the walls!
I don't believe it!
Well?
Have you given up, "sir", on the sorceress's castle?
Oh, no! I want to get in. I'll find a way.
Too late. It's going to burn!
We were to conquer it, not destroy it.
The main thing is that the sorceress burns.
After this terrible cataclysm,
no one will ever dare to try again.
I will.
What?
Look out. Make way.
I think I'll enter the castle now.
The sorceress is really going to be surprised!
He's terribly well armed!
Look at his fearsome dagger!
What's he doing?
He's really going in!
Don't be a fool!
Come back!
May I come in?
You're the first
who thought to ask my permission to enter my house.
I bid you welcome.
Would you like to visit?
Yes!
We're coming to the library.
I have a fine collection. Writing and drawings from every country.
In his drawing room, I draw plans for my machines.
The machines you saw are made in this workshop.
I use underground rivers to turn my water miles.
Here is my garden.
It gets the sunlight it needs from a set of mirrors.
I grow some useful plants and vegetables.
I love leek soup!
This lake is useful in the event of a fire,
but I use it mostly for pleasure.
It's beautiful.
There's no risk of attack.
Why not take off you helmet?
I wasn't expecting a visit.
My hair's not very tidy.
No, no, it suits you.
What is that?
A security system that transmits outside sounds.
The Princess is yours. They've come for you.
It was short visit.
Victorious Prince!
The king keep his word.
We've come to escort you to the Princess, your fiancée.
How handsome!
I thank his Majesty, the king
and I present my humble respects to the Princess
whom I will not marry.
I prefer the sorceress.
I'm staying with her.
A one-minute break to talk things over
What if I were an old lady?
Got a story?
No. You?
No, I don't,
but I'd really like a Japanese story.
I'll be an old Japanese lady.
From the early 19th century.
Why the 19th century?
Because I'm dying to use Hokusai's drawings.
I understand!
Prints.
Look!
Magnificent! Seeing his work
makes me want to draw.
This rooster
is so simple.
It's beautiful!
Just a few brush strokes.
We must go there.
And there.
Mountain Fuji, of course.
That's the widow Oiko.
You'll be her!
I want to be an old lady.
So, be her when she's old.
One evening, a thief tired to steal her coat.
What a transformation!
Bend over more.
Like that?
Don't overdo it.
That's fine.
Are you ready?
- Yes! - Yes!
'The Old Lady's Coat'
Thank you again.
Thank you for showing me that coat
and telling me its story.
I was so pleased to show it to you
and to remember the past.
So beautiful!
You have a real fortune on your shoulders.
Yes, it's ridiculous for an old lady like me.
Certainly not!
It really suits you.
Well, it's dark. No one will see it.
Have a safe walk home.
Goodbye, dear friend.
Good night, dear Mrs. Oiko.
Evening dear!
Where are you off to?
Home, on the corner of Nishi Omia and 3rd Street.
That's far too far!
I won't let it be said I let an old dear struggle
when I'm as strong as an ox.
Get on my back, I'll take you home.
What a kind young man you are!
Wait my coat...
There!
It is much quick this way.
You won't find anyone stronger!
And you use your strength to do good.
What a fine young man!
Er, yes.
Look out! It's the wrong way.
Omia's the other way.
No, I go a different way.
Why are you stopping in this desert place?
Ok, old woman!
Get off, give me your coat, and walk home!
Pardon me?
You understand me all right!
Get off! Be quick about it!
- No! - What?
Stop... squeezing... with your legs!
You'll break... my ribs!
What... What happened?
It so happens that the Heavens endowed me with a rare strength
and thanks to a healthy, active lifestyle,
I still have it at my age.
I could indeed break your ribs.
If I did, it would be because I wasn't thinking, I assure you.
I could also strangle you.
Stop it!
Do you still want me to get off?
No! I don't want you to!
I'll take you home.
- No. - What?
You were right to take this pleasant detour.
Let's push on to Eno Matsubara to admire the view!
To Eno Matsubara?
To Eno Matsubara!
It's not far for a strong fellow like you!
On my back?
On your back!
On my back!
Let's go!
Breathe deeply!
Feel how bracing this fresh air is!
How beautiful!
Won't you get off for a while?
No, thank you!
I'm just fine on your back!
I'll sit down.
No! The view won't be so good.
Not for long!
Stop it! I'll stand!
Admire the view!
All right, then.
When I see such a fine view,
I simply cannot resist the urge to recite poems!
'Wild grasses... '
'peons... '
'irises... '
'who fell? '
Is that it?
Yes. Wasn't that beautiful?
Yes...
Wait!
As you liked it so much,
I'll tell you another.
'The bare branch... '
'the black raven... '
'one autumn evening.'
Did you like it?
Yes! Is that it?
Yes.
No, not this way!
I promise you, the town's this way!
Indeed, but Ukon No Baba
is where I want to go.
Ukon No Baba?
Ukon No Baba!
That's where the moon rises.
You won't regret the detour.
You know, I'm so poor!
I tried to take your coat, because I was cold!
Poor young man! You're cold!
Run! That'll warm you up!
Stop it!
A little trot will warm you up!
The moon's there!
It's rising!
Isn't it beautiful!
Don't you want to stretch your legs?
No, thank you.
And you don't want to sit down.
It's not worth it, we're going now.
Your town?
No, to Kirifuri Falls.
To Kirifuri Falls?
Yes. Fall gallop!
You're sweating.
I don't want you to catch cold.
How beautiful!
I must say a haiku:
'Pursued, the firefly'
'hides in the moon.'
'Autumn breeze in the branches... '
'Brown snow before white snow.'
And now, guess where we're going!
Home!
Not at all!
To see Mt. Fuji!
See Mt. Fuji?
It's too far!
I'll never do it!
Come now!
You're a strong fellow. I'll help you like this!
It... wasn't... worth it!
It's... so... misty!
We can't see a thing!
No, the mist's lifting!
I'm so glad we came all this way.
What is this strange pink glow on the horizon?
It's not strange!
It's the dawn!
You made me run around all night!
All night!
How time files when you're having fun!
I should've been in bed ages ago.
Let's go home.
But run to get there quicker.
There!
We're already home!
Please bend down so I can get off.
This is where we part.
I hope you will not forget meeting an old lady.
Never!
I spent a wonderful night in your company
and I most give you a gift.
My cast is yours!
What if I were a queen? All-powerful and pitiless...
I read a tale by Grimm:
A cruel queen cut off her pretenders' heads
and put them around the castle.
I'm not sure I'd do that!
Here comes a queen from the year 3000!
Found a better end?
Not yet.
It'll have a sad end.
It's only a story.
Are you ready?
- Yes! - Yes!
'The Cruel Queen and the Fabulo Trainer'
And now, ladies and gentlemen!
The best singing fabulo in the world!
He even charmed the Queen!
It would be better if she were charmed by a man.
Right.
How pretty!
The Queen!
Fabulo trainer, show yourself!
I want your fabulo. How much?
Majesty, I'll give it to you.
Are you so rich?
No, but I no longer need money.
Tonight.
I'll either be dead, or with you and my fabulo.
- Do you want to bet? - You, Majesty.
- Oh, no! - How awful!
Poor thing!
You know, if I find you before sundown, you'll be disintegrated?
Yes, Majesty.
And I know that if you don't find me before sundown...
you shall be my wife.
You know that the mega-radar can detect anyone anywhere?
I know I love you.
Poor fool! Give up now.
You'll live and be rich!
I only want you!
Right! Send out you go.
Go on, out you go.
Go with the Queen. I'll see you tonight.
Farewell!
How sad!
Sing.
I can't do without this music.
You don't understand me but I can talk to you.
An animal's presence will ease my solitude.
I can't bear it any more.
Is the sun setting?
It's time!
Let's see the first.
Handsome, but none too smart.
Detection!
The sea!
Not a single boat!
Transparency!
A whale!
Transparency!
A submarine!
Transparency!
There he is!
Disintegration!
Next!
All the same!
Detection!
The sky...
Empty?
Transparency!
An aerostat in the cloud?
Transparency!
What? Empty?
No one!
Transparency!
He used some imagination!
Disintegration!
Next!
This one looks perfectly stupid!
Detection!
The crowd outside the stadium?
That's an idea-an open space, but in the crowd.
Not good enough!
Transparency!
Disintegration!
Next!
It's your master.
I wanted him to live. He insisted.
He shall receive, like the others,
his just deserts.
Wall? The sun?
It's going down! Quick!
That's impossible!
I've lost!
Don't get too excited.
Your master... is dead!
He found the only way to escape the mega-rader:
He took his own life.
The mega-radar had no one to detect.
I've lost.
I've lost him.
I wanted him! You meant nothing!
He could have saved me.
I can't stand it!
I'll never kill again!
But it's too late! I'm a monster...
and alone... for all eternity.
- There was a way to hide. - Who spoke?
On the planet there's... one place
that the mega-radar didn't check.
The Queen's bedroom!
You heard too much
for me to listen to my pride again.
When did you swap places with the fabulo?
I was too poor to buy one.
I made myself a fabulo costume.
One moment, I was a fabulo trainer,
the next, a singing fabulo.
What if you were a Princess and me a Prince?
Again!
If you want to be Prince and Princess, you can, as much as you like.
You've not exhausted every possibility!
Are you ready?
- Yes! - Yes!
'Prince and Princess'
- My gentle Princess! - My Prince charming!
I'll love you forever.
I'll love you always.
I'd do anything for you.
There's nothing I wouldn't do for you.
You're the fairest of all.
No one can be more handsome.
- I can! - What?
One person has the power to make me more handsome.
- Who? - You! One kiss would do.
Kiss you? Why, no! We're not married!
Princess, give me life!
Light up my life! Transfigure me!
Give me one kiss or I shall die!
Just a little one...
How horrible! A frog!
What have you done?
I did what you asked!
I can't stay like this. Do something!
I could take you to the pond.
No, put everything right.
When a princess kisses a frog, he turns info a fine prince.
Me, kiss a frog? Never!
You said you'd do anything for me.
I said it to a prince, not a frog!
It makes me feel ill! Sorry,
I can't kiss a frog!
We'll see about that!
Now you're a slug!
A slug!
What'll become of me? Do something!
If you kissed me again, I might turn back.
Yuck! Kiss a slug? No way!
I beg you!
I'm sorry, the very idea of kissing a slug revolts me!
But you're only a frog!
That doesn't change my disgust.
Turn into a frog and I'll kiss me and I will!
All right, but only one kiss!
Okay! It's gonna be the last time.
You're changing again! A butterfly!
It's strange!
Delicious!
Land on me and give me a kiss.
- Again! - I want to be a Princess!
I warn you. It's the last time I kiss a slug! Yuck!
Go on!
I don't think I'm a Princess.
No, a praying mantis.
Well, we must keep kissing.
All right. Don't do anything silly.
Pardon?
Promise not to eat me.
The praying mantis eats her husband.
You needn't worry.
We're only engaged!
All right.
You're a lovely fish! A bullhead!
Fish... can't... breathe... out of water.
I'm going to die! Kiss me!
I've gone blind!
No! Stick your head out! You're... a tortoise.
Hurry!
A rhinoceros?
Saved!
I can breathe!
I owe you my life! A kiss!
Heavens! The Princess has gone!
Wretched day! Wretched kiss!
Here!
Who spoke?
- Me! - Who are you?
Here! Can't you see me?
- A flea! - Let's kiss!
Stop jumping! How can I kiss you?
If you're looking for me, I'm in your mouth.
You sucked me in!
You're a magnificent dachshund!
Don't scratch! You'll squash me!
Well, get off!
I can't help it! I feel so good in your hair.
I'll scratch...!
Let's kiss!
You sucked me in again. Spit me out!
Lucky I spat you out!
How will you kiss a giraffe?
You'll have to bend down.
You're too low down. Ow!
What is it?
A stiff neck. I can't move it.
Disaster!
We're done for!
Stretch out your back legs.
- Like so? - Yes.
Get off? You'll kill me!
I don't know how to!
Are you dead?
No, but it's miracle!
How can you be so heavy? Let's kiss.
Oh, no, it doesn't work! We've had it!
No! You kissed me on the nose!
Oh, yes!
I can hardly believe my eyes!
Who am I?
A blue whale. The biggest animal around!
I do feel a bit heavy.
Yes, Princess, you weigh about 120 tons!
Just your tongue weighs as much as an elephant.
Let us kiss.
You're a pig. Let's kiss.
- You're a cow. - Let's kiss.
- No! - What is it?
I fear the next change.
Look, you're a pig, I'm a cow.
What could be worse?
I have a terrible premonition.
Don't be silly!
How horrible I'm you!
Really! Be polite!
See it my way!
I could see myself as a fair princess.
Not me! Let's kiss!
I'm not sure I should kiss a girl.
Look, you've kissed
a frog, a fish, a rhino, a dog, a pig!
Don't be fussy about a princess!
- Awful! - Your turn now.
Silly clothes! Skinny legs!
I can't accept that! They're mine!
No! That's Just it!
Well, this time, it really is the limit!
Mind you, it's becoming relatively normal.
You call this normal?
Yes!
With you're a pig and I'm a cow,
we couldn't live in the castle.
Now we can quite easily go back and marry.
No one will notice a thing.
That's right.
I'll go hunting, you'll wait by the fire, embroidering.
- But I can't embroider! - You'll learn, pal!
I'm not going to be a princess!
Why not? I was!
Come on! You'll get used to it!
Come and give me a kiss!