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Title (English) Fly! Peek the Whale
Title (Japanese) Tobe! Kojira no Peek
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Notes A.k.a Peek the Baby Whale, movie, 80 mins. 1991
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Review Fly Peek - Peek the Baby Whale(Kiseki) (subtitled) 80m, cert. U, £5.99
PEEK THE BABY WHALE (Kiseki, subtitled, 80mins, cert U, £12.99)
A beautifully animated film about some children who find a baby whale on the seashore and discover they can control the creature with a magical flute. An unscrupulous circus owner captures the white whale with the intention of putting it on show. The young hero does all he can to free the whale and return it to the wild; the circus owner's daughter gets in on the act too. It looks better than the usual video animation, but we're not sure if the UK release is aimed at adult anime nuts, or at children who can cope with subtitles!
Afterword. - Needless to say this release has sunk without trace. A pity, as it's just as good as a lot of the Disney stuff, and if dubbed into English and massively promoted in every shop and medium like the Disney movies would probably do just as well!
Re-released in Budget range at £5.99. A boy rescues a baby white whale. "Won widespread critical acclaim" (including from me). See the original review in the earlier Year.

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Date 1991
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