Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama
Ramayana LOPR
DVD cover
Directed byKoichi Sasaki
Ram Mohan
Yugo Sako
Screenplay byNarendra Sharma
Rani Burra
Ram Mohan
Koichi Sasaki
Hiroshi Onogi
Ram Mohan
Yugo Sako
Based onRamayana
by Valmiki
Produced byYugo Sako
Kenji Yoshii
Atsushi Matsuo
StarringNikhil Kapoor
Rael Padamsee
Uday Mathan
Mishal Varma
Noel Godin
Music byVanraj Bhatia
Animation byKazuyuki Kobayashi
Production
company
Nippon Ramayana Film Co.
Distributed byTEM Co., Ltd.
Geek Pictures India Pvt Ltd
Excel Entertainment
AA Films (Theatrical, 2024)
Release dates
  • 10 January 1993 (1993-01-10) (International Film Festival of India)
  • 3 November 1997 (1997-11-03) (Japan)
  • 18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) (India)
Running time
135 minutes
CountriesJapan
India
LanguageEnglish
Budget¥800 million[1]

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama is a 1993 anime film co-produced by Japan and India; produced and directed by Yugo Sako. It is based on the Indian epic Ramayana.[2][3] The film was directed by Koichi Sasaki and Ram Mohan, with music composed by Vanraj Bhatia. The film was first released in India at the 24th International Film Festival of India. It was also screened at the 1993 Vancouver International Film Festival. Subsequently, a Hindi dubbed version was released in the late 1990s.

  1. ^ "Overview of the film". Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ Bharule, Shreyas (2021). "Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (Japan)". Pages 182-183 of "The Global Encyclopaedia of the Ramayana" uploaded to the website of the Consulate General of India, Munich, Germany. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  3. ^ Singh, Supriya (19 March 2022). "Groundbreaking "Ramayana" anime remastered for new audience 30 years on". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.