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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Horus: Prince of the Sun (Taiyou no Ouji Horusu no Daibouken; also known as Hols: Prince of the Sun, The Little Norse Prince, and Little Norse Prince Valiant) is a 1968 Japanese animated film. It is best known for being an early work of Studio Ghibli's most famous talents Isao Takahata (who directed) and Hayao Miyazaki (who did many key frames and contributed many ideas) from back when they worked at Toei Animation. Horus had a notoriously troubled production, with Toei telling Takahata he would never direct again.Set in an ancient northern country, a young boy named Horus embarks on a quest to defeat Grunwald, a demon who has destroyed countless villages, including his own. To do so, he must return to his father's people and reforge the ancient Sword of the Sun, which he pulls out of a resting rock golem named Mohg. Ho Horus ls reaches his native village and meets Hilda, a girl similarly orphaned by Grunwald and subsequently cursed. With various forces turning the people against each other, Horus struggles to both protect the village and reforge the Sword.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Though almost unknown outside of Japan (with the exception of Italy), Horus was immensely influential on anime as a whole and is considered a classic, pioneering the artistic role of the director, the value of cinematography and composition, and film production periods of over eight months.Discotek Media has managed to license the movie for a DVD release in the US, which was issued on December 23, 2014. |
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Trailers Always Spoil |
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Trailers Always Spoil: The Japanese trailer spoiled the colossal ice mammoth and Hilda's Heel–Face Turn. |
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Swarm of Rats |
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Swarm of Rats: Hilda summons a swarm of rats to attack the village when they're celebrating a wedding, revealing her as The Mole for Grunwald. |
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Androcles' Lion |
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Androcles' Lion: A variation with Mohg, who not only keeps his promise to Horus but also helps him defeat Grunwald. |
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Spiritual Successor |
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Spiritual Successor: Future Boy Conan, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky... Let's just save time here and say that pretty much half of the stuff Miyazaki made as a director was influenced by this film. |
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Parental Abandonment |
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Parental Abandonment: Horus father dies in the first ten minutes, and his mother is never mentioned. |
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Curb-Stomp Battle |
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Curb-Stomp Battle: Mohg Vs. the Ice Mammoth, it ends very quickly for the Ice Mammoth when Mohg pushes it from a cliff with no significant effort. |
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Doomed Hometown |
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Doomed Hometown: The village where Horus and his father lived originally, destroyed before the events of the film. Hilda also claims to be from one. |
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Snowlems |
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Snowlems: Grunwald attacks the village in the climax on a colossal mammoth made of ice. |
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Smug Snake |
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Smug Snake: Drago and Toto. |
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Viking Funeral |
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Viking Funeral: Horus burns his former home, a wrecked ship, after his father dies. |
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Savage Wolves |
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Savage Wolves: The minions of Grunwald; the leader is a silver wolf. |
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Heel–Face Turn |
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Heel–Face Turn: Hilda, after finding Flip and Koro buried in the snow. |
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Only One Name |
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Only One Name: Every single named character has only one name. |
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The Good, the Bad, and the Evil |
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The Good, the Bad, and the Evil: Horus (The Good) vs. Hilda (The Bad) and Grunwald (The Evil). |
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Disney Death |
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Disney Death: Combined with Redemption Equals Death. Hilda, although she does get better |
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Covers Always Lie |
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Covers Always Lie: The Italian DVD cover features a noticeably older, blue-eyed, cape-donning Horus, and the silver wolf with red eyes. |
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Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds |
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Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Hilda, who chooses evil after her village was destroyed. She gets better. |
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BFS |
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BFS: The Sword of the Sun. |
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Filling the Silence |
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Filling the Silence: The French dub added screaming to the mob in Hilda's hallucination. |
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Mind Rape |
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Mind Rape: Grunwald's forcing Hilda to see visions of Horus and the other villagers killing her, just so she'll continue to be dependent upon him, certainly qualifies as this. |
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Good Angel, Bad Angel |
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Good Angel, Bad Angel: Although they're real (instead of the usual visual metaphor) and not angels, Chiro and Toto fill these respective roles for Hilda. |
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Ominous Owl |
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Ominous Owl: Toto the owl, as Good Angel, Bad Angel above states. |
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Kill It with Fire |
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Kill It with Fire: Since Grunwald's powers are ice-based, flaming arrows and bonfires contribute a lot in the final battle. The power of the sun is what wins it. |
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Evil Chancellor |
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Evil Chancellor: Drago, to the village's chief. |
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Beautiful Singing Voice |
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Beautiful Singing Voice: Hilda is shown to have a beautiful singing voice, so much than other villagers stop working whenever she starts singing. |
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Classically-Trained Extra |
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Classically Trained Extra: The VA for Grunwald, the late Mikijirou Hira was a very famous stage and TV actor, known for his very popular Shakespeare roles. |
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Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter |
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Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: A sister variant; Hilda is revealed to be one to Grunwald. |
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Non-Human Sidekick |
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Non-Human Sidekick: For Horus, Koro the bear. For Hilda, Chiro the squirrel and Toto the owl. |
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We Can Rule Together |
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We Can Rule Together: Grunwald offers to make Horus his younger brother. |
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The Ken Burns Effect |
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The Ken Burns Effect: Some of the battles weren't animated due to time and budget constraints, opting instead for fast-panning stills. |
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Broken Bird |
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Broken Bird: Hilda's previous experiences have left her shattered. |
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Immortality Seeker |
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Immortality Seeker: Hilda, until her Heel–Face Turn. |
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The Catfish |
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The Catfish: The monstrous pike preventing the village from catching any fish. |
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Dark Magical Girl |
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Dark Magical Girl: Hilda is a mysterious young girl who bonds with main character Horus, but she turns out to have bonds with the Big Bad Grunwald, and as the story progresses she's more and more conflicted about her loyalties. She has to go through a Disney Death before getting fully better. |
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Morality Pet |
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Morality Pet: The little girl Mauri becomes very attached to Hilda, which makes the latter to declare that she will only spare her from the destruction of her village. |
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The Mole |
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The Mole: Hilda is revealed to be The Dragon to Grunwald. |
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Ghibli Hills |
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Ghibli Hills: Well, duh. |
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Crowd Song |
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Crowd Song: The villagers sing several songs celebrating a good harvest and the wedding to show the importance of community as opposed to the solitary, nihilistic songs sung by Hilda. |
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