ABS-CBN made a localized movie
of "Sarah: ang Munting Prinsesa".
The Tear Jerkers
For a while, in this point of time, the Philippine TV kinda took a break from anime. However, the idea of anime has already sprung out in a few, select people who had the luck of renting one for their VCR. Some video rent houses already had anime in their shelves and that has introduced Filipinos to great anime series such as Macross, Patlabor and the likes of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Wings of Honneamise. Filipinos can only watch anime if they have VHS or Betamax at that time. Still, anime wasn't that totally gone in Philippine TV because this was the time when ABS-CBN first aired these animes with very dramatic themes.
| Being a hit among kids, ABS-CBN made a localized movie of "Sarah: ang Munting Prinsesa". |
ABS-CBN's first try was Cedie:Ang Munting Prinsipe. Based on the book "The Little Fauntleroy", this anime captured the hearts of Filipino kids(along with their babysitters or "yayas") mainly because of the Filipino's love for drama. Unlike other cartoons with comic or humorous tones, Cedie became successful with the use of very dramatic situations that placed the Filipinos sympathy towards the main character. Seeing the potential of these kind of animes, ABS-CBN followed Cedie with more hits like Sarah:Ang Munting Prinsesa, A Dog of Flanders and others. Most of these animes, by the way, are based on novels. Sarah was based on the novel "The Little Princess" while Flanders was based on a novel by the same title.
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