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“Sinbad and Ali protect Princess Samir from a wicked minister in Toei's adventurous adaptation of Arabian Nights.”
Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures
アラビアンナイト シンドバッドの冒険
5.42
13,246 rank · 2,359 viewers · 2 favorites
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Sinbad and Ali protect Princess Samir from a wicked minister in Toei's adventurous adaptation of Arabian Nights.
This is a work by Toei Animation Co., Ltd. with screenplay by Tezuka Osamu in cooperation with novelist Kita Morio. Sinbad and a boy, Ali, are stowaways on the transport ship "Boulder," but they win their proper places on the ship after currying the favor of the captain. Then the beautiful princess Samir jumps on board to escape a wicked minister who wants to marry her, and Sinbad goes through a series of adventures to protect the princess. The story unfolds with ups and downs, full of dramatic episodes from the original story such as a rough-and-tumble battle with a strange bird that is guarding diamonds.
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
4.5
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 1
σ 2.29
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.29 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 2.5
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Score over time
↑ 3.50
Running avg · Mar 2016 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I was very excited when in my anime journey I stumbled across Arabian Nights: Sinbad’s Adventures because it’s basically an old anime counterpart to Aladdin that works for me in many ways. I want...”
- 4 “i only managed to find the dub for this one. Sindbad's adventures was a much needed change of pace from the same old character designs TOEI was employing - direct imitation of Disney movies of the...”
- 1 “How delightful it is to delve into the realm of such vintage entertainment in our modern age, where complexity and nuance have flourished to unprecedented heights. Truly, it is a shame to review...”
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A Movie Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 81′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 21m all episodes
- Aired Jun 1962 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-5141 catalog