If you loved Alakazam the Great!, try Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Taiji Yabushita, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Adventure / Animation / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Alakazam the Great!, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad is
You're a calligrapher's apprentice in Baghdad, dreaming of faraway isles. But a dying sailor's map sets you adrift with a stowaway prince. Soon you’re evading cyclops, sand dragons, and the ire of a dark wizard. The film's cel animation, bold color schemes, and monster designs borrow freely from mentor Sanae Yamamoto's earlier work. It lingers on the visual imagination.

