"Faeries" is an Amercian 24-minute animated short film from 1981, so this one is already over 35 years old and despite the age, I am a bit surprised how this is almost forgotten by now. Thhe reason is that it received a pretty strong deal of Emmy attention (it is a television special of course) and that the genre also appeals to many I guess. I am not the very greatest fantasy lover, but it still worked out nicely. The director and also among the writers who adapted the books is Lee Mishkin, but the more known names are probably included in the voice acting cast, namely Hans Conried, Frank Welker and June Foray, who just died very recently close to the age of 100. It is fitting that this trio voiced supporting characters as the human hero in charge of saving the fairies in here is pretty generic and forgettable and maybe also the reason why this was not made as a series after the success of this one. Or at least a sequel. The heart and soul are the supporting characters as they are still interesting thanks to their looks, even if we don't find out that much about most of them. The story is okay, nothing too special and slightly predictable. The animation is really solid too and you could see that it was improving again after the years of drought past the Golden Age of Animation. Good for us, the audience. This is an underseen little film. Go check it out if you like fantasy animation. It is worth seeing.
Review of Faeries
