Published on June 19th, 2020 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Warrior Prince — Animated Ramayana — The Legend of Prince Rama

Animated Ramayana: Warrior Prince is a $12 million-dollar film based upon the Ramayana. It’s a 170-minute action packed, feature film that explores the animation style called “FUSION” which consists of 3 different schools of animation: Manga from Japan, Disney from the USA and Ravi Varma from India. Directed and conceived by Japanese master filmmaker YUGO SAKO, The Legend of Lord Rama is based on Valmiki’s Ramayana treasured Indian epic.

Animated Ramayana in English. Produced and Directed by Yugo Sako. Ramayana comprises about 24,000 Slokas (verses) in Sanskrit and is one of the two great epics of ancient India – the other being Mahabharata.

The story of Ramayana was orally handed down from one generation to the other from around 10th century B.C. and it is said that the poet Valmiki gave its present shape around 200 A.D.

– Awarded Best Animation Film of the Year – Santa Clarita International Film Festival – 2000 – Honored as Opening Film – Lucca Animation Film Festival in Italy – 2000 – Shown as work in progress at Toronto Film Festival – Highlight of the Cardiff Animation Film Festival – UK

– $12 million production featuring the amazing and sophisticated Fusion style of animation! Warrior Prince is a million-dollar film based upon the legend of Ramayana.

It’s a 170-minute action packed, feature film that explores the animation style called “FUSION” which consists of 3 different schools of animation: Manga from Japan, Disney from the USA and Ravi Varma from India. Directed and conceived by Japanese master filmmaker YUGO SAKO, The Legend of Prince Rama is based on Valmiki’s Ramayana treasured Indian epic.

This stunning FUSION animation features narration by James Earl Jones and music by Academy Award winner Alan Howarth and Vanraj Bhatia. In the Ramayana, the hero, Rama, lived his whole life by the rules of righteousness. Prince Rama was the eldest of four sons and was to become king when his father retired from ruling.

His stepmother, however, wanted to see her son Bharata, Rama’s younger brother, become king. Remembering that the king had once promised to grant her any two wishes she desired, she demanded that Rama be banished and Bharata be crowned. The king had to keep his word to his wife and ordered Rama’s banishment. Rama accepted the decree unquestioningly. When Sita, Rama’s devoted and chaste wife, heard Rama was to be banished, she begged to accompany him to his forest retreat. Rama agreed, and Rama, Sita and his brother Lakshmana all went to the forest to live in exile for 14 years. Later in the story, when Ravana, the evil King of Lanka, abducted Sita, Rama mustered the aid of an army of monkey soldiers to built a causeway across to Lanka to released Sita and bring her safely back to Ayodhya.

About the Author

Madhudvisa dasa My first contact with a Hare Krishna was a most merciful Mataji in Oxford Street, London who sold me a "Higher Taste" cook book in 1984 while I was on holidays there. I started seriously reading Srila Prabhupada's books in Australia 1985 and by 1986 Srila Prabhupada had convinced me "Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead" and "we should surrender to Krishna." I joined the Hare Krishnas in Perth, Western Australia in 1986. Since then I have been chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and preaching as much as I can. That's my life and full-time occupation now really. I like it more than anything I've ever experienced before. Srila Prabhupada's books are so amazing... Even after reading them all many times they're still fresh and new. They are truly transcendental! That's it really. Now I'm just hankering to once again see the world chant Hare Krishna, dance and feast and float away in the ecstasy of Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana movement as it did in Srila Prabhupada's physical presence. Let the whole world drown in the ecstatic flood of love of Krishna!