Disturbing...

[blazer]

An alternative reality where Bambi becomes Bully Maguire

[COS]

Kind of like a slightly darker version of Bambi.

[EcoFreindlyWoodVeneer]

Bambi reaction to his mothers death:😢
Chrin: *becomes doomslayer*

[wayelee]

his voice when he was crying was actually heartbreaking, it sounded so genuine and lifelike.

[reneemachuca]

What’s more weird about this film is that this was made by Sanrio. You know the same people who made hello kitty

[i_have_too_many_aesthetics]

dude, the scenes where he was crying actually made me almost cry 😭

[jesuschrist.official]

The art and animation quality is so great and it was made IN 1978?!?! Damn it's very ahead of it's time

[nyanpirethecat]

The movie and original story has a notably dark origin since its loosely based on Takashi Yanase's (author of the story) experiences in World War II with "Chirin no Suzu" serving as an allegory for the effects of war.

During the war, Yanase was a soldier during the Japanese occupation of China in World War II, where he lost his brother (a kamikaze pilot) in the Pacific Theater. Yanase himself faced moments of starvation and close to dying multiple times due to this. He suffered PTSD after the war and hated warfare preferring to be a children's author by saying "There's no justice in battle." and "The real heroes are those that sacrifice themselves to help the hunger" (the latter explains why the Anpanman Franchise focuses on food nutrition). Yanase was also deeply ashamed with Japan's actions throughout the war.

Yanase was also close friends with Osamu Tezuka who also shared the same anti-war sentiments as him. Tezuka even produced the 1970 animated adaptation of "Yasashii Lion" (The Kindly Lion) by Mushi Productions while Yanse wrote the lyrics and songs in the short.

"Chirin no Suzu" is also a very personal children's story compared to "The Kindly Lion" and "Bara no Hana to Joe". He passed away in late 2013 at the age of 94.

[PeripheralVisionary]

The true monsters in the film were the other sheep.

Ending: Chirin ended up not taking revenge against the wolf, having viewed him as a father figure, until he tries to raid the farm again and kill more sheep. Chirin refuses and then kills his father figure. Horrified at Chirin’s monstrous appearance, he is ostracized and alone.

Or so basically, imagine if you had to kill a friend because they were going to on a mass shooting, and somehow people still hated you.

If you want to look into the message, there is the issue of what war does to people and how returning solders treated by society. It is actually reminiscent of films like Hamburger Hill, where returning soldiers were treated like garbage despite being arguably the war’s greatest victims.

[Jengklenplayz]

Why did this actually so I FOR REAL STARTED TO CRY IN THAT "don't leave me mama-a-a!! " 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[Ktty-]

The lamb: *crying*
Youtube subtitles: *Applause*

[LillianGraceFullofficial]

The animation of Chirin crying is genuinely accurate. the sniffling nose, the shaking, the body language??? oh my god it’s just so amazing

[capncookie]

“You’ve become the very thing you’ve sworn to destroy”

[Iwantparents]

"Hi! Im Bambi!"
"hi... IM CHIRIN 👹"

[dominator_virus]

I actually like this ending a lot. Sure its dark, but it’s a really deep and good message that challenges the audience to think.

[loafie_bread]

This is literally just Vinland Saga, but as Bambi 😭

[Shattered_Fragments]

This anime is an underrated classic. I appreciate the creators making something for children that isn't afraid to be dark.

[ashessakura]

I love that Chirin’s horns go from facing back to front facing, it was nice touch to show he’s not prey and he’s now a predator

[revoltingbacon]

But hear me out, he looks cool as fuck in that last scene though. The glow up was crazy

[kyototomokui]

I thought the music was gonna be the disappointed SpongeBob music lmao