History Anime / Windaria

* {{Determinator}}: Marie, who defies death itself to wait for Alan to return.
* DownerEnding: The original Windaria.
** EarnYourHappyEnding: The re-scripted Windaria.

* DubNameChange: All of the characters for the ''Once Upon A Time'' dub received Westernized names, with Izu, Marin, Jihl and Ahnas all being renamed Alan, Marie, Roland, and Veronica respectively.

* {{Arcadia}}: The Valley, also known as 'Saki'. Its the region where people farm. Its a beautiful place with friendly people.

* BloodlessCarnage: Averted. Even the english version clearly shows the death of the {{RedShirt}}s on both sides; some of them are gruesome and all of them bloody.
* BiggerStick: Shadowland's military has tanks and machine guns while Lunaria's has hover craft and crossbows. When the war starts, the former marches [[CurbStompBattle more or less unopposed]] to the latter's capital.

* RebelliousPrincess: Defied. Veronica is set up to be this but reluctantly carries out her mother's will.

* StarCrossedLovers: Roland and Veronica, the heirs of the countries at the brink of war. It looked to be subverted as the Queen of Lunaria hoped a marriage between them would neutralize the possible war but they ended up fighting.

* WorldTree: The 'Tree of Life' in The Valley. Its huge, refered to as the region's 'Guardian Spirit' and is prayed to by the inhabitants for health and happiness.

The world of Windaria is split into three distinct cultures: the kingdom of Lunaria is based on the coast and lives off the sea, The kingdom of the Shadowlands which is based on industry, and 'The Valley', where farmers live and plow. The varying interests of these three regions drives the plot. As the story begins, Lunaria and Shadowlands are at odds because the former is denying fresh water to the latter and are negotiating for its renewal, [[TheHero Izu]] and [[ProperLady Marin]] are taking their produce from The Valley to the Lunarian market, and a figure in a mask has a [[EvilPlan mysterious plan]] for everyone.

Also called ''Legend of Fabulous Battle Windaria'' and ''Once Upon a Time'', is a Japanese animated film produced by Kaname Productions and Idol. The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It was released theatrically in Japan on July 19, 1986. In 1987, Harmony Gold licensed Windaria for release in the United States, changing the title to Once Upon A Time and trimming the movie from its 101-minute running time to 95 minutes. The English version included a new script, an altered plot, scenes switched around, violent and adult-oriented scenes removed, the entire cast given Western names. The uncut Japanese version has never been officially released in this region, however, before [=DVDs=] and the popularization of anime in the States the un-cut version did make the SF convention circuit and was available in the US on laserdisc.

Also called ''Legend of Fabulous Battle Windaria'' and ''Once Upon a Time'', is a Japanese animated film produced by Kaname Productions and Idol. The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It was released theatrically in Japan on July 19, 1986. In 1987, Harmony Gold licensed Windaria for release in the United States, changing the title to Once Upon A Time and trimming the movie from its 101-minute running time to 95 minutes. The English version included a new script, an altered plot, scenes switched around, violent and adult-oriented scenes removed, the entire cast given Western names. The uncut Japanese version has never been officially released in this region, however, before DVDs and the popularization of anime in the States the un-cut version did make the SF convention circuit and was available in the US on laserdisc.

* ShadowLand: One of the three areas is called just this but it does provide a {{foil}} for The Valley in that it is dirtier, darker and based on industry instead of agriculture. Alan even states that farming is impossible in the Shadowland and drinking the water is lethal or insanity producing.

The world of Windaria is split into three distinct cultures: the kingdom of Lunaria is based on the coast and lives off the sea, The kingdom of the Shadowlands which is based on industry, and 'The Valley', where farmers live and plow. The varying interests of these three regions drives the plot. As the story begins, Lunaria and Shadowlands are at odds because the former is denying fresh water to the latter and are negotiating for its renewal, [[TheHero Alan]] and [[ProperLady Marie]] are taking their produce from The Valley to the Lunarian market, and a figure in a mask has a [[EvilPlan mysterious plan]] for everyone.

* FakeUltimateHero: Inverted with Alan. He is called a hero and a savior for rebuilding Windaria, and he ''is'' responsible for it, but Alan never saw himself as such because of his guilt.

* PosthumousNarration: The story begins at Alan's funeral and is told by him after his soul has left his body.

* ForegoneConclusion: The story is narrated by Alan after he's gone old and grey and so a number of things are clear from the start: 1. Alan survives the story. 2. Marie does not. 3. The world has recovered from the damage about to unfold. 4. Alan has done something so terrible that not even being lauded as the hero who rebuilt the world can ease his guilt. The ''how'' of the story is not even alluded to and no other character is mentioned so there are still plenty of surprises.

* ShadowLand: One of the three areas is just called just this but it does provide a {{foil}} for The Valley in that it is dirtier, darker and based on industry instead of agriculture. Alan even states that farming is impossible in the Shadowland and drinking the water is lethal or insanity producing.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The key to Lunara's floodgates are guarded by an old man that sleeps most of the day in a guardhouse without a door. At the start of the film, a guard just walks in there, takes the keys and no one realizes anything until he opens the flood gates. Considering this could have flooded the entire city, it merges with TooDumbToLive.

The world of Windaria is split into three distinct cultures: the kingdom of Lunaria is based on the coast and lives off the sea, The kingdom of the Shadowlands which is based on industry, and 'The Valley', where farmers live and plow. The varying interests of these three regions drives the plot. As the story begins, Lunaria and Shadowlands are at odds because the former is denying fresh water to the latter and are negiotating for its renewal, [[TheHero Alan]] and [[ProperLady Marie]] are taking their produce from The Valley to the Lunarian market, and a figure in a mask has a [[EvilPlan mysterious plan]] for everyone.

* HopeSpot: Zigzagged. Alan fears his wife is dead because of the war but doesn't see any signs of battle and thinks that the war didn't reach The Valley, then he noticies his neighor's houses in ruins and thinks his own is the same. Then he gets home and sees it ''is'' in ruins, but his wife is alive. Then she turns out to be a ghost.

The world of Windaria is split into three distinct cultures: the kingdom of Lunaria based on the coast and lives off the sea, The kingdom of the Shadowlands which is based on industry, and 'The Valley', where farmers live and plow. The varying interests of these three regions drives the plot. As the story begins, Lunaria and Shadowlands are at odds because the former is denying fresh water to the latter and are negiotating for its renewal, [[TheHero Alan]] and [[ProperLady Marie]] are taking their produce from The Valley to the Lunarian market, and a figure in a mask has a [[EvilPlan mysterious plan]] for everyone.

* BiggerStick: Shadowland's militar has tanks and machine guns while Lunaria's has hover craft and crossbows. When the war starts, the former marches [[CurbStompBattle more or less unopposed]] to the latter's capital.

* FakeUltimateHero: Inverted with Alan. He is called a hero and a savior for rebuilding Windaria, and he ''is'' responsible for it, but Alan himself never saw himself as such because of his guilt.

* {{Macekre}}: The re-scripting of Windaria softened the original story's tragic themes, the most profound being the after-the-fact attempt to provide some manner of redemption for Izu/Alan.

Also called ''Legend of Fabulous Battle Windaria'' and ''Once Upon a Time'', is a Japanese animated film produced by Kaname Productions and Idol. The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It was released theatrically in Japan on July 19, 1986. In 1987, Harmony Gold licensed Windaria for release in the United States, changing the title to Once Upon A Time and trimming the movie from its 101-minute running time to 95 minutes. The English version included a new script, an altered plot, scenes switched around, violent and adult-oriented scenes removed, the entire cast given Western names. The uncut Japanese version has never been officially released in this region, however before DVDs and the popularization of anime in the States the un-cut version did make the SF convention circuit and was available in the US on laserdisc.

* TheAtoner: Alan,in the re-scripted version, spends the bulk of his life rebuilding the world after he helped ruin it.

* TheAtoner: Alan, who spends the bulk of his life rebuilding the world after he helped ruin it.

Also called ''Legend of Fabulous Battle Windaria'' and ''Once Upon a Time'', is a Japanese animated film produced by Kaname Productions and Idol. The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It was released theatrically in Japan on July 19, 1986. In 1987, Harmony Gold licensed Windaria for release in the United States, changing the title to Once Upon A Time and trimming the movie from its 101-minute running time to 95 minutes. The English version included a new script, an altered plot, scenes switched around, violent and adult-oriented scenes removed, the entire cast given Western names. The uncut Japanese version has never been officially released in this region

* LostWoods: ''Haunted'' Woods to be precise. It looks creepy enough but evil spirits live their too. They prey on fear and can lead to death and confusion.

* TheAtoner: Alan, who spends the bulk of his life rebuilding the world after he helped ruin it.

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Alan's goal]] is to reunite with his true love in the afterlife. The opening shows he succeeds

!!This series provides examples of:

* WorldTree: The 'Tree of Life' in The Valley. Its huge, refered to as the region's 'Guardian Spirit' and is prayed to by the inhabitants for health and happiness.