History YMMV / HeroicTimes

* VindicatedByHistory: Only to a meager degree, but many Hungarians now see the film as the artistic achievement it was. Its international fame is also on the rise, thanks to a 2023 American {{Remaster}}.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Averted. Despite being made by a well-loved animation studio, based on a classic book series taught in Hungarian literature classes whose {{signature scene}}s have become part of that country's cultural iconography, the film has become super obscure, if anything. Possibly in part because of the different title and nameless characters, many people don't even realize it's a ''Toldi'' adaptation.

* VindicatedByHistory: Only to a meager degree, but many Hungarians now see the film as the artistic achievement it was.

* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: The film failed in is native country. Critics tore it apart and moviegoers had no idea who the target audience was meant to be. The tacked-on narration and classical music (which viewers found corny and old-fashioned) also drove away people. Yet on international festivals, where the film was screened in its original, purely musical state, foreign critics hailed it as a masterpiece.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Presentation aside, the depressing story can lead to this. Of course, it ''is'' meant to be a drama set in very dark times. As well, this might be one reason the movie got so overlooked.

* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: The film failed in is naive country. Critics tore it apart and moviegoers had no idea who the target audience was meant to be. The tacked-on narration and classical music (which viewers found corny and old-fashioned) also drove away people. Yet on international festivals, where the film was screened in its original, purely musical state, foreign critics hailed it as a masterpiece.

* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: The film failed in is naive country. Critics tore it apart and moviegoers had no idea who the target audience was meant to be. The tacked-on narration and classical music (which viewers found corny and old-fashioned) also drove away people. Yet on international festivals, where the film was screened on in its original, purely musical state, foreign critics hailed it as a masterpiece.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Literally every frame is a painting, a gorgeous, living, classical oil painting. You don't even mind the frequent still shots as they allow you to admire the art longer.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Presentation aside, the depressing story can lead to this. Of course, it ''is'' meant to be a drama set in very dark times. As well, this might be one reason the movie got so overlooked.