Anime & Manga + Fairy Tales

[laceblade]

So for WisCon, I'm going to be on this panel about fairy tales in shoujo manga & anime.

In an effort to not give into the feelings of, "OMG I SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE ON PANELS, I SHOULD TAKE MYSELF OFF IMMEDIATELY," I'm trying to prepare instead!


Here is the description of the panel:

Some works of shoujo anime or manga (works which are marketed to females 10 to 18 years old) incorporate fairy tales. What are your favorite anime or manga that use fairy tales, either Western or Japanese? Which ones take fairy tales and play with them to achieve narrative brilliance? Works such as Revolutionary Girl Utena, Princess Tutu, and Natsume Yujin-cho may be considered.


So, I'm familiar with Revolutionary Girl Utena, Princess Tutu, & Pretear.
If you have suggestions about other anime & manga series, I am interested! Especially in ones based on/deconstructing non-Western fairy tales & tropes.

Comments

(yes, I will reply to my own posts!)

[laceblade]

omg Scrapped Princess, can't believe I almost forgot about this one!

[meganbmoore]

There's a manhwa that adapts The Little Mermaid but with a merman. Sadly, I don't think scans exist and only 1 or 2 volumes were published.

[laceblade]

So this is not the "MY Bride is a Mermaid!" anime?? I'm hoping to avoid that series, LOL.

[oyceter]

Evyione! It has a gorgeous depiction of the sea witch too, but I think I only have v. 1.

[oyceter]

There's also Planet Ladder (7? vol. manga series), which is an SF take on the Kaguya Hime story. Someone already mentioned Yuki Kaori's Ludwig Revolution elsewhere... um...

I don't know if it counts as a "fairy tale," but there are a ton of different Journey to the West takes, from Dragon Ball to Saiyuki.

Will add stuff if I think of anything!

[meganbmoore]

Yes, that! I keep thinking I have 2 volumes but I think it's really only 1. I should dig it out and reread it before the con.

[meganbmoore]

I was about to say "I think that's the only Kaori Yuki that's been translated that I haven't read" and then i remembered that it wasn't translated...