"The Goddess of Spring" is a cartoon from 1934, so this one is already over 80 years old. Wow. And there are some significant differences compared to the "usual" Disney from around that era. First of all, you will not find any of the very famous characters in here, instead this is a much more mythological tale. But most of all, it is opera. If you think of opera in these old cartoons, you will probably think of Warner Bros and Looney Toons before Disney, but actually Disney also gave the subject a try occasionally. Such as here. And finally, the film runs for 10 minutes instead of the usual 7 minutes. The animation is very good of course, but that's a bit of a given with Disney back then. The voice actors are basically voice singers and have not appeared in many other Disney cartoons, if any at all. The two male protagonists have starred in several pretty famous (still today) live action movies. As a whole, nowhere near my favorite Disney cartoons, but certainly worth checking out and be it only because it is so different compared to almost everything else Disney has done in the 1930s. Thumbs up.
Review of The Goddess of Spring
