Directed by Tomoharu Katsumata Tim Reid Written by Hans Christian Andersen   Mieko Osanai   Ikuko Ôyabu   Cast Fumie Kashiyama ... Marina (voice) Mariko Miyagi ... Fritz (voice) Tarô Shigaki ... Prince (voice) Hideki Shibata ... Mermaid King (voice) Kôsei Tomita ... Duke the Whale (voice) Kaneta Kimotsuki ... Crab / Conch (voice) Ichirô Nagai ... Whistler (voice) Ken'ichi Ogata ... Oval Shark (voice) Haruko Kitahama ... Witch / Marine's Sister (voice) Miyoko Asô ... Mermaid Crone (voice) Kazuko Sugiyama ... Marina's Sister (voice) Kazuko Sawada ... Jemmy the Cat (voice) Nana Yamaguchi ... Prince's Mother (voice) Rihoko Yokoda ... Suomi Princess (voice) Kirsten Bishop ... Marina (English version), (voice) (as Kirsten Bishopric) Thor Bishopric ... Fritz (English version), (voice) Ian Finley ... Prince (English version), (voice) Jeannette Casenave ... Old Queen of the Mermaid / Housekeeper (English version), (voice) Terry Haig ... (English version), (voice) Neil Shee ... (English version), (voice) Jane Woods ... Marina's Sister / Sea Witch / Princess Cecelia / Jemmy the Cat / Prince's Mother (English version), (voice) Produced by Ken Ariga   Chiaki Imada   Richard Moranville   Yordan Nicolov   N.W. Russo   Yoshio Takami   Original Music by Takekuni Hirayoshi Special Effects by Keitaro Hama ... special effects Shôji Satô ... special effects

Additional Info Premiere: March 21, 1975 Theatrical Release: February 04, 1978 DVD Release: September 29, 2015 Blu-ray Release: March 26, 2024 Country: Distributor: Discotek Media Websites: Alternate Titles Anderusen Dôwa Ningyo-Hime Production Companies Toei Animation Toei Company Toei Doga Distributors GG Communications   (1978) (United States) (dubbed) (theatrical) Video Gems   (1986) (United States) (VHS) Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)   (1989) (United States) (TV) Discotek Media   (2014) (United States) (DVD) Drossel   (1995) (United States) (VHS) Starmaker Entertainment   (United States) (VHS) Sterling Entertainment Group   (2006) (United States) (DVD) UAV Entertainment   (2006) (United States) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.3 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #8,579 / 20,736 Site Ranking #8,575 Tom And Jerry: Spy Quest (2015) #8,576 Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver (2011) #8,577 CM Punk: Best In The World (2012) #8,578 Aetbaar (2004) #8,579 The Little Mermaid (1975) #8,580 Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021) #8,581 Gargoyle: Wings Of Darkness (2004) #8,582 Savage Sam (1963) #8,583 G.I. Joe: Renegades: Season 1 (2010)