The Legend of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a 1996 Japanese-animated comedy-drama film that is the anime adaptation of the original 1837 fairy tale that is produced by Studio Gallop and TMS Entertainment and distributed in Japan by Toho. The film runs for 65 minutes and was released in Japanese theaters on October 25, 1996, a few days before the fairy tale's 159th anniversary. It was released on VHS and on LaserDisc in Japan on April 25, 1997. An English dub was produced at Ocean Productions in 1997 that was released in theaters in North America by Columbia Pictures on July 3, 1998. It bombed at the box office due to minimal marketing and competition from Disney's Mulan, which was playing in theaters at the time. It was later released on VHS by Columbia Tristar Home Video on October 30, 1998 and on DVD on October 29, 1999, becoming one of the first Columbia Tristar DVD releases in North America. It received positive reviews from critics and audiences in both Japan and North America, and is now considered a cult film.

Plot
A young girl named Goldilocks moves to the countryside with her mother after facing the loss of her father. Goldilocks loves exploring nature, playing with animals and going on adventures. Her mother lets her go play in the forest everyday but tells her not to go too far. One day while chasing a rare butterfly, her curiosity led her to explore the deep parts of the forest where she saw the most beautiful sights she has ever seen. She gets so distracted going deeper and looking at the deep beauty of the forest that she ends up getting lost. As she is about to cry, she saw a light in a bush. She follows it and finds a wooden cabin in the clear part of the forest. Goldilocks looks to see if anyone is home but no one answered nor anyone was here. Feeling hungry and tired and wanting to have a rest before finding her way home before sunset, Goldilocks crept into the house.

She smells a beautiful aroma which leads her to the kitchen where she saw 3 different-sized bowls of oatmeal. Goldilocks tries the big and medium bowls but they're too hot and cold respectively. She tries the small bowl and it was just right so she unintentionally eats it all up. She's now full and happy but also feeling bad at the same time. She decides to rest for a while before going home and goes into the living room where she saw 3 chairs. Goldilocks climbs up and sat in the big wooden chair but it's too uncomfortable for her so she gets down and sat in the medium-sized sofa but she almost sinks into it and it was too soft for her so she gets up and finally sat in the small chair with a red cushion even thought it was a little small for her and it seemed just right for her. As she tries to get comfortable, she heard a crack and wonders where it came from. Before she knew it, it was too late as she suddenly fell to the floor with pieces of the chair all around her. Goldilocks then starts to yawn and goes upstairs to look for somewhere to sleep. Halfway through, she looks at the pictures hanging on the wall, one of which is a sunny field full of flowers in the meadow which reminds her that when she was small, she used to play in that same-looking meadow which brings back memories. However, her eyes are getting heavy and she made her way up and goes into a bedroom where there are 2 beds. She lays down on the big bed and tries to sleep and get comfortable but she couldn't get comfortable no matter which spot she tried. She then goes to the medium bed and tries to lay down on it but she almost sinks into it before managing to get up, declaring that this bed is too soft and squishy for her. Goldilocks then yawns and goes to another bedroom. She then lays on the small blue bed and it was just right for her. She pulls up the covers, hugs the teddy bear that was on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

The three bears come home after a long walk only to find someone has entered their house, eaten their porridge, sat in their chairs and slept in their beds. Baby Bear was the most shocked seeing his porridge all gone, his chair all broken to pieces and Goldilocks sleeping in his bed. When the bears tried to get closer to her, Goldilocks suddenly woke up and got frightened so much that she ran out the door and out of the house. The bears then decided to find her so that she can help her admit her wrongdoings. Eventually, they find her sobbing at a nearby river.

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