Alakazam is a young and brave monkey who convinces all the other monkeys to make him their king. After attaining the throne and learning magic, he becomes so vain that he goes to heaven to challenge the gods. He is defeated by King Amo, and sentenced to serve as the bodyguard of Prince Amat in order to learn humility.
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Osamu Tezuka was named as a director of the film by Toei Company. However, Tezuka later stated that the only time he was in the studio was to pose for publicity photos. His involvement in promoting the film, however, led to his interest in animation.

Details

Genres

Studios

• Toei Animation

Staff

• Rintarou — In-Between Animation
• Yasuo Ootsuka — Key Animation
• Osamu Tezuka — Script Composition, Unit Director
• Reiko Okuyama — In-Between Animation
• Hiroshi Ookawa — Production
• Yasuji Mori — Key Animation
• Masatake Kita — In-Between Animation
• Kazuko Nakamura — In-Between Animation
• Shuuji Konno — In-Between Animation
• Hideo Furusawa — Key Animation
• Masao Kumakawa — Key Animation
• Daikichirou Kusube — In-Between Animation
• Akira Daikuhara — Key Animation
• Taiji Yabushita — Unit Director
• Sanae Yamamoto — In-Betweens Check
• Taku Sugiyama — In-Between Animation
• Daisaku Shirakawa — Unit Director
• Makoto Nagasawa — In-Between Animation