Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (released in Japan as simply Nemo (??, Nimo) and credited in some territories as Little Nemo) is a 1989 Japanese-American animated musical adventure fantasy film directed by Masami Hata and William Hurtz. Based on the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay, the film went through a lengthy development process with a number of screenwriters. Ultimately, the screenplay was credited to Chris Columbus and Richard Outten; the storyline and art style differed from the original version. The original soundtrack was penned by the Academy Award-winning Sherman Brothers. A box office bomb in its original Japanese release, the film suffered additional commercial failure when released in the United States, where 11 minutes of material was removed in order to secure a family-friendly G rating from the Motion Picture Association of America.