Princess Emberly (film)

Princess Emberly is a 1985 epic fantasy feature film produced by Nellie Calico Studios. The twenty-fifth animated feature in the Calico Animated Canon and Calico's first PG-rated film, the film is based on the Japanese legend The Mountain Lion Guardian.

The film is directed by Vincent Andersen and Sora Ashido, who worked on Fox And The Hound in 1981. This is the first full-length animated feature film to be recorded and presented in a 70mm 6-track Dolby Stereo sound. It features the voices of Castiel Pearson, Rumi Asui, Heather Redd, Chiyo Mendez, and London Christian. A video game based on the movie was released in 1986.

Princess Emberly was the first Calico animated feature film to receive a PG rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), as well as the first Calico animated feature film to feature computer-generated imagery. The film was released theatrically by Sundial Pictures Distribution on July 24, 1985. With the budget of $44 million, it was the most expensive animated film ever made at the time. The film is notorious for being a major box office disaster, as it earned $21.3 million domestically, which it led to a loss for the studio, putting Nellie Calico Feature Animation near to bankruptcy. Due to its poor performance, Calico didn't release the film on home video until 1998, where it sold relatively well. The film has, however, become rather popular with the millenial generation, being recognized for it's animation and storytelling.