# Obscure Animation- know the title? Know where to Look?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-animation-know-the-title-know-where-to-look/531094>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 3, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-animation-know-the-title-know-where-to-look/531094 "2010-03-03T05:42:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![An\_Madra\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@An\_Madra\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Madra_Dubh)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-animation-know-the-title-know-where-to-look/531094/1 "2010-03-03T05:42:45Z")

</div>

Hello,

Can anybody name this animation;  
where a little girl has to wear a red and blue mask and go on an epic quest.

Not much information I know, and I’ve never seen it myself (unless I have, in which case, I have.)  
It’s been haunting a friend of mine for the best part of 15 years.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-animation-know-the-title-know-where-to-look/531094/2 "2010-03-03T06:07:19Z")

</div>

“animation” is too generic a word.

Was this a cartoon or was it anime?

Was it a movie or a half-hour-per-episode series on TV?

There are a lot of places online to look, but if the only details are “girl”, “red & blue mask” and “epic quest” it’s gonna be hard to find, even for the Dope’s anime experts.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-animation-know-the-title-know-where-to-look/531094/3 "2010-03-03T06:21:05Z")

</div>

Nausicaa?

[http://www.scifi-universe.com/upload/galeries/images\_film/nausicaa3.jpg](http://www.scifi-universe.com/upload/galeries/images_film/nausicaa3.jpg)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![An\_Madra\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@An\_Madra\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Madra_Dubh)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-animation-know-the-title-know-where-to-look/531094/4 "2010-03-03T08:49:30Z")

</div>

Nausicaa! Helluva guess there chap, but I think it’s something more obscure. Maybe French (is that Anime?) circa The Black Cauldron. I think the plot revolves around having to wear the mask, as a curse, or maybe it’s a questing mask… or something.

I’ll contact my buddy and try to dig up more information; but I know there isn’t much. Meanwhile shots in the dark welcome.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-animation-know-the-title-know-where-to-look/531094/5 "2010-03-03T10:53:50Z")

</div>

Well, _The Black Cauldron_ was released in 1985; should we widen the search from 15 years old to maybe 25 years?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-animation-know-the-title-know-where-to-look/531094/6 "2010-03-03T12:32:45Z")

</div>

How about _Gwen, [Le Livre de Sable](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen,_le_livre_de_sable)_? [Pic.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajourneyroundmyskull/3648653211/sizes/l/)