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Hamtaro: The Captive Princess
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Movie №
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Original airdate
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December 14, 2002
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Hamtaro: The Captive Princess (とっとこハム太郎 ハムハムハムージャ! 幻のプリンセス) is the second of the four Hamtaro movies. It debuted in theaters on December 14th, 2002 in Japan; the film was never officially released in English.
Plot Summary[]
Lately, Hamtaro has been having a strange dream. In the dream, a beautiful princess hamster tearfully asks for help. Hamtaro can’t forget about her, even when he’s awake. One winter day, Laura talks to Hamtaro. She tells him that everyone in the family is going to visit her father’s hometown. When Hamtaro tells his friends about it, Maxwell pulls out a Ham-Ham source book. It’s a book on old hamster history.
According to the book, there is a “homeland” for hamsters called “Hamja Kingdom”. When the Ham-Hams build a sand castle and recite a spell exactly the way it is written in the book, they are whooshed to the Kingdom. When at last the hamsters reach the bustling Hamja Kingdom of hamsters, the popular King Hamja, the Mini Hams that they’ve met before in Ham-Ham Land, and many jar spirits called the Mo-Hams appear. A parade begins merrily with singing and dancing! But, the evil magic cat “Sabaku-Nya” appears suddenly, riding the giant sheep monster “Mee Mee”, and starts to trample the town. What a disaster!
The Ham-Hams are told of the state of the Kingdom and find that Sabaku-Nya has snatched the King’s daughter, Princess Cye-Ra, and is pressing her into marriage on the Kingdom’s Founding Day. Sabaku-Nya is trying to take over the country. Something clicks in Hamtaro's mind. Princess Cye-Ra is without a doubt the princess who appeared in his dreams! Hamtaro wants very much to run to the castle where Sabaku-Nya is, and so he and the Ham-Hams enter the castle. In the castle, they encounter danger after danger, and Hamtaro, pursued by Sabaku-Nya's henchmen, is separated from the others!
International Releases[]
There were several releases of the movie in different languages; the majority of them were only released on DVD or broadcasted on television, with most other countries not receiving a full theatrical release.
DVD Menu Includes[]
DVD Menu.
Dubbed[]
- Japanese
- Mandarin Chinese
- Cantonese
- Thai
- Italian (shown on Hiro in 2010)
- Arabic
- Korean
A French DVD release was announced around 2007 (alongside Hamtaro: Adventures in Ham-Ham Land), but was seemingly never released. It is unknown if the dub itself was ever produced.
Subtitled[]
- Japanese
- Mandarin Chinese
- French
- Italian
- Swedish
- Arabic
- Korean
- Spanish
- English (fan-made, Ham-Ham Paradise)
- Portuguese
There are several unlicensed DVDs with English subtitles. This includes the "Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak - Theatrical Version I" (哈姆太郎剧场版I) double-disc set: a strangely hacked version of an official Top Insight DVD release, which adds the option to display English subtitles. However, these subtitles are very poorly-translated; referring to Hamtaro as "Harm Talo", among other extensive errors.
Trivia[]
- In Japan, this movie was released between episode 128 (Sparkle's Crush and episode 129 (Mimi's Christmas).
- While an official English release of the movie did not occur, proper English posters and summaries were produced for international markets by TMS Entertainment.[1]
Gallery[]
- Main article: Hamtaro: The Captive Princess/Gallery