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, also called Legend of Fabulous Battle Windaria and Once Upon a Time, is a Japanese anime film produced by Kaname Productions and Idol. The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, and written by Keisuke Fujikawa. It was released theatrically in Japan on July 19, 1986.
| Izu (イズー) | Tōru Furuya | Allen | Kerrigan Mahan (young) Russell Johnson (old) |
| Marin (マーリン) | Waka Kanda | Marie | Mari Devon |
| Jiru (ジル) | Kazuhiko Inoue | Roland | Bruce Nielsen |
| Anasu (アーナス) | Naoko Matsui | Veronica | Barbara Goodson |
| Ginevia (ギネビア) | Sho Saito | Lunarian Queen | Catherine Battistone |
| Haroru (ハロール) | Kan Tokumaru | Lunarian Chancellor | Michael Forest |
| Piralu (クピラール) | Ichirō Nagai | Caleb | Jeff Winkless (first half) Bill Capizzi (second half) |
| Ransuro (ランスロ) | Hidekatsu Shibata | King Drako | Michael McConnohie |
| Kundori (クンドリー) | Rihoko Yoshida | Shadowland Queen | Melodee Spevack |
| Kairu (カイル) | Norio Wakamoto | Lord Legato | Abe Lasser |
| Sharemu (シャレム) | Yumi Kinoshita | Celina | Iona Morris |
| Druid (ドルイド) | Gara Takashima | Juliet | Wendee Lee (first half) Melodee Spevack (second half) |
| Toreru (トレル) | Kazuki Yao | Bren |
Windaria was first distributed in Japan to home video by Victor Entertainment. The eventual laserdisc release contained a trailer, a pilot film (in which characters are colored differently than the final version), and a second audio track. Victor released Windaria on DVD in Japan on December 16, 2000. This release forgoes the laserdisc extras but includes a director interview on the insert. Atlus reissued the film on DVD on March 25, 2005. Streamline Pictures released the English version, titled Windaria, on North American VHS between 1992 and 1993. A laserdisc version was planned by Image Entertainment yet never distributed. ADV Films re-released the English version, as Once Upon a Time, on DVD on March 23, 2004. The uncut Japanese version has never been officially released in this region.
A generous amount of Windaria-related merchandise has been marketed in Japan since the film's 1986 debut. Fujikawa's Douwa Meita Senshi Windaria bunkobon was published by Kadokawa Shoten during March 1986. Shortly after the premiere of Windaria, several official guide books were released, one ( Settei: Windaria) containing Idol's sketches, storyboards, and promotional materials. A special omake was published on August 25, 1986, as part of Kadokawa's "Mediamix Special" imprint. Inomata's 1988 art book Gatsu no Koe Hoshi no Yume contains some of her illustrations from the film. Arai's album Natsukashii Mirai, containing both the film's opening and ending themes, was released by Victor on October 21, 1986. Arai later re-recorded " Utsukushii Hoshi" for her 2005 album Sora no Uta due to her dissatisfaction with the first version of the song. The film's original soundtrack was released by Victor on both LP and CD on July 21, 1986, and CD was reprinted on March 24, 1994. It was reissued on June 23, 1999 alongside the soundtrack to Birth, another anime by Kaname. Finally, a 2008 Nintendo DS video game based on the film was developed by Compile Heart under the name ダンジョン オブ ウインダリア and released in Japan.
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