I saw this movie twice in the mid 80s and I still can't get over how fascinating, touching and profoundly deep it was (excuse the tautology, but it is). It can definitely hold a child's interest (I was one) but it's not really a cartoon meant for kids. The ending and the overall atmosphere haunt me to this day, to some degree thanks to the soundtrack which is out-worldly. Rumen Petkov's style (which is rather peculiar) definitely adds to that. It's a shame the movie hasn't been shown in Bulgaria for years, it's a shame there's no way to obtain a copy, and it's definitely a shame people worldwide associate the title with Disney's "Treasure Planet" (which, compared to its predecessor is, to say the least, silly). Not that they ever had much choice.
Review of The Treasure Planet
