# Ringing Bell

Ringing Bell ( チリンの鈴 , Chirin no Suzu , lit. Chirin's Bell ) is a 1978 Japanese anime adventure-drama film adaptation of the storybook of the same name written by Takashi Yanase , the creator of Anpanman . \[ 1 \] It is most notable by fans and critics as a family film which makes a sharp, sudden turn into a dark and violent story that criticizes and reflects upon the theme of revenge and war . Ringing Bell was produced by Sanrio and originally shown as a double feature alongside the US/Sanrio co-production The Mouse and his Child . \[ 2 \] It is Sanrio's first anime film to have a dark plot, only two films they co-produced with Sunrise , The Ideon: A Contact and The Ideon: Be Invoked – both of which serve as the conclusion to Yoshiyuki Tomino 's Space Runaway Ideon , follow suit. Like the above-mentioned Ideon films, it is among Sanrio's first works to be aimed at young adult audience members in and outside Japan. It was released in the US in 1983, and it is currently licensed by Discotek Media. A young lamb named Chirin sees his mother killed by a wolf. The wolf himself teaches him to be strong.

- Kind: Cartoon
- Year: 1978
- By: Sanrio Films
- Genres: Animation
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ringing-bell_20250318)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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