Your childhood bedtime stories just filed for emotional damage.
The truth behind the well-known Grimm’s Tales is cruel and full of blood and lust! Eps#1 “Hansel & Gretel”: Two brothers lost in the woods were actually criminals… Eps#2 “The Blue Beard”: The true character of the Blue Beard was a cannibal who was unable to tolerate his wife’s adultery. Eps#3 “Cinderella”: Actually Cinderella had abnormal affections toward the prince.
Direction
Masui crams three psychological grenades into one hour.
Writing
Twisted fidelity to Grimm's actual brutality, not Disney.
Director
Soichi Masui
Sayuri Sadaoka
Saleswoman (voice) , Granny (voice) , Bluebeard's Mother (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi
Customer (voice) , Father (voice) , Gusutafu (voice)
Rio Natsuki
Gretel (voice)
Mami Horikoshi
Mother (voice) , Stepmother (voice)
Akemi Okamura
Beta (voice) , Marianne (voice) , Kateryna (voice)
Kumiko Watanabe
Lotte (voice) , Korinna (voice)
Rokuro Naya
Bluebeard (voice) , Real father (voice)
Shigeru Shibuya
Prince (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This OVA belongs to Japan's 1990s-2000s 'dark fairy tale' boom, when anime routinely weaponized Western childhood icons for adult horror.
The 59-minute runtime was standard for direct-to-video anime anthologies of the era — just enough time to destroy your psyche before you return the tape.
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