Animal transformations, confused relationships and sheer rapacious sexuality merge in this erotic animated feature, adapted from the Arabic collection of stories from the same name, charting the incredible and often tragic adventures of Aladdin as he travels in search of love, fortune, and power.

Eiichi Yamamoto begins his groundbreaking “Animerama” trilogy (later including Cleopatra and Belladonna of Sadness) with this overlooked countercultural anime: an impressionistic adaptation of the Arabian Nights. An imaginative and psychedelic, erotic and experimental animation.