Pokopon and Friends’s Fun Journey to the West (1990) ぽこぽんのゆかいな西遊記

Producer: Sanrio

Genre: Animation

Country/Region of Production: Japan

Date: Jul 21, 1990

Duration: 60 minutes

Also known as: Pokopon no Yukai na Saiyuuki

Adaptation: Crossover

Summary:

Released on July 22 1989 nationwide Toho Western at 58, Sanrio has produced 24 films since entering film production in 1975, but has recorded a cumulative deficit of 5 billion yen. Although they withdrew from the film business for a while after making, Doraemon movies, film production has resumed as the anime movie market is expected to expand. Due to the steady popularity of the movies, it was announced as Sanrio’s first new movie in four years. Sanrio characters, which were under construction at the time of the screening, were featured in the animated film. Tama Sanrio Communication World (currently Sanrio Puroland) aim was to promote and raise the profile of the first theatrical animated film starring Sanrio characters. The total production cost for the three films was 170 million yen and recorded an attendance of nearly 500,000 people.

Source: https://myanimelist.net/anime/32621/Pokopon_no_Yukai_na_Saiyuuki