Legend of the North Wind (La leyenda del viento del Norte in Castilian, Ipar aizearen erronka in Basque) is a 1992 Spaniard animated fantasy film. The basis of the story is by writers Gregorio Muro and Josean Munoz) and Juan Bautista Berasategi (initially, and falsely, credited to Maite Ruiz de Austri, and Carlos Varela) directed.
Production[]
Co-production is by Episa and Euskal Pictures International. The film's working title was Balleneros in Spain (Balearenak under its Basque title). There was also a TV series of the same title and a 1994 sequel, El Regreso del Viento del Norte (Spanish for The Return of the North Wind). The films are actually episodes of the TV series edited into feature films.
Voice cast[]
An English dub of this wasn't released direct-to-video until 1997 and the distributors behind it were Canadian Nelvana and Plaza Entertainment. The film's dub recorded in Montreal, Quebec.
Plot[]
In the 17th century, a European daredevil is in Newfoundland, Canada, seeking to capture a pod of whales for malicious intentions. In order to achieve this goal, he makes the foolhardy decision of freeing the mythical North Wind to obtain its powers. The North Wind was previously encased becasue of the efforts made between the Basque sailors and Mi'Kmaq natives to prevent the escape. Three kids (twin siblings Ane and Pieot, and a Mi'kmaq boy, Watuna) are the descendants of each of those and they are tasked of putting a stop to the malevolent Athanasius before he succeeds.
Status[]
While there still is no sign of the English dub of the first films, the whole TV series, on the other hand, is available to view on YouTube in Spanish only, as it can be presumed the TV series never received an English dub. The first and second films have yet to be recovered. As of 2023, the film's English dub is now (and finally) added on YouTube.