The Wizard of Oz (オズの魔法使い, Ozu no Mahōtsukai) is a 1982 anime feature film directed by Fumihiko Takayama, from a screenplay by Akira Miyazaki, which is based on the 1900 children's novel by L. Frank Baum, with Yoshimitsu Banno and Katsumi Ueno as executive producers for Toho.

A little girl named Dorothy Gale lives with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry and dog Toto on their farm in Kansas.

After consulting her magic balckboard, the Witch tells Dorothy to go to the great Wizard of Oz in the Emerald City, hoping that he can grant her wish.

He appears first to Dorothy in the form of a large talking head, then to the Scarecrow as a beautiful winged lady, to the Tinman as a monster similar to a rhinoceros, and to the Cowardly Lion as a ball of fire.

The Witch tries to steal the ruby slippers from Dorothy, who during a fight throws a jug of water on her, which makes her shrink and disappear forever.

The man explains that he worked as a magician in a circus and one day he got lost with his hot air balloon, ending in the Land of Oz.

Dorothy has lost all hope of seeing Aunt Em and Uncle Henry again when she receives a visit from Glinda, the Good Witch of the South.

Dorothy says goodbye to her friends, clicks the heels of her shoes three times and is transported at home with Toto, where they are reunited with Aunt Em and Uncle Henry.

The music was written by future Studio Ghibli's composer Jō Hisaishi along with Yuichiro Oda and performed by Columbia Orchestra.

[5] The English version of this film, edited by Johann Lowenberg and produced by John Danylkiw, appeared on television and home video in the United States on September 10, 1983.