One day while she is playing with her best friend Buzzer the beetle, Thumbelina meets the Prince of Tulips who falls in love with her and rename her Maya.

Here Thumbelina catches the attention of Mr Mogul, a rich mole who asks for her hand in marriage.

The songs were composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi and performed by Columbia Orchestra, while lyrics were written by Etsuko Bushika.

[3] Like The Wild Swans, the film was dubbed in English in 1983 by Sound Shop Inc. in New York under the direction of Peter Fernandez, and released by Turner Program Services.

[4] The film was also released in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Russian and Arabic.