The Insensitive Princess(1983)

The Insensitive Princess is a 1983 French animated series created by Michel Ocelot that blends cel and cutout animation techniques. Set in an ornate palatial theater, the story unfolds in a fairy-tale fantasy world that mixes the decorative styles of the Ancien Régime and belle époque periods. The production design draws visual inspiration from classic French fairy tales, featuring elaborate costumes, baroque submarines, dragons, and playful anachronisms like motorcycles. Ocelot crafts a whimsical setting where fanciful technology and outright fantasy coexist with period aesthetics. The series won first prize in its category at the 3rd Bourg-en-Bresse Animation Festival for Youth and the audience prize at the 6th Odense Film Festival.