Destination: Imagination (2001 animated film)

Destination: Imagination, known in Japan and the UK as Skymancer (スカイマンサー, Sukaimansā), is a 2001 American/Japanese animated fantasy/sci-fi film featuring the character Nova Skymancer, who first appeared in 1985 in a collection of merchandising, and animated by Toei Animation. The film was produced by DIC Enterprises, Inc. and Supernova Studios, and was released in the United States on October 24, 2001 by Miramax. Nobutaka Nishizawa, who is best known for directing The Adventures of the American Rabbit, directed this film.

The film follows a young cartoonist who is chosen by her creations that come alive to help them save their dimensional world. The film was inspired by the cute style of animation used in fantasy cartoons of the 1980s, such as Care Bears and Rainbow Brite, and in the 1990's Japanese anime media such as Sailor Moon.

Plot
In 1983, 8-year old Crystal Farlin is drawing cartoons when her mother told her that when she grew up, she wanted to be a artist to sell her artwork in the Art Show. Months later, she showed her class her hand-made comic about small, fairy-like animals, which angers her teacher, Miss Bladwin, who hates cartoons. This resulted her to be sent to the principal's office, where the kind principal, Mrs. Westwing, reveals that she's an artist to, but Miss Bladwin wanted to let her keep her drawings and not showing it in public.

Fourteen years later, the now 22-year old Farlin revealed to her colleges she wanted to attend Art Festival held at college.

Meanwhile, in an another dimension, a gang of aliens called "Star Pirates" is facing their most difficult challenge: To invade a world full of cartoon creatures and animals and use them as them slaves. One of the Star Pirates, an alien named Timmy, arrived in a fantasy world where one of Farlin's creations, a small chinchilla with fairy wings named Nova Skymancer, refuses to become a slave. Upon hearing this, Timmy tries to find a way to make Nova his slave and accidentally awakens a giant monster that causes whoever touches it to polymorph and become possessed. This prompted Nova to seek a professional aid.

Back in the real world, Farlin is trying to write her own story when a mysterious pink cloud emerges from her comic and sends her to the fantasy world where her drawings comes to life. Nova reveals to Farlin that she's her cartoon character and tells her that the world needs danger. Farlin agrees, but discovers that artists in Nova's world had the ability to draw anything that comes to life. Farlin, who wanted to go back to being an artist, sends Nova's friend, a pixie named Ginara, to her house to obtain her art tools.

In the fantasy world, Farlin discovers the legend about "Power of Imagination" and only artists with that power can re-seal the monster into the ancient temple, so she agrees to help Nova to save the world before Timmy makes Nova and her friends slaves.

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