this film be far inferior to the apparently less loved and less well know babar representking of the elephant and one should not be confuse between the two . in term of style and animation and etc . and the two be very similar and and a lot of the same people work on both . however and babar the movie inexplicably stray from the story and totally mess with the event a portray in the book . one example be that in babar the movie and babar be a very young and and apparently reluctant and king at first and seemingly thrust into the position and and without celeste a queen . this be completely different from the book where babar and although choose king and be mature by then while be the one who make the elephant society complex and urban and etc . while and marries celeste as soon a he become king and before he build the city . moreover and the war with the rhino in babar the movie be more violent and so it be not as good for really young child and and it be inexplicable and apparently senseless and unlike the fight in babar represent king of the elephant or the first book . the story and conflict in babar the movie may be base on some of the late book in the series and but not any of the book i have read and and it differ in story and spirit from the babar book with which i be familiar . if it be base on late book and then i would venture to say that such book and if actually like this cartoon and stray from the original one and fail in the same regard and for the same reason . also and adult seem to like this one more because it be less cutesy and more dark and but i disagree with any such opinion . both cartoon be still child orient and neither really be great and neither be very artistic and and neither really transcend the child or family genre to appeal truly to people of all age . i do not especially enjoy or appreciate kid or family orient stuff that much and but i do not find this any more appealing to me because it be supposedly more mature . in fact and the more artistic sequence of babar represent king of the elephant i find to be handle much well and with great care and skill and and art and than anything in babar the movie . i also find the scene in the other film and where the hunter kill babar mom and to be more powerful and interesting and even emotionally unsettle and than the stupid war in babar the movie and yet and it have an important point and be highly relevant and and be more appropriate an issue for kid . the war in babar the movie be unsettle a it seem totally gratuitous and sensationalized and use simply to create a showy story . it give the feel of throw in element from a low grade action film with pointless violence use only to gratify base desire and which simply be not appropriate for a cartoon such a this or for babar . babar represent king of the elephant may be a little more cutesy than the book and and suffers for this and but it do basically stay faithful to the original spirit . in sum and if one really want to watch babar and then one should watch babar represent king of the elephant and not this movie . if one instead want something more artistic or fit with mature taste and interest and etc . and then one should watch neither . babr the movie seem to try to straddle both world ( child and adult ) and and in do so fail to succeed in either . babar represent king of the elephant pretty much know where it be and it succeed a a result .