Ariel (The Little Mermaid) some publications such as "Time" criticize her for being too devoted to Eric whereas others, such as "Empire", praise the character for her rebellious personality, a departure from previous Disney Princesses. Ariel was based on the title character of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid", but co-director and writer Ron Clements felt that the mermaid in the original story was too tragic and rewrote the character, resulting in Ariel. Jodi Benson, who was predominantly a stage actress, was chosen to voice Ariel because the directors felt "it was really important to have the same person doing the singing and speaking
Adventures of the Little Mermaid also aided by the wizard Anselm and by Chauncey, Justin's page. Main characters Antagonists The series uses two pieces of theme music for the original Japanese version. The opening theme is called "Yumemiru Mermaid (夢みるMERMAID lit. "Dreaming Mermaid")" and the ending theme is called "Pearl-no Kimochi (パールな気持ち lit. "Pearl Feelings")", both by vocalist Yumi Hiroki, who also portrayed the voice of Winnie in Japanese version of the show. Rachelle Cano performs the theme music for the English dub version. Music from the English version was used for the English dub of "Digimon Adventure". Adventures of the Little Mermaid This 26-episode