When I was young I watched a movie on TV and it was animated as far as I can remember

I am 43 now and saw it in the 1970's or 1980's

I saw it on TV and it was animated and was about a seal woman (selkie) who was sunbathing and something happens and she ends up married to a man and she finds her seal skin (I think in the house of her husband) and she puts it on and leaves

I may have this mixed up but I do believe when she leaves she goes to a place with many seals (maybe inside a mountain)

It may have been a foreign movie

I did a little searching and found
An episode of the anime series

Manga Sekai Mukashibanashi (77)
a.k.a. Castillo de Cuentos (Spanish)
a.k.a.Cuentos Populares (Spanish)
a.k.a.Cuentos Universales (Spanish)
a.k.a.Fiabe così (Italian)
a.k.a.Le più belle favole del mondo (Italian)
a.k.a.Manga Fairy Tales of the World

view
(japanese site)
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"I may have this mixed up but I do believe when she leaves she goes to a place with many seals (maybe inside a mountain"

This part sounds like the conclusion of
The White Seal

view scene

Well it definitely is not white seal. Since that is about a seal pup and has nothing to do with selkies just about a seal pup.


Not sure if it is from Manga Fairy Tales of the World
Because it doesn't have much info but thanks anyway

@ Straydog - jujubees asked this same question a while back... I answered the same thing as you about the White Seal... and good job on that Japanese cartoon! I searched for 'animated Selkie' for like days... and found nothing that matched jujubees description. Well Done!

@ jujubees - The White Seal came out to TV in 1975, that would make you like 7 yrs old? Maybe it is a possibility that two movies have merged in your memory? If you go to 'view' on Straydogs post under the Manga info, you can watch the film...

@ aliseodo The show I saw was not white seal. White seal is about a seal. The movie I saw was about a selkie. The seal part of the movie was short since it was mostly about the woman living with her husband. It was oddly animated too not like white seal.
I saw the white seal back in 1975 and not the movie I am thinking of.

This movie I saw the woman went into a hidden area where the selkie's were sunbathing.
It was almost a penciled animated film

Also some of the selkies were women sunbathing too after taking off their seal skins

"penciled animation"? Like this?
The Selkie Bride - YouTube

(did you look at the clips Straydog put up?)

It was like that but longer
Thank you for both of yours and straydogs help

I did look at straydogs anime episode and it is in a different format then I remember
But close enough to enjoy anyway, but not the one I saw
Thanks straydog

Hello! I have been searching for this myself which led me to your question. I think I have found what you are looking for!

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/18378

Do let me know!

Nat

Oh just to note also - there was a video sponsored by Kellogg's which was back to back the whole collection. This might bring the "movie" memory?

This is an old thread but I'm pretty sure I found the movie you're talking about. I remembered it being a part of a DVD collection of mythical stories in Spanish (I'm Puerto Rican) and since there's no word for selkie in Spanish that I know of, I searched something along the lines of "mujer foca" (seal woman) and it popped up. The English title is The Sealskin. Here's a link, it's in Spanish but watch it just to be sure that it's this one.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2aF0MbuW7H8

Oh and if that link doesn't work, try this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aF0MbuW7H8