Balto (fim)

***Balto*** fim ne mai ban sha'awa na 1995 wanda Simon Wells ya jagoranta, wanda Amblin Entertainment ta samar, kuma Universal Pictures ta rarraba. Ya dogara ne akan labarin gaskiya na kare Balto wanda ya taimaka wajen ceton yara da suka kamu da cutar diphtheria a cikin 1925 serum run to Nome. Tauraron fim din 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na murya Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, Phil Collins, da Bob Hoskins. Kodayake da farko fim ne mai rai, yana amfani da na'urar tsarawa ta Haɗuwa wanda ke faruwa a Babban Gidan shakatawa na Birnin New York kuma yana nuna Miriam Margolyes a matsayin tsofaffi na ɗayan yara. Wannan shi ne fim na uku kuma na karshe da Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio zai samar, kafin rufe studio a shekarar 1997.

An sake shi a wasan kwaikwayo a Amurka a ranar 22 ga Disamba, 1995, *Balto* ya kasance gazawar ofishin akwatin saboda an rufe shi da sakin Toy Story, amma tallace-tallace na gaba a bidiyon gida ya haifar da jerin bidiyo guda biyu kai tsaye: *Balto II: Wolf Quest* (2002) da Balto III: Wings of Change (2005).

## Makirci
A Birnin New York, wata tsohuwar mace da jikanta suna tafiya a cikin Central Park, suna neman mutum-mutumi na tunawa. Yayin da suke zaune don hutawa, kakarta ta ba da labarin game da Nome, Alaska.

A cikin 1925, wani kare mai suna Balto yana zaune a gefen Nome tare da mahaifinsa na tallafi, wani dusar ƙanƙara na Rasha mai suna Boris, da bears biyu, Muk da Luk. Karnuka da mutane suna yi wa Balto ba'a saboda al'adun rabin jinsinsa. Abokansa kawai a garin su ne yarinya mai suna Rosy da jan husky Jenna wanda Balto ke da sha'awarsa. An kalubalance shi da kare da aka fi so a garin Steele, wani mummunan kuma mai girman kai na Alaskan Malamute, da abokan aikinsa, Nikki, Kaltag, da Star.

A wannan dare, Rosy da dukkan yara a Nome sun kamu da cutar diphtheria. Yanayin yanayi mai tsanani na hunturu yana hana kawo magani ta iska ko teku daga Anchorage, kuma layin dogo mafi kusa ya ƙare a Nenana. Bayan Gwamnan Alaska ya ba da izini don jigilar antitoxin ta hanyar dogo, ana gudanar da tseren kare don tantance karnuka mafi kyau ga ƙungiyar kare don samun magani. Balto ya shiga ya ci nasara, amma an dakatar da shi bayan Steele ya fallasa al'adun kare-karnuka. Kungiyar ta tashi a wannan dare tare da Steele a kan gaba kuma ta sami nasarar karɓar magani. A lokacin da suka dawo, yanayin da ya lalace ya bar ƙungiyar da ba ta da kyau a gindin wani gangara mai tsawo tare da musher da aka buga ba tare da sanin komai ba.

Lokacin da labarin ya kai Nome, Balto ya fara neman su tare da Boris, Muk, da Luk. A kan hanya, wani babban grizzly bear ya kai musu hari, amma Jenna, wanda ya bi waƙoƙinsu, ya shiga tsakani. Bear ya bi Balto a kan tafkin daskarewa, inda ya fadi cikin kankara kuma ya nitse. Muk da Luk sun ceci Balto daga irin wannan makomar amma Jenna ta ji rauni kuma ba za ta iya ci gaba ba. Balto ya umarci Boris da bears su dawo da ita gida yayin da yake ci gaba shi kaɗai. Balto daga ƙarshe ya sami tawagar, amma Steele ya ki taimakonsa kuma ya kai masa hari har sai ya rasa ma'auni kuma ya fadi daga dutse. Balto ya ɗauki alhakin ƙungiyar, amma sun sake rasa hanyarsu tun lokacin da Steele ya lalata hanyar ta hanyar ƙirƙirar alamun ƙarya. Balto ya faɗi yayin ƙoƙarin ceton magani daga faɗuwa daga dutse.

Komawa a Nome, Jenna ta bayyana aikin Balto ga sauran karnuka yayin da Steele ya dawo, ya yi ƙarya cewa ƙungiyar, gami da Balto, sun mutu. Jenna ta ga yaudarar sa kuma ta tabbatar da Balto zai dawo tare da maganin. Yin amfani da wata dabara da Balto ya nuna mata a baya, Jenna ta sanya kwalabe masu launin gilashi a gefen garin kuma ta haskaka fitila a kansu don kwaikwayon fitilun aurora, tana fatan zai taimaka wajen jagorantar Balto gida. Lokacin da Balto ya sake farkawa, yana shirye ya rasa bege, har sai babban farin kyarkeci ya bayyana. Da yake lura da akwatin magani da ke kusa, sai ya fahimci cewa al'adun sa na kyarkeci ƙarfi ne ba rauni ba, kuma ya ja magani zuwa dutsen zuwa ga ƙungiyar jira. Hanyoyin Balto masu ci gaba sun tace alamun ƙarya da Steele ya kirkira.

Bayan fuskantar ƙarin ƙalubale ta hanyar gadar kankara, guguwa, da kogon kankara, kuma sun rasa kwalliya ɗaya kawai, Balto da ƙungiyar sled a ƙarshe sun koma Nome. Sauran karnuka sun watsar da Steele mai tausayi waɗanda suka fahimci gaskiyar game da shi. Da ya sake haɗuwa da Jenna da abokansa, Balto ya sami girmamawa daga karnuka da mutane. Ya ziyarci Rosy da ta warke, wanda ya gode masa saboda ceton ta.

Komawa a cikin 1995, tsohuwar mace da jikanta a ƙarshe sun sami mutum-mutumi na Balto kuma ta bayyana cewa hanyar Iditarod ta rufe hanyar da Balto da tawagarsa suka ɗauka daga Nenana zuwa Nome. Matar, wacce a zahiri Rosy ce, ta sake maimaita wannan layin "Na gode, Balto. Da na rasa ba tare da kai ba". Ta tafi ta haɗu da jikanta da Siberian Husky Blaze . siffar Balto tana tsaye da alfahari a cikin hasken rana.

## Masu ba da labari

* Kevin Bacon a matsayin Balto, kare mai launin ruwan kasa da launin toka; kasancewa Siberian Husky-Arctic wolf hybrid. Jeffrey James Varab da Dick Zondag sun yi aiki a matsayin masu kula da Balto. Maurice LaMarche ne ya gaje Bacon a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen kai tsaye zuwa bidiyo, *Balto II: Wolf Quest* da Balto III: Wings of Change .
* Bob Hoskins a matsayin Boris Goosinov, wani dan kasar Rasha mai kula da dusar ƙanƙara kuma mai kula da Balto, mai ba da shawara, mahaifin mai kula, da kuma abokin tarayya. Kristof Serrand ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da wasan kwaikwayo ga Boris. Hoskins ya gaji wanda ya tsara Roger Rabbit, Charles Fleischer a cikin sakonni.
* Bridget Fonda a matsayin Jenna, wata mace mai jan ƙarfe da fari ta Siberian Husky, dabbar Rosy, da kuma sha'awar soyayya ta Balto. Tsarin fuskarta ya dogara ne akan 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Audrey Hepburn . Robert Stevenhagen ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da Jenna. Jodi Benson ce ta gaje Fonda a cikin jerin abubuwan da suka biyo baya.
* Jim Cummings a matsayin Steele, wani baƙar fata da fari na Alaska Malamute wanda ke zaluntar Balto akan al'adun sa na kyarkeci kuma yana da sha'awar Jenna. Sahin Ersöz ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da Steele. Brendan Fraser da farko an jefa shi don muryar Steele kafin Cummings ya maye gurbinsa.
* Phil Collins a matsayin Muk da Luk, bears biyu, 'yan uwan Boris, da' yan uwan Balto. Nicolas Marlet ya tsara kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da wasan kwaikwayo ga Muk da Luk. Kevin Schon ne ya gaje Collins a cikin sakamakonsa.
* Juliette Brewer a matsayin Rosy, yarinya mai kirki, mai farin ciki kuma mai mallakar Jenna wanda shine mutum daya tilo a Nome wanda ya kasance mai kirki ga Balto kafin tafiyarsa mai ban mamaki. David Bowers ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da Rosy. Rosy ta yi taƙaitaccen cameo a cikin Balto III: Wings of Change . 
** Miriam Margolyes a matsayin tsohuwar Rosy a cikin jerin abubuwan da ke faruwa wanda ke ba da labarinta ga jikanta a farkon fim din.
* Jack Angel, Danny Mann, da Robbie Rist a matsayin Nikki, Kaltag, da Star, bi da bi. Nikki Chow Chow ne mai launin ruwan kasa, Kaltag Chinook ne mai launin rawaya, kuma Star mai launin ruwan hoda ne na Alaska Klee Kai. William Salazar shi ne mai kula da wasan kwaikwayo na tawagar. Nikki, Kaltag, da Star sun yi taƙaitaccen cameo a cikin Balto III: Wings of Change .
* Sandra Dickinson a matsayin Dixie, wata mace ta Pomeranian kuma ɗaya daga cikin abokan Jenna waɗanda ke ƙaunar Steele har sai Balto ya fallasa ƙarya game da Balto ya dawo tare da maganin da ake buƙata don warkar da yara. Dickinson kuma ya yi magana da Sylvie, wata mace ta Afghan Hound wacce ita ma abokiyar Jenna ce; da kuma mahaifiyar Rosy. Patrick Mate ya tsara kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da Sylvie da Dixie, da kuma dukkan manyan halayen ɗan adam. Sylvie ta yi taƙaitaccen cameo a cikin Balto III: Wings of Change .
* Lola Bates-Campbell a matsayin jikan Rosy wanda ya bayyana a cikin jerin abubuwan da ke faruwa kuma yana tare da kare Blaze, Husky na Siberiya.
* William Roberts a matsayin mahaifin Rosy
* Donald Sinden a matsayin Doc, tsohuwar St. Bernard. Doc ya yi taƙaitaccen cameo a cikin Balto III: Wings of Change .
* Garrick Hagon a matsayin mai ba da sabis na telegraph
* Bill Bailey a matsayin mai yankan nama

## Fitarwa

### Ci gaba
Mawallafin fim din Elana Lesser ta tuna da jin labarin Balto na farko daga kakanta tun tana yarinya, kuma a matsayin babba, ta yanke shawarar cewa zai yi fim mai kyau da fim mai rai. Ita da mijinta, ɗan'uwan marubucin allo Cliff Ruby, sun gabatar da wani fim ga Amblin Entertainment a Universal City, California, kuma masu gudanarwa Douglas Wood da Bonne Radford sun ba da shi ga masu haɗin gwiwar Phil Nibbelink da Simon Wells a ɗakin wasan kwaikwayo na Amblin na Landan, Amblimation . Steven Spielberg ya yarda cewa labarin yana da damar, amma da farko ya damu da cewa irin wannan fim ba zai isa ba. Don tabbatar da Spielberg, Wells ya nuna masa nazarin launi da yawa daga mai tsarawa Hans Bacher, wanda ya nuna cewa fim din ba zai nuna kawai baƙar fata da fararen karnuka ba game da wuraren da ba su da kyau. Nibbelink da Wells sun fara kirkirar *Balto* tare, kafin Nibbelink ya tafi don ci gaba da aiki a kan We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), da kuma marubuta Roger S. H. Schulman da David Steven Cohen, da kuma marubutawa da yawa da ba a san su ba, sun ci gaba da haɓaka rubutun.

### Ayyuka
An sanya *Balto* a hukumance a cikin samarwa a watan Maris na shekara ta 1993, a ƙarƙashin taken aiki Snowballs .  Don samar da halin karnuka, masu shirya fina-finai sun kafa nau'ikan zane na musamman tare da kimanin Huskies na Siberiya guda bakwai kuma sun yi bidiyon su suna tafiya a kusa da ɗakin studio, yayin da masu wasan kwaikwayo suka yi nazarin motsi su da jikin mutum. A lokacin waɗannan azuzuwan, Kristof Serrand, wanda aka sanya shi don kula da wasan kwaikwayon a kan Boris, ya ba da lacca game da motsi na karnuka. Tsohon mai wasan kwaikwayo na Disney Jeffrey J. Varab, wanda ya horar da shi a karkashin Eric Larson kuma ya shiga Amblimation yayin samarwa a kan We're Back! , an sanya shi don kula da wasan kwaikwayo a kan Balto tare da Dick Zondag . A kan umarnin Wells, Varab ya ba da lacca game da jikin kare da zane-zanen Balto, bisa ga aikinsa a kan The *Fox da Hound* (1981), kuma ya ambaci zane-zanensa na farko da mai tsara halayen Carlos Grangel ya zana da kuma samfurin samfurin asali na Tramp daga Lady da Tramp (1955).  Kafin ya tashi daga aikin, Nibbelink ya ba da lacca game da amfani da sarari da nauyi ga wasan kwaikwayo na kare, ta amfani da wasan kwaikwayo na "bouncing ball" wanda ya koya daga Frank Thomas yayin da yake aiki a matsayin mai wasan kwaikwayo a Disney tare da Varab.  Wells da wasu ma'aikatan jirgin sun yi tafiye-tafiye na musamman zuwa Finland don nazarin wasan motsa jiki.

Matsalolin kasafin kudi sun bukaci yanke shawara mai wuya da yawa. An lissafa cewa a mafi yawan harbe-harbe, masu raye-raye dole ne su zaɓi ko dai sawun ƙafa ko inuwa. Don cimma launuka da ma'auni na dusar ƙanƙara da ƙirar samar da Bacher ta ba da umarni, masu zane-zane na baya suna buƙatar amfani da fenti na mai, maimakon gouache ko watercolor a mafi yawan fina-finai masu rai. Saboda man fetur ya bushe a hankali fiye da gouache, masu shirya fina-finai sun shirya karin kwanaki don kowane bango ya bushe kafin harbi. A cewar furodusa Steve Hickner, fa'idar wannan ita ce masu zane-zane za su iya "yi aiki a cikin fasahar su" kwanaki bayan haka, yayin da fenti har yanzu yana da ruwa.

Babban wasan kwaikwayo ya kasance daga 1993 zuwa 1994, tare da kowane mai wasan kwaikwayo yana kammala sakan biyar na wasan kwaikwayo a mako a matsakaici; Ken Keys, ɗaya daga cikin masu wasan kwaikwayo a kan Steele, ya bayyana cewa yana "yiye zane tara don ci gaba da ɗaya".   Fim din galibi ana zana shi da hannu, amma tare da motsa jiki na kwamfuta a cikin abubuwan da suka fi ƙalubale; duk dusar ƙanƙara da ke hadawa an motsa shi ta amfani da tsarin ƙwayoyin CGI na farko. Dukkanin aikin tawada da fenti shine amfani na farko a fim na shirin software na 2D mai rai Toonz, wanda har yanzu yana ci gaba kuma yana buƙatar hulɗa mai zurfi tare da masu haɓakawa. Kamfanin Danish studio A. Film Production ne ya ba da ƙarin raye-raye. Kowane harbi an hada shi ta hanyar dijital kuma an canja shi zuwa fim ta hanyar Mai rikodin fim din "Solitaire", kafin a haɗa shi cikin leica reel.

### Kasuwanci
Wells ya bayyana cewa tsarin jefawa yana da sauƙi, yana bayanin "Ainihin, kuna zaɓar mafarkinku [masu wasan kwaikwayo] kuma kuna ganin idan za ku iya samun su. "  Saboda an tsara haruffa kafin a jefa muryoyin, an ba 'yan wasan kwaikwayo zane-zane masu yawa don duba su kafin kowane zaman rikodin, don samun ma'anar haruffa da suke nunawa.  Da farko, an ruwaito cewa an jefa Kevin Anderson a matsayin Balto. Anderson ya gama duk aikin muryarsa kuma an yi wasan kwaikwayon a kusa da aikinsa, amma marigayi a cikin samarwa, Hotunan Universal sun nace kan samun babban suna a cikin rawar, don haka Kevin Bacon ya maye gurbinsa, wanda ke yin fim na *[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]* (1995) a Universal a lokaci guda. Saboda kammalawar raye-raye, Bacon dole ne ya dace da lokacinsa daidai da motsi na baki na Balto. A cewar Bacon, "Yana da matukar wahala. Ba na son shi. Za su buga tattaunawarsa ta hanyar da ya fada a cikin zuciyata kafin in faɗi layin na. "  Wells ya ce "ya yi aiki mai kyau kuma yana da matukar sha'awa".

Hakazalika, Brendan Fraser, wanda ke yin fim din *Airheads* (1994) a lokacin, an fara jefa shi a matsayin Steele, saboda Wells ya yi tunanin Steele a matsayin dan wasan makaranta mai tsaron gida wanda ya dauke da muhimmancinsa, kuma ya ce Fraser ya dace da wannan halin da kyau. A cewar Wells, "Ina son Brendan sosai, kuma mun yi zaman rikodin daya tare da shi wanda ya kasance mai ban mamaki. " Koyaya, Spielberg yana so ya ji kyakkyawar ma'anar "mugunta" na Steele, don haka Jim Cummings ya maye gurbin Fraser. Wells ya bayyana cewa Cummings "ya yi aiki mai ban sha'awa, kuma ya sanya halin ya rayu, don haka ban yi nadamar zaɓin ba". An jefa Cummings a hukumance a watan Janairun 1995, kodayake har yanzu ana lissafin Anderson a lokacin. A cewar Cummings, an kawo wasu 'yan wasan kwaikwayo da yawa a kan kyamara don maye gurbin Fraser, kafin rawar ta tafi gare shi. Spielberg, tun da yake yana da matukar aiki tare da Schindler's List (1993) don halartar zaman rikodin Fraser, kuma ba ya son ƙin wani aikin da bai gamsu ba bisa ga kallon fim, ya kuma nace kan jagorantar Cummings da kansa, da kuma kammala rikodin sa a rana ɗaya.

Jennifer Blanc kuma da farko ta furta Jenna, amma daga baya Bridget Fonda ta maye gurbin ta. Fonda ta bayyana a cikin wata hira da Bobbie Wygant cewa an ba ta rawar Jenna ta hanyar kiran waya, kuma an yarda da ita bayan an nuna ta a kan tef, wanda ya nuna wasu harbe-harbe a cikin kammalawa, wasu har yanzu a cikin gwajin fensir, wasu kuma sun ɓace. Lokacin da aka tambaye ta yadda yake da wahala a yi aiki na murya don motsa jiki a karo na farko, ta bayyana, "Yana da ban mamaki, ya bambanta. Yana da ƙalubale. Yana da gajiya saboda dole ne in kasance mai aiki, kuma in fi fita da murya fiye da yadda aka saba. Kuma daidaitawa zuwa motsa jiki yana da wahala sosai. Amma, ka sani, yana da gaske, kuma yana da gamsarwa a wata hanya daban. "

Bob Hoskins ya bayyana Boris, bayan da ya yi aiki tare da Spielberg a kan Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) da Hook (1991). Wells ya bayyana cewa aikinsa ya taimaka wajen tsara Boris, yana yabon shi a matsayin "mafi yawan motsin rai da kuma nunawa fiye da yadda muka fara tunanin halin zama". Wells ya tuna da ɗan gajeren gwagwarmayar Hoskins tare da harshen Boris da kuma nuna fushi cewa "ya kasance yana da aiki [kafin] yana wasa da ganima".   Phil Collins bai taba yin aiki na murya ba, amma ya nuna sha'awar rawar da Muk da Luk ke takawa, har ma ya kira Amblimation don neman rawar. Wells ya yaba da muryarsa ga Muk a matsayin "kawai kai da kafadu fiye da duk wani abu da muka ji". A cikin tarihin kansa, Jack Angel ya bayyana cewa shi, Danny Mann, da Robbie Rist sun tashi zuwa London don yin rikodin matsayinsu na Nikki, Kaltag, da Star tare, kuma ya kawo matarsa, Arlene Thornton. Angel ya kara da cewa duk da cewa ba su da wata hulɗa ta sirri tare da Spielberg, ya sake tashi Angel, Mann, da Rist bayan sun gama yin rikodin matsayinsu, saboda "wani a bayyane bai samu daidai ba a karon farko".

### Sashe na rayuwa
Mawallafin fim din Frank Deese, wanda ya riga ya rubuta rubutun rubutun ga Small Soldiers (1998) wanda Amblin daga baya ya ƙi, Radford ya hayar shi don rubuta rubutun gabatarwa da sassan wasan kwaikwayo a cikin 1994, kodayake bai sami daraja a cikin fim ɗin da aka gama ba. An yi fim din sassan biyu a wurin da ke cikin Central Park daga baya a wannan shekarar, a cikin kwana daya zuwa biyu. Rufe yankin don yin fim ya zama ƙalubale, saboda mutanen da ba su da haɗin kai. Koyaya, Wells ta ji daɗin yin aiki tare da Miriam Margolyes, kuma ta yi farin ciki da yadda ta yi aiki tare da Lola Bates-Campbell, wanda ya buga jikokin Rosy.

### Waƙoƙi
James Horner ne ya kirkiro Fim din, wanda a baya ya zira kwallaye An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) da We're Back! *Labarin Dinosaur* (1993). A cewar Wells, saboda Horner ya yi aiki a California, kuma Amblimation ya kasance a London, "ya fi son gabatar da ƙimarsa a matsayin samfurin da aka gama, kuma ya yi canje-canje bisa ga bayanin kula daga wannan samfurin da aka kammala". Horner kuma ya hada kai da mawaƙa Barry Mann da Cynthia Weil don rubuta waƙar asali, "Reach for the Light", wanda Steve Winwood ya raira, wanda ke taka leda a ƙarshen fim din. Da farko an ruwaito cewa ƙididdigar ƙarshe za ta ƙunshi waƙar da Neil Diamond da Carole Bayer-Sager suka rubuta, amma wannan waƙar ba ta taɓa zama ba.

## Saki
An fitar da fim din a Amurka a ranar 22 ga Disamba, 1995, kuma a gidajen wasan kwaikwayo na kasa da kasa a ranar 13 ga Janairu, 1996, lokacin da aka fara gabatar da shi a Brazil. Fim din Pixar Animation Studios na farko, Toy Story, wanda aka fara fitowa wata daya da ta gabata ya rufe shi sosai.

### Ofishin akwatin
Fim din ya kasance na 15 a farkon karshen mako kuma ya sami dala miliyan 1.5 daga jimlar gidajen wasan kwaikwayo 1,427. Fim din kuma ya kasance na 7 a cikin fina-finai na G-rated a shekarar 1995. Jimlar kuɗin cikin gida ya kai $ 11,348,324. Kodayake gazawar ofishin akwatin, ya fi nasara dangane da tallace-tallace na bidiyo. Wadannan tallace-tallace na bidiyo masu ƙarfi sun haifar da sakin jerin shirye-shirye guda biyu kai tsaye zuwa bidiyo: *Balto II: Wolf Quest* da Balto III: Wings of Change an halicce su, kodayake babu wani abin da ya biyo baya da ya sami karbuwa mai ƙarfi kamar fim din na asali.

### Karɓar karɓa mai mahimmanci
*Balto* gabaɗaya ya sami ra'ayoyi masu rikitarwa daga masu sukar. A shafin yanar gizon mai tarawa na Rotten Tomatoes, fim din yana da amincewar kashi 56% bisa ga sake dubawa 25, tare da matsakaicin matsayi na 5.90/10. Shafin yanar gizon ya karanta, "*Balto* wata kasada ce mai ma'ana tare da raye-raye mai ban sha'awa, amma motsin rai da halayyar da ba ta da kyau suna kiyaye shi a tsawon ƙafa daga mafi kyawun farashi na iyali. "  Fim din ya sami "ƙwanƙwasawa" daga Gene Siskel da "ƙwan ƙwanƙwasa" daga Roger Ebert a cikin wani labari na 1996 na At the Movies . Siskel ya sami fim din ya zama ƙoƙari mai rauni na yin wa Lady da Tramp, yana sukar salon raye-raye a matsayin "ƙananan", kuma labarin a matsayin "dukan taswirar, daga kasada mai ban sha'awa, zuwa al'amuran da ke daɗi da rashin jin daɗi", yayin da Ebert ke son fim ɗin, yana mai cewa ko da yake ba shi da girma a cikin "ƙarar fim din mai rai" kuma raye-rayen ba su da ƙarfi kamar na Disney, "ya isa", labarin yana da "mai ban sha'awar", kuma fim ɗin "mai kyau, ɗan jaruntaka ne".

Roger Ebert ya ba fim din bita uku daga cikin taurari huɗu, yana yaba da shi a matsayin "fim din yara, kawai an fada, tare da farin ciki da yawa da haruffa da za ku iya kula da su", kuma kodayake ya soki Balto ya ƙi yaƙi da Steele kuma ya bayyana cewa ya kwatanta shi da rashin kyau da fitarwar Disney, ya sami fim ne mai gamsarwa a kansa. Paul Merrill na Empire Magazine ya ba fim din uku daga cikin taurari biyar, yana yaba da fim din a matsayin "mai ban sha'awa, mai ban sha'a da kuma ƙwarewa mai ban shaʼawa, ba aƙalla ba saboda 'aikin kyamara' mai ban sha-awa, kuma ya yaba da muryar murya, jerin "barin" da kuma rashin "waƙoƙin da ke da kyau don jinkirta ayyukan". Nell Minow na Common Sense Media ya ba fim din uku daga cikin taurari biyar, yana kiransa "fim din da ya dace da gaskiya".  Stephen Holden na The New York Times ya yaba da fim din don "guje wa girman almara da tsananin tashin hankali wanda ke shafar abubuwa da yawa a kwanakin nan", da kuma "yin tawali'u mai kyau". Brian Lowry na Variety ya ba fim din bita mai matsakaici, yana yaba da sakonnin zamantakewa da James Horner na "blaring", da kuma gano jerin ayyukan da suka dace, amma kuma ya soki ban dariya kamar yadda ba shi da yawa, kuma Balto da kansa a matsayin "mai jaruntaka".

A gefe mara kyau, Nick Bradshaw na Time Out ya soki fim din a matsayin "tsarin rai mai rai" wanda "ya ci gaba" tare da "ƙirƙirar hannu na biyu da halayyar", kuma ya soki salon wasan kwaikwayo a matsayin "ma'auni na TV". David Kronke na The Los Angeles Times ya soki tarihin fim din da kuma saurin saurin kafawa, ya soki wasan kwaikwayon a matsayin mai ƙwarewa a mafi kyau, kuma ya soki muryar da aka jefa, yana mai cewa "ko da yadda [Kevin Bacon] ya bayyana, Balto ba shi da irin wannan kwarewa don samun yara su da gaske a gare shi. " Rita Kempley na The Washington Post ya ba fim din mummunan bita, yana kiransa "mai ban sha'awa da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na Disney", yana sukar fim din "mai ban dariya da kuma wasan kwaikwayon"

### Kafofin watsa labarai na gida
 
An saki *Balto* a kan VHS da Laserdisc a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 1996, ta hanyar MCA / Universal Home Video a Arewacin Amurka da CIC Video a duniya. An sake samun sigar VHS a ranar 11 ga Agusta, 1998, a ƙarƙashin lakabin Universal Family Features.

An fitar da fim din a kan DVD a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, 2002, wanda ya hada da wasan, Ina Dog Sled Team?. An sake buga wannan sigar tare da wasu fina-finai na Universal kamar An American Tail, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, da The Land Before Time . An fara fitar da shi a cikin allo mai faɗi a kan Blu-ray a karo na farko kawai a masu siyar da Walmart a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 2017, kafin a sake shi a ranar 4 de Yuli, 2017.
 
Balto: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ya ƙunshi ƙwallon fim ɗin, wanda James Horner ya tsara kuma ya tsara, kuma ƙungiyar London Symphony Orchestra ta yi. An saki sauti a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1995, ta hanyar MCA Records. Ya haɗa da waƙar fim ɗin kawai, "Reach for the Light" wanda Steve Winwood ya yi. An fitar da kundi na asali lokacin da MCA Records ta fita daga kasuwanci a shekarar 1997.

An fitar da ƙayyadadden fadada kundin sauti ta Intrada Records a ranar 29 ga Oktoba, 2018. Wannan fitowar ta haɗa da sababbin waƙoƙin da aka sake su daga asalin da kuma kayan da ba a sake bugawa ba a baya, da kuma waƙoƙi da ba a yi amfani da su ba a cikin fim ɗin da aka gama.

## Kyaututtuka
Fim din ya sami gabatarwa hudu na Annie Award, ciki har da Best Animated Feature, da kuma gabatarwa ga Young Artist Award, ya rasa Toy Story da A Pinky da Brain Christmas, bi da bi.

## Sakamakon
Biyu kai tsaye zuwa bidiyo da suka biyo baya ba da daɗewa ba suka zama trilogy bi, wanda Universal Cartoon Studios ya yi, tare da raye-raye da aka yi a kasashen waje ta hanyar Taiwanese studio Wang Film Productions, kamar yadda Amblimation ya fita daga kasuwanci. Saboda ƙananan kasafin kuɗi da ma'aikatan samarwa daban-daban, an sake yin wasu matsayi na jagoranci: Maurice LaMarche a matsayin Balto, Charles Fleischer a matsayin Boris, Jodi Benson a matsayin Jenna, da Kevin Schon a matsayin Muk da Luk. Duk sauran haruffa na asali ba su nan ko kuma an rage su zuwa matsayi na baya. Babu wani daga cikin jerin da ke da nassoshi na tarihi daga labarin gaskiya na Balto, kuma ba su da jerin ayyukan rayuwa.

Sakamakon farko, *Balto II: Wolf Quest*, an sake shi a shekara ta 2002 kuma ya biyo bayan abubuwan da suka faru na ɗaya daga cikin 'yan uwan Balto da Jenna, Aleu, wanda ya tashi don gano al'adun wolf.

Balto III: Wings of Change an sake shi a shekara ta 2004. Labarin ya biyo bayan irin wannan yaren yara daga Balto II, amma yana mai da hankali kan wani yaro, Kodi, wanda memba ne na ƙungiyar isar da karnuka ta Amurka, kuma yana cikin haɗarin fitar da shi daga aikinsa ta Duke, matukin jirgi na jirgin isar da wasiku, yayin da Boris ya sami abokin mai suna Stella.

## Manazarta