Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a young boy who has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a dragon.
Taro the Dragon Boy has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 龍の子太郎, Taro the Dragon's Son
Genres: Fantasy , Adventure , Earth , Dragon , Coming Of Age , Anthropomorphism , Past , Demon , Historical
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Top 5 Anime Like Taro the Dragon Boy (Tatsu no Ko Tarou) [2026 List]
5. Jungle Book Shounen Mowgli
After his parents died, Mowgli is raised by the Wolf Pack of the Seeonee Forest led by Akela and other wild animals such as Bagheera and Baloo. The young boy goes through several heartwarming, bittersweet, and life-threatening adventures as he seeks after his true purpose in life. And one of many dangers he has to face is the man-eating tiger, Shere Khan...
The Jungle Book has finished airing and it has 52 Episodes. It is also Known as: ジャングルブック・少年モーグリ, Jungle Book: Boy Mowgli
4. Guskou Budori no Denki (2012)
The fairy tale follows a young man named Guskou in the Tohoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Guskou is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Guskou joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Guskou from his home.
The Life of Budori Gusuko has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: グスコーブドリの伝記, Gusukobudori no Denki, Biography of Gusuko Budori, The Life of Guskou Budori
3. Meitantei Holmes
Loosely based on the "Sherlock Holmes" series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Hound turns all the classic characters into dogs. The canine Sherlock Holmes, his assistant Watson, and housemaid Mrs. Hudson work together to solve mysteries. The culprit is usually Professor Moriarty and his gang, who use all kinds of wacky contraptions to steal what they want.
Sherlock Hound has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: 名探偵ホームズ, Famous Detective Holmes, Meitantei Houmuzu
2. Furusato Saisei: Nippon no Mukashibanashi
Like in any culture, Japanese kids grow up listening to the stories repeatedly told by their parents and grandparents. The boy born from a peach; the princess from the moon who is discovered inside a bamboo; the old man who can make a dead cherry tree blossom, etc. These short stories that teach kids to see both the dark and bright sides of life have passed traditional moral values from generation to generation.
Each half-hour episode of Folktales from Japan consists of three self-contained stories, well-known and unknown, with a special focus on heartwarming stories that originate from Tohoku, the northern region heavily touched by the earthquake of 2011. May this program help cheer up earthquake victims and cast a light of hope for them?
Folktales from Japan has finished airing and it has 258 Episodes. It is also Known as: ふるさと再生 日本の昔ばなし, Hometown Rebuilding: Folktales from Japan
1. Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera
It's Tokyo in the 1970s, and evil youkai (demons) are attacking the human world. The "Youkai Patrol"—Enma, Princess Yukiko, Kapaeru, and Grandpa Shappo—are sent from hell to exterminate them.
Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: Dororonえん魔くん メ〜ラめら, Dororon Enma-kun Me-ra Mera, Dororon Enma-kun Meramera
