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.

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Studios

• Toei Animation
• Discotek

Staff

• Shingo Araki — Original Character Design
• Kenji Matsumoto — Background Art
• Michihiro Itou — Sound Effects
• Hiromi Satou — 2nd Key Animation
• Osamu Kasai — Animation Director
• Isao Takahata — Creator (Original Concept)
• Youichi Kotabe — Animation, Art Design, Character Design, Design
• Reiko Okuyama — Character Design (art design)
• Yasuo Yamaguchi — Planning