United States / Mar 17, 1979 / Toei Manga Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Genres
FantasyAnimationFamilyAdventure
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 龍の子太郎 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Toei Video Company |
| Official site | lineup.toei-anim.co.jp |
| Release date | 17 marzo 1979 |
| Executive producer | Chiaki Imada |
| Writer | Miyoko Matsutani, Kirio Urayama, Takashi Mitsui, Isao Takahata |
| Editing | Yutaka Senzô |
| Cinematography | Yoichi Takanashi, Nobuhiro Yamada |
| Assistant directors | Kirio Urayama |
| Camera operators | Yoichi Takanashi, Nobuhiro Yamada |
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| Additional photography | Yoichi Takanashi, Nobuhiro Yamada |
| Production design | Isao Takahata |
| Art direction | Isao Takahata |
| Set decoration | Isao Takahata |
| Visual effects | Iku Ishiguro, Noboru Takano, Takashi Abe, Shingo Araki, Toshitsugu Saida, Akihiro Ogawa, Koichi Tsunoda, Zen Hirota, Shigeo Matoba, Tatsuji Kino, Michihiro Kanayama, Yōichi Kotabe, Reiko Okuyama |
| Music | Riichirō Manabe, Isao Hatano, Michihiro Itou |
| Sound | Riichirō Manabe, Isao Hatano, Michihiro Itou |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Japan / Mar 17, 1979
Saudi Arabia / Oct 01, 1985 / تم عرض الفلم بين 1985 و 1986
TV
Spain / Jan 03, 1990 / Canal 33
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