A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 17, 1979
Original Title:
龍の子太郎
Alternate Titles:
Taro der kleine Drachenjunge
Taro o gios tis drakainas
Taro, der Drachenboy
Taro, el niño dragón
Taro, l'enfant-dragon
Taro, o Rapaz Dragão
Tatsu no ko Tarou
Tatsu no ko Tarô
Таро, сын дракона
الولد التنين
تارو
Genres:
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Production Companies:
Toei Video Company
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 75
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.
Animation Director:
Yōichi Kotabe
Reiko Okuyama
Camera Operator:
Yoichi Takanashi
Nobuhiro Yamada
Concept Artist:
Isao Takahata
Director:
Kirio Urayama
Editor:
Yutaka Senzô
Executive Producer:
Chiaki Imada
Key Animation:
Iku Ishiguro
Noboru Takano
Takashi Abe
Shingo Araki
Toshitsugu Saida
Akihiro Ogawa
Koichi Tsunoda
Zen Hirota
Shigeo Matoba
Tatsuji Kino
Michihiro Kanayama
Novel:
Miyoko Matsutani
Original Concept:
Isao Takahata
Original Music Composer:
Riichirō Manabe
Original Story:
Miyoko Matsutani
Production Assistant:
Toshifumi Wakuda
Screenplay:
Takashi Mitsui
Sound Effects:
Michihiro Itou
Sound Recordist:
Isao Hatano
Writer:
Kirio Urayama
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