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.
- Genre: Fantasy, Animation, Family, Adventure
- Studio: Toei Video Company
- Keyword: witch, based on novel or book, mythology, dragon, demon, oni, plant rice, الولد التنين
- Cast: Junya Kato, Mina Tominaga, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kirin Kiki, Kazuo Kumakura, Kazuo Kitamura