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Animated films based on Japanese myths and legends (8 P) Pages in category "Films based on Japanese myths and legends" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道999, Ginga Tetsudō 999) is a 1979 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Rintaro, based on the manga and anime television series of the same name originally created by Leiji Matsumoto.
999 features nine main characters, who are forced to participate in the Nonary Game by an unknown person code-named Zero. [2] For the majority of the game, the characters adopt code names to protect their identities due to the stakes of the Nonary Game—most of their names are ultimately revealed over the course of the game, and for several their true identities are important to the plot. [10]
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon [2] (Japanese: ヤマトタケル, Hepburn: Yamato Takeru) is a 1994 Japanese kaiju film directed by Takao Okawara and produced by Shogo Tomiyama, with a screenplay by Wataru Mimura. Produced by Toho, the film is based on Japanese mythology, specifically the birth of Shinto. [1]
Pages in category "Animated films based on Japanese myths and legends" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Mansai Nomura as Abe no Seimei (安倍晴明): An exceptionally talented onmyōji whose very origins are shrouded in mystery. Although an onmyōji of the imperial court, he initially shows little regard for it or Heian-kyō itself, preferring instead to stay home with his shikigami and drink sake, yet eventually finds himself fulfilling his destined role as the capital's protector along with ...
According to Toriyama Sekien's “Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki”, a spirit dwells in an old camellia tree, turning into an apparition tree to fool people. Like many other folklore, these camellia monsters were widely known during the Kaidan culture era to the Bunsei era and remained in many folklore.
The Sanzu-no-Kawa (三途の川, "Sanzu River", literally the "Three-World River" in reference to Buddhist ideas about realms of existence) is a mythological river in Japanese Buddhist tradition similar to the Chinese concept of Huang Quan (Yellow Springs), Indian concept of the Vaitarani and Greek concept of the Styx. [1]