Yamato Takeru (TV series)

Yamato Takeru
Box cover of Yamato Takeru complete edition 7 DVD
ヤマトタケル
GenreAdventure, science fantasy, mecha
Anime television series
Directed byShuji Iuchi (chief director)
Katsuyoshi Yatabe
StudioNippon Animation
Original networkJNN (TBS)
Original run April 9, 1994 December 24, 1994
Episodes37
Original video animation
Yamato Takeru: After War
Directed byShuji Iuchi
Written byShuji Iuchi
StudioZero-G Room
ReleasedNovember 22, 1995
Runtime45 minutes (each)
Episodes2

Yamato Takeru (Japanese: ヤマトタケル) is a 1994 Japanese anime television series loosely related to the legendary hero of the same name, an unrelated 1959 live-action film The Three Treasures, the 1963 anime film The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon and an unrelated 1994 live-action film Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon. The series revolves around a young Ismo boy Yamato Takeru who goes on a great adventure that would grant him great powers and the understanding that his destiny is linked to the world.

The series is followed up by the 1995 two-episode original video animation Yamato Takeru: After War.