If you loved Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, try Taro the Dragon Boy
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Taro the Dragon Boy has roughly 3.3× fewer votes than Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Family / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Taro the Dragon Boy is
A kid's film that really leans into its source material. Taro journeys to a faraway lake in order to rescue his mother, who has been transformed into a dragon. It's a sweet film, but maybe not one for the easily distracted.
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