Curated playlist
Japanese mythology in anime and manga
- My Neighbor TotoroEight animators finished My Neighbor Totoro in just eight months. They spent one full month on a tadpole scene alone.
- Spirited AwayIn Spirited Away, a girl's parents turn into pigs in an abandoned resort town. Ten-year-old Chihiro is left alone.
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (TV series)In a 2020 poll, Japanese schoolchildren admired a fictional demon slayer more than their own mothers.
- InuyashaIn the manga Inuyasha, a dying priestess orders her own body burned along with a sacred jewel.
- NarutoOn the night Naruto was born, his father sealed a nine-tailed fox inside him. He grew up scorned by the village.
- Pom PokoStudio Ghibli's Pom Poko ends on a golf course, where a grassy clearing is all that remains of an ancient forest.
- One PieceOda sealed the truth about One Piece's treasure in a box and sent it to the ocean floor.
- Dragon Ball ZDragon Ball Z got its name because its creator wanted the series to end.
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaDemon Slayer began as a quiet manga about a boy who sold charcoal. By July 2025 it had over 220 million copies out.
- Naruto (TV series)The anime series Naruto opens on Naruto Uzumaki, a young orphan ninja who wants nothing more than recognition from his peers. His dream is to become the Hokage, the leader of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Nobody around him takes that…