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The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963)
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The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (1963)
Original name: わんぱく王子の大蛇退治
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Susano is the youngest son of Izanagi and Izanami, the heavenly couple that the Earth. Still a young boy, Susano is devastated by the passing away of his mother. Determined to find her despite the reprimands of his father, he embarks on a journey to find his brother and his sister for spiritual guidance.
Style: anime
Plot: dragon, giant monster, sword and sorcery, sorcery, kaiju, magic, ocean, tiger, prince, death, mythology, sword fight, fire, fantasy world, mother love, rabbit, brother sister relationship, rainbow, loss, death of mother, coming of age, brother brother relationship, talking animal, apparition, ghost ...

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Most similar movies to The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, exciting and entertaining films with plots about magic, fantasy world, dragon, sword and sorcery, friendship, good versus evil and fight mostly in Fantasy, Animation and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon: Taro the Dragon Boy (1979), My Sweet Monster (2021), Tales from Earthsea (2006), Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn (2014), Nikitich and The Dragon (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: anime, vintage
Plot: sword and sorcery, witch, demon, mythology, japanese mythology, snake, dragon, young
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
My Sweet Monster (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia, Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A scandal in the royal family: the wayward princess Barbara escaped from the palace and went through the forest in search of a handsome prince. However, instead of the cherished meeting with her beloved, she is captured by Buka, the most dangerous ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, anime
Plot: kingdom, disney princess, magical creature, magic, save the kingdom, fantasy world, save the princess, imaginary kingdom, rabbit, monster, prince, princess ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie (1989)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The year is 1580, and the unholy armies of Lord Nobunaga Oda spread across Japan, murdering all who oppose them. Narrowly escaping the slaughter of her clan, a young ninja steals into the shadows. She is the last of her kind, and the dagger she ...
Style: anime, manga
Plot: ninja, woods, violence, corpse, running, surrealism, death, giant monster, danger, destruction, fight, sword and sorcery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all ...
Style: anime, adult animation, exciting, touching, manga ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dragon, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, heroes, young heroes, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, wizard, supernatural ability, master villain, sword and sorcery, imaginary ...
Place: fictional island, seattle, europe, macedonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: China
Duration: 88 min.
Story: For years, the land of Altera has observed an uneasy peace between the humans, the elves, and the beasts who are loyal to the legendary Black Dragon. But when the dragon wakes from its hibernation, mobilizing a force of beasts to make war, a small ...
Style: exciting, captivating, anime
Audience: kids
Plot: dragon, enemy, elf, battles, good versus evil, beast, fantasy world, wizards and magicians, struggle for survival, warrior, destiny, fight ...
Time: year 2014
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Nikitich and The Dragon (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Russia
Duration: 68 min.
Story: Dobrinya Nikitich goes on a quest to save the royal niece and finds out whether his old friend Zmey Gorinich is loyal to him. During the adventures, he is accompanied by the royal messenger who's in love with the royal niece.
Style: fairy tale, humorous, exciting, entertaining, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: dragon, love, heroes, folklore, mentor, unlikely friendships, goofy hero, prince, adventurer, sword and sorcery, mythology, new love ...
Place: ukraine
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
The Magician's Hat (1990)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Thistle the magician and his forest friends take on the emperor Mrazomor and his horde of ice witches.
Style: anime
Plot: sword and sorcery, ice, dragon, fairy, hedgehog, forest, volcano, rabbit, seal the animal, penguins, friend, seal
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Onigamiden - Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A spectacular journey of an unwilling young hero thrust into a mysterious past full of monsters, dragons, and strange hidden powers. Through a series of out of this world battles and adventures, Jun, a shy middle school boy, is transformed into a ...
Style: anime, exciting, stylized, emotional, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: monk, battles, time travel, heroic mission, self discovery, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, danger, rivalry, destiny, imaginary, legends and myths ...
Time: middle ages, 2010s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Shimajiro to Ururu no Heroland (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Hero Land is a world where you can meet the heroes and heroines you have been waiting for, created by the inventor girl "Ururu". Shimajiro and his friends were overexcited, but a bad robot appeared there and Hero Land was in big danger. ...
Style: entertaining, light, captivating, anime, 2d animation
Plot: superhero, robot, cartoon cat, save the kingdom, animal life, animal, fantasy world, showdown, animal protagonist, good versus evil, save the world, animal that acts human ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Slayers Great (1997)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Lina and Naga, on their way to a town called Storner, robbed bad guys of their precious treasure. Storner was known as a town of "Gorlems" moved by magic power. And again the two were thrown into trouble by a girl called Leia. Galia, ...
Style: anime
Plot: sorcery, heiress, fantasy world, girl fight, piloted giant robot, giant robot, girl power, destruction, fire, surrealism, bare breasts, ice ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Sinbad (1992)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: A brave young man fights with courage against all enemies to earn his wealth.
Style: fairy tale, serious, exciting, feel good, anime
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: sword and sorcery, sorcery, chivalry, sinbad, adventurer, ocean, pirate, daring rescue, deadly creature, treasure hunt, escapades, danger ...
Place: middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Peter in Magicland (1990)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story: After Sumsemann the beetle loses one of his arms to a troll, he invites brother and sister Peterchen and Annaliese to join him on a journey to the moon in a quest to retrieve his lost arm.
Style: anime, fairy tale
Audience: kids
Plot: insect, moon, journey, brother, talking animal, flashback, breaking the fourth wall, goat, brother sister relationship, owl, council, santa claus ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Catnapped! The Movie (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min.
Story: The story involves a boy and his younger sister whose dog Papadoll is missing. They find out that he has been abducted by anthropomorphic cats to be brought to a world called Banapal Witt, which is built on top of a giant sleeping cat. There the sun ...
Style: anime
Audience: kids
Plot: evil queen, cat, anthropomorphic animal, abduction, dog, fantasy world, child hero, sister, brother, pets, world
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Earwig and the Witch (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.
Style: anime, visually appealing, atmospheric, stylized, dark fantasy ...
Audience: kids
Plot: orphan, adoption, orphanage, witch, black cat, abandoned by mother, notebook, talking animal, superpower, fantasy world, supernatural power, youth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Unico in the Island of Magic (1983)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Based on "Unico and the Kingdom of the Sun," which was newly written as a theater version, this animated film features a battle between the wizard Kukuruku and Unico. Kukuruku builds a castle using dolls transformed from men as building ...
Style: anime
Plot: island, magician, unicorn, river, animal, magic, spell, storm, brother sister relationship, waterfall, amnesia, cat ...
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80%
The Flight of Dragons (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommedon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter ...
Style: sweet, anime, light, talky, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: time travel, magic, dragon, good versus evil, wizard, imaginary kingdom, fish out of water, sword and sorcery, heroes, friendship, sorcery, master villain ...
Place: usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Style: anime, touching, thought provoking, sentimental, sincere ...
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Story: In a world where humans and fearsome monsters live in an uneasy balance, young hunter Aiden fights to save his village from destruction by a dragon.
Style: anime, captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he ...
Style: anime, entertaining, exciting, captivating, dramatic ...
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Time: year 1943, 1940s, 20th century, year 1947, year 1944
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Life of Guskou Budori (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Remake of The Life of Guskou Budori (1994). The fairy tale follows a young man named Guskou in the Tohoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Guskou is forced to leave his home and ...
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78%
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Duration: 80 min.
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78%
Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019)
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Style: exciting, 3d animation, anime, captivating, tense ...
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78%
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When Sophie, a shy young woman, is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.
Style: anime, fairy tale, atmospheric, touching, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Dragon Hunters (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Luxembourg, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Dragon Hunters is a fantastic tale telling the adventures of two dragon hunters: the world has become a vast conglomerate of islands of varying size and shape. This babbling universe is mainly peopled with ruthless rogues, surly peasants and ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, atmospheric, stylized, 3d animation ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Dragons: Fire & Ice (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 72 min.
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Style: serious, epic, captivating, computer animated
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: dragon, magic, princess, heroic mission, heroes, supernatural ability, young heroes, good versus evil, daring rescue, rescue, supernatural, danger ...
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78%
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia (2023)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Doraemon, Nobita and his friends go to find Utopia, a perfect land in the sky where everyone lives with happiness, using an airship having a time warp function.
Style: anime, satirical, semi serious, funny, captivating ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must ...
Style: 3d animation, computer animated, feel good, captivating, saga ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Fresh Precure! Movie: The Kingdom of Toys has Lots of Secrets!? (2009)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story: After resolving the problems in the Labyrinth Kingdom, Love Momozono and her friends live a happy life and continue their dance training. Suddenly, the town children's toys start to go missing and the girls agree to help find them. Love ...
Style: semi serious, entertaining, anime, feel good, captivating
Plot: dream world, kingdom, save the day, save the kingdom, supernatural ability, magic, imaginary kingdom, wizard, teamwork, supernatural power, fantasy world, magical power ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Young Mary follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest and discovers an old broomstick and a strange flower. Mary finds herself at Endor College -- a school of magic run by headmistress Madam Mumblechook and the brilliant Doctor Dee. But there ...
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining, light, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, toddlers, preschool
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Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Firebreather (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Firebreather is a CGI animated made-for-TV film, based on the eponymous comic book series. It's not easy being a teen like Duncan. His mom wants him to pay more attention to his homework, while his dad - a 120-foot-tall monster known as a Kaiju ...
Style: exciting, stylized, computer animated
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, danger, hidden identity, teenage love, dragon, high school hunk, superhuman powers, kaiju, sword and sorcery, superhero, villain, giant monster ...
Time: 21st century
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78%
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