Now Viewing: urashima_taroTag type: Copyright Urashima Tarō (浦島 太郎) is a Japanese legend about a fisherman who rescues a turtle and is rewarded for this with a visit to Ryūgū-jō, the palace of Ryuujin, the Dragon God, under the sea. He stays there for three days and, upon his return to his village, finds himself 300 years in the future. The tale has been identified as the earliest example of a story involving time travel. The story influenced various works of fiction and a number of films. Among them are manga and anime such as Dragonball_Z, Clannad, Detective_Conan, YuYu_Hakusho, Urusei_Yatsura, Love_Hina (whose lead male character is called Keitaro_Urashima, and with a girl named Mutsumi_Otohime), Doraemon, Kamen_Rider Den-O (the namesake of the Imagin Urataros, given by Naomi), Cowboy_Bebop, Ookami-san_to_Shichinin_no_Nakamatachi (One of the men in the Otogi Bank is called Urashima Tarou, he becomes lovers (although not extremely faithful) with a girl named Otohime, who is always being bullied with the nickname 'Turtle'), Ghost_Sweeper_Mikami, Touhou - Cage_in_Lunatic_Runagate and RahXephon. Other Wiki Information Last updated: 04/12/11 4:55 PM by jedi1357 This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
     |