Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DraconicAbomination: The Yamata no Orochi is an eight-headed dragon-god capable of swimming through space, and can breathe bolts of crimson lightning as well as flames, and is the ultimate form of the dark god Tsukuyomi. It took the storm-god Susano-o to vanquish and seal it away in the ancient past.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
* BladeEnthusiast: Oto's first move upon meeting Ousu (and mistaking him for a thief) is to throw a knife at him. In subsequent fights she brandishes larger knifes that she can combine into a bladed boomerang.
Deleted line(s) 45 (click to see context) :
* KnifeNut: Oto's first move upon meeting Ousu (and mistaking him for a thief) is to throw a knife at him. In subsequent fights she brandishes larger knifes that she can combine into a bladed boomerang.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 4 (click to see context) from:
to:
----
Changed line(s) 82 (click to see context) from:
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: After [[spoiler:stabbing him in the throat]] Tsukinowa taunts Yamato Takeru about how he's responsible for killing the prince's mother and brother. [[spoiler:This backfires as it enrages the hero, who had previously blamed himself for those things, and gives him enough time to remove the knife and throw it right into the villain's chest]].
to:
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: After [[spoiler:stabbing him in the throat]] Tsukinowa taunts Yamato Takeru about how he's responsible for killing the prince's mother and brother. [[spoiler:This backfires as it enrages the hero, who had previously blamed himself for those things, and gives him enough time to remove the knife and throw it right into the villain's chest]].chest]].
----
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
The U.S. is not the "West" as a whole. The movie was released only in the U.S.
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
'''Yamato Takeru''' (ヤマトタケル, also known in English as '''Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon''') is a 1994 fantasy adventure film from Creator/{{Toho}}, loosely based on the Japanese legend of the hero of the same name and Toho's Showa-era attempt to adapt the story, known in the West as ''Film/TheThreeTreasures'' (originally ''Nippon Tanjō'', or ''Birth of Japan''). It chronicles the adventures of Prince Ousu (later known as Yamato Takeru), hated by his father the Emperor but favored by the gods, as he faces the machinations of the evil god Tsukuyomi and his servants with the help of his companions, including the warrior-priestess Oto Tachibana.
to:
'''Yamato Takeru''' (ヤマトタケル, also known in English as '''Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon''') is a 1994 fantasy adventure film from Creator/{{Toho}}, loosely based on the Japanese legend of the hero of the same name and Toho's Showa-era attempt to adapt the story, known in the West U.S. as ''Film/TheThreeTreasures'' (originally ''Nippon Tanjō'', or ''Birth of Japan''). It chronicles the adventures of Prince Ousu (later known as Yamato Takeru), hated by his father the Emperor but favored by the gods, as he faces the machinations of the evil god Tsukuyomi and his servants with the help of his companions, including the warrior-priestess Oto Tachibana.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 29 (click to see context) from:
* DisguisedInDrag: Osou dresses up as a dancer in order to get close to Kumaso Takeru during his no-other-guys-allowed dance party. [[spoiler:The warlord sees through it fairly quickly, though]].
to:
* DisguisedInDrag: Osou Ousu dresses up as a dancer in order to get close to Kumaso Takeru during his no-other-guys-allowed dance party. [[spoiler:The warlord sees through it fairly quickly, though]].
Changed line(s) 45 (click to see context) from:
* KnifeNut: Oto's first move upon meeting Osou (and mistaking him for a thief) is to throw a knife at him. In subsequent fights she brandishes larger knifes that she can combine into a bladed boomerang.
to:
* KnifeNut: Oto's first move upon meeting Osou Ousu (and mistaking him for a thief) is to throw a knife at him. In subsequent fights she brandishes larger knifes that she can combine into a bladed boomerang.
Changed line(s) 47 (click to see context) from:
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Oto mistakes Osou and his companions for the thieves that stole the sacred mirror and a fight ensues before the misunderstanding can be cleared up and they join forces.
to:
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Oto mistakes Osou Ousu and his companions for the thieves that stole the sacred mirror and a fight ensues before the misunderstanding can be cleared up and they join forces.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Amaterasu, being the goddess of the sun, bestows this upon her servants and artifacts. For her priestesses this means they're now PlayingWithFire, for her MagicMirror it means the ability to [[spoiler:unleash a god-vanquishing beam of divine power]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 26 (click to see context) :
* CreepyMonotone: Tsukuyomi speaks in an intimidatingly emotionless voice.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* PhysicalGod: Of the major Shinto deities only Tsukuyomi makes an appearance in the mortal world, and once he has his full power back he's capable of unleashing severe devastation upon the Earth even without being ScaledUp. The volcanic deity Kumasogami is a less powerful being, but still a formidable opponent that requires powerful magic to beat.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EvilOverlooker: One poster (depicted above) has a pair of disembodied [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] looking right at you, surrounded by Orochi heads for good measure.
Added DiffLines:
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Yamato Takeru and Tsukuyomi both get glowing eyes when preparing to fire EyeBeams (green for the former, blue for the latter).
Added DiffLines:
* KungFuWizard: Oto shows that knowing how to [[PlayingWithFire throw fire]] doesn't mean you can't also be a skilled martial artist.
Added DiffLines:
* PlayingWithFire: Amaterasu's clerics have access to various forms of (presumably solar) fire spells. Oto in particular uses fireballs as her primary attack when just stabbing someone doesn't work.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yamatotakeru.png]]
'''Yamato Takeru''' (ヤマトタケル, also known in English as '''Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon''') is a 1994 fantasy adventure film from Creator/{{Toho}}, loosely based on the Japanese legend of the hero of the same name and Toho's Showa-era attempt to adapt the story, known in the West as ''Film/TheThreeTreasures'' (originally ''Nippon Tanjō'', or ''Birth of Japan''). It chronicles the adventures of Prince Ousu (later known as Yamato Takeru), hated by his father the Emperor but favored by the gods, as he faces the machinations of the evil god Tsukuyomi and his servants with the help of his companions, including the warrior-priestess Oto Tachibana.
!!This film provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Oto is both a highly capable martial artist and a fireball-throwing priestess. She wastes little time in donning the battlegear of Amaterasu and joining up with Ousu's party after their initial encounter.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Like in the earlier movie but unlike in the original legend, Yamato Takeru is not truly responsible for his brother's death. [[spoiler:Susano-o]] is also portrayed in an entirely heroic light.
* AlienBlood: The Yamata no Orochi's blood is a lime-green color.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Kumaso Takeru bestows the name Yamato Takeru (''Brave One of Yamato'') upon Ousu because he sees him as a WorthyOpponent, and Ousu accepts it and uses it for the remainder of the story.
* BadassInDistress: Oto puts up a fight but is captured by Kumaso Takeru and sent to be sacrificed to Kumasogami, a peril from which Yamato Takeru has to save her. Later on it's Oto who must save Yamato Takeru from the clutches of the beast Kaishin Muba, [[spoiler:sacrificing herself to destroy it. She gets better, though]].
* BareHandedBladeBlock: Ousu catches the knife Oto throws at his face with his bare hand. He does bleed from it, but otherwise suffers no major damage.
* BattleBoomerang: Oto's knives combine into a boomerang-shaped double-bladed weapon that returns when thrown.
* BattleCouple: Ousu/Yamato Takeru and Oto happily embrace their destiny to be together, and both being highly capable combatants don't hesitate to fight side by side even when it's against a literal god.
* BeamOWar: Yamato Takeru and Tsukuyomi have an EyeBeam duel that ends in a traditional beam-o-war. [[spoiler:Tsukuyomi wins, but Yamato Takeru has other tricks up his sleeve]].
* BehemothBattle: What to do when nothing you have can match the power of a ScaledUp evil god? [[spoiler:Absorb your girlfriend and turn into the giant armored warrior-god Utsuno Ikusagami]], of course.
* BifurcatedWeapon: Oto's knives can be combined to form a BattleBoomerang.
* BigGood: Amaterasu isn't seen, but helps Ousu/Yamato Takero through her servants and magical mirror. [[spoiler:Her brother Susano-o]] takes a more hands-on approach, using the guise of the Bull-Headed King of the Underworld to first tell Ousu as a child about his destiny and give him the sacred jewel, then continuing to goad him towards his destiny when he grows up and finally appearing in person [[spoiler:when Yamato Takeru and Oto have died and are in the underworld to prepare them for the final battle and send them back to the world of the living to face Tsukuyomi]].
* CollapsingLair: Tsukuyomi's SpaceBase wastes no time in collapsing once its master has been defeated. [[spoiler:Of course, said master scaling up into his Yamata no Orochi form might have something to do with it]].
* CombatTentacles: The aquatic monster Kaishin Muba grabs its victims with its long tentacles.
* CompositeCharacter: The Yamata no Orochi was a separate being in the original legends and not a form of Tsukuyomi or another deity.
* CoolSword
** The [[PublicDomainArtifact Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi]] (''Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds'', better known by its later name Kusanagi no Tsurugi) is a demonic-looking sword retrieved by Susano-o from within the body of the Yamata no Orochi and contains most of Tsukuyomi's divine power. [[spoiler:When the god reclaims it he immediately uses it to rain disaster upon the Earth and to summon his palace from the depths of the Moon]].
** Not to be outdone, Yamato Takeru retrieves the Sword of Karasai [[spoiler:as his Second Light during his brief stay in the underworld]], which has the ability to turn into what's basically a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]] ([[StockSoundEffects complete with matching noises]]).
** Kumaso Takeru's sword might be just a normal weapon and not a magical artifact, but it's still an imposing two-handed scimitar/dao with impressive cutting power.
* CreepyMonotone: Tsukuyomi speaks in an intimidatingly emotionless voice.
* CueTheSun: Amaterasu's sunlight returns to shine upon the Earth once more after Tsukuyomi's final defeat.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Yamato Takeru finds his supposedly dead mother washed ashore on a beach! [[spoiler:Nope, it's a magically-disguised Tsukinowa, who stabs him in the throat]].
* DeusExMachina: A fairly literal example when Amaterasu sends Amano Shiratori to save the infant Ousu from being killed by Tsukinowa.
* DisguisedInDrag: Osou dresses up as a dancer in order to get close to Kumaso Takeru during his no-other-guys-allowed dance party. [[spoiler:The warlord sees through it fairly quickly, though]].
* DragonsAreDemonic: The massive red-scaled many-horned (even for a being with so many heads) fire-breathing eight-headed dragon Orochi is [[ScaledUp the form the evil Tsukuyomi takes]] when he really wants to destroy something.
*DragonsAreDivine: The Yamata no Orochi is certainly demonic, but it's nevertheless still a god.
* EverybodyHatesHades: Oddly enough done by the filmmakers to their own culture by turning moon god Tsukuyomi (who was certainly a JerkassGod, having killed another deity just because he felt squicked out, but no GodOfEvil and only very tenuously connected to the underworld) into both an underworld deity and someone who seeks to destroy the world. [[spoiler:Though the ending does imply he will eventually return in a kinder form]].
* EvilChancellor: The mystic Tsukinowa loyally serves the Emperor of Yamato... except he's actually the devoted servant ([[spoiler:and inadvertent spawn]]) of Tsukuyomi and manipulates his supposed liege to turn against his son Ousu.
* EyeBeams: Apparently a sign of divine power, as both Yamato Takeru (when in [[SuperMode Wild Spirit mode]]) and Tsukuyomi (in humanoid as well as Orochi forms, the latter manifesting them as red lightning) use these in combat. Kaishin Muba doesn't shoot them from its regular eyes, but does from its ThirdEye.
* FogOfDoom: Tsukuyomi's power manifests on Earth as flashing mist as he approaches, in contrast to the sacred flames of Amaterasu's shrine it attempts to quench. [[spoiler:It finally succeeds the moment the dark god is released from his prison]].
* FusionDance: Only by fusing with [[spoiler:his love interest Oto and turning into the godly Utsuno Ikusagami]] can Yamato Takeru [[spoiler:finally defeat Tsukuyomi's Orochi form]].
* GameFace: Ousu/Yamato Takeru's face turns monstrous when he channels his [[SuperMode Wild Spirit]].
* GiantFlyer: Amano Shiratori, the White Bird of Heaven, is a giant metallic swan-like being that is sent by Amaterasu to aid Yamato Takeru throughout his life.
* GratuitousEnglish: The rock song that plays over the end credits is mostly in Japanese, but has a couple of lines in English.
* GreaterScopeParagon: Izanagi is never seen and doesn't intervene as directly as Amaterasu, but [[spoiler:is revealed to have arranged Yamato Takeru's life as to make him the hero who could defeat Tsukuyomi]].
* IAmNotLeftHanded: After Yamato Takeru defeats him in a sword fight, Tsukuyomi declares he is done playing with his foes and brings out the EyeBeams.
* {{Kaiju}}: Toho does what Toho does best. Most notable is of course the Yamata no Orochi, an adaptation of the mythological beast that inspired Toho's own King Ghidorah, but the movie also has smaller (though still larger than human) monsters like the heavenly Amano Shiratori, the demonic Kumasogami, and the aquatic Kaishin Muba.
* KnifeNut: Oto's first move upon meeting Osou (and mistaking him for a thief) is to throw a knife at him. In subsequent fights she brandishes larger knifes that she can combine into a bladed boomerang.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Oto mistakes Osou and his companions for the thieves that stole the sacred mirror and a fight ensues before the misunderstanding can be cleared up and they join forces.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Upon being released Tsukuyomi is immediately contacted by his servant Tsukinowa, who explains [[spoiler:that he was created from a broken-off fang from the god's Orochi form]].
* MacGuffinPersonReveal: The third and final light Yamato Takeru needs to become the true warrior of the gods [[spoiler:is Oto herself, who imbues him with her essence and allows him to transform into Utsuno Ikusagami for the final battle with Orochi]].
* MagicMirror: Amaterasu's mirror is the first of the "three lights" Ousu/Yamato Takero receives on his journey. Its real power isn't reflection, but rather [[spoiler:to serve as a Wave-Motion Gun capable of defeating Tsukuyomi in his humanoid form, and Orochi as well after it helps transform the prince into Utsuno Ikusagami]].
* MagmaMan: The malevolent deity Kumasogami appears as a tall, demonic humanoid made out of (and living in) lava, and the arrows it conjures set whatever they hit on fire.
* MysteriousPast: It's not known where the Emperor's mystic Tsukinowa came from. [[spoiler:Eventually we find out that he's an independent aspect of his master Tsukuyomi, one of Orochi's fangs that became a sapient being after the god was sealed away]].
* NakedOnArrival: Only a SceneryCensor covers Tsukuyomi as he is released from his prison, though he soon after manifests armor.
* NoSell: Oto's fireballs are as effective as you'd think against MagmaMan Kumasogami. [[spoiler:But they can still distract the monster long enough for Yamato Takeru to charge an attack that ''does'' work]].
* {{Orochi}}: Tsukuyomi's ultimate form is the eight-headed serpent/dragon of legend.
* PublicDomainArtifact: The three pieces of the future Imperial Regalia of Japan (the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi/Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi, the mirror Yata no Kagami, and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama) are all important to the story.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Kumasogami is a malevolent maiden-eating lava monster with a decidedly monstrous appearance and, of course, red and black colors.
* ReligionIsMagic: Amaterasu's priestesses have the ability to conjure fire.
* ScaledUp: Tsukuyomi [[OneWingedAngel assumes the form of the titanic eight-headed Yamata no Orochi]] in order to do battle against Susano-o in the backstory [[spoiler:and again after Yamato Takeru defeats his humanoid self towards the end of the movie]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Tsukuyomi is sealed in an elaborate ice prison in space by his father Izanagi after trying to destroy the world in the backstory, but said prison is about to return to Earth... [[spoiler:After his final defeat he is once again sealed away and thrown into space, this time with the divine jewel serving as the can, though Susano-o believes he will bring happiness instead of destruction the next time he returns]].
* SeaMonster: Tsukinowa summons the tentacled fish-like monster Kaishin Muba to fight Yamato Takeru.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: The demonic Kumasogami transforms its arms into weapons in its fight against Yamato Takeru, first a bow and flaming arrows and then a sword.
* SpaceBase: Maybe a bit unusual for a fantasy work, but the showdown against Tsukuyomi (who is after all the Shinto moon god) is in a huge palace he created for himself on the Moon.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Unlike in the original tale and ''Nippon Tanjō'' [[spoiler:both Yamato Takeru and Oto are]] alive at the end, though [[spoiler:both of them did die and return over the course of the story]].
* StarterVillain: Ousu's first quest is to kill the barbarian warlord Kumaso Takeru so as to ensure his forces won't threaten Yamato any longer.
* SummonMagic: Tsukinowa performs an incantation that conjures up a storm which summons Kaishin Muba (or possibly summons Kaishin Muba who then creates the storm) in order to stop Yamato Takeru and Oto.
* SuperMode: When times are desperate Yamato Takeru can use his magic jewel to access his Wild Spirit, which gives him powerful magical attacks but is difficult to control. [[spoiler:For his battle with Orochi he achieves an even more powerful form by fusing with Oto's essence, the titanic divine warrior Utsuno Ikusagami]].
* ThirdEye: Kumasogami and Kaishin Muba both possess eyes on their foreheads in addition to their normal two (or what passes for normal among lava demons and fish monsters), the latter using it to shoot beams of power.
* TimeSkip: The story skips ahead ten years after Ousu's birth to when he as a child finds the jewel and learns of his destiny, then skips ahead again to his adulthood.
* TinTyrant: One of the first things Tsukuyomi does upon regaining consciousness after his long imprisonment is to manifest an ornate suit of armor (followed by asking for his CoolSword).
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Tsukuyomi's return causes a solar eclipse that [[CueTheSun goes away]] only upon his defeat.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: At least the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEMfH7c8XSs trailer for the English version]] includes a lot of the story's major twists and events.
* TheUnFavourite: The Emperor loathes Ousu, a hatred born from superstition about second-born twins and the machinations of the mystic Tsukinowa.
* VirginSacrifice: Kumasogami demands that Kumaso Takeru brings it a steady supply of maidens to devour.
* WarriorMonk: Oto is a fire-slinging priestess of Amaterasu with a mastery of martial arts.
* WarriorPrince: Ousu/Yamato Takeru is the second-born prince of Yamato, but first and foremost a heroic warrior.
* WaveMotionGun: The true power of the [[spoiler:Mirror of Amaterasu]] is to fire a devastating beam of divine power capable of [[spoiler:destroying Tsukuyomi's humanoid form, as well as his Orochi form once it's incorporated into Utsuno Ikusagami]].
* WorthyOpponent: Kumaso Takeru respects both Oto and Ousu for their martial prowess even though they're there to kill him, and gives the latter his more famous moniker because of it. Ousu in turn respects his foe enough to accept said name. [[spoiler:Even after Ousu/Yamato Takero has mortally wounded Kumaso Takeru, they praise each other for their respective strength]].
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: After [[spoiler:stabbing him in the throat]] Tsukinowa taunts Yamato Takeru about how he's responsible for killing the prince's mother and brother. [[spoiler:This backfires as it enrages the hero, who had previously blamed himself for those things, and gives him enough time to remove the knife and throw it right into the villain's chest]].
'''Yamato Takeru''' (ヤマトタケル, also known in English as '''Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon''') is a 1994 fantasy adventure film from Creator/{{Toho}}, loosely based on the Japanese legend of the hero of the same name and Toho's Showa-era attempt to adapt the story, known in the West as ''Film/TheThreeTreasures'' (originally ''Nippon Tanjō'', or ''Birth of Japan''). It chronicles the adventures of Prince Ousu (later known as Yamato Takeru), hated by his father the Emperor but favored by the gods, as he faces the machinations of the evil god Tsukuyomi and his servants with the help of his companions, including the warrior-priestess Oto Tachibana.
!!This film provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Oto is both a highly capable martial artist and a fireball-throwing priestess. She wastes little time in donning the battlegear of Amaterasu and joining up with Ousu's party after their initial encounter.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Like in the earlier movie but unlike in the original legend, Yamato Takeru is not truly responsible for his brother's death. [[spoiler:Susano-o]] is also portrayed in an entirely heroic light.
* AlienBlood: The Yamata no Orochi's blood is a lime-green color.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Kumaso Takeru bestows the name Yamato Takeru (''Brave One of Yamato'') upon Ousu because he sees him as a WorthyOpponent, and Ousu accepts it and uses it for the remainder of the story.
* BadassInDistress: Oto puts up a fight but is captured by Kumaso Takeru and sent to be sacrificed to Kumasogami, a peril from which Yamato Takeru has to save her. Later on it's Oto who must save Yamato Takeru from the clutches of the beast Kaishin Muba, [[spoiler:sacrificing herself to destroy it. She gets better, though]].
* BareHandedBladeBlock: Ousu catches the knife Oto throws at his face with his bare hand. He does bleed from it, but otherwise suffers no major damage.
* BattleBoomerang: Oto's knives combine into a boomerang-shaped double-bladed weapon that returns when thrown.
* BattleCouple: Ousu/Yamato Takeru and Oto happily embrace their destiny to be together, and both being highly capable combatants don't hesitate to fight side by side even when it's against a literal god.
* BeamOWar: Yamato Takeru and Tsukuyomi have an EyeBeam duel that ends in a traditional beam-o-war. [[spoiler:Tsukuyomi wins, but Yamato Takeru has other tricks up his sleeve]].
* BehemothBattle: What to do when nothing you have can match the power of a ScaledUp evil god? [[spoiler:Absorb your girlfriend and turn into the giant armored warrior-god Utsuno Ikusagami]], of course.
* BifurcatedWeapon: Oto's knives can be combined to form a BattleBoomerang.
* BigGood: Amaterasu isn't seen, but helps Ousu/Yamato Takero through her servants and magical mirror. [[spoiler:Her brother Susano-o]] takes a more hands-on approach, using the guise of the Bull-Headed King of the Underworld to first tell Ousu as a child about his destiny and give him the sacred jewel, then continuing to goad him towards his destiny when he grows up and finally appearing in person [[spoiler:when Yamato Takeru and Oto have died and are in the underworld to prepare them for the final battle and send them back to the world of the living to face Tsukuyomi]].
* CollapsingLair: Tsukuyomi's SpaceBase wastes no time in collapsing once its master has been defeated. [[spoiler:Of course, said master scaling up into his Yamata no Orochi form might have something to do with it]].
* CombatTentacles: The aquatic monster Kaishin Muba grabs its victims with its long tentacles.
* CompositeCharacter: The Yamata no Orochi was a separate being in the original legends and not a form of Tsukuyomi or another deity.
* CoolSword
** The [[PublicDomainArtifact Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi]] (''Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds'', better known by its later name Kusanagi no Tsurugi) is a demonic-looking sword retrieved by Susano-o from within the body of the Yamata no Orochi and contains most of Tsukuyomi's divine power. [[spoiler:When the god reclaims it he immediately uses it to rain disaster upon the Earth and to summon his palace from the depths of the Moon]].
** Not to be outdone, Yamato Takeru retrieves the Sword of Karasai [[spoiler:as his Second Light during his brief stay in the underworld]], which has the ability to turn into what's basically a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]] ([[StockSoundEffects complete with matching noises]]).
** Kumaso Takeru's sword might be just a normal weapon and not a magical artifact, but it's still an imposing two-handed scimitar/dao with impressive cutting power.
* CreepyMonotone: Tsukuyomi speaks in an intimidatingly emotionless voice.
* CueTheSun: Amaterasu's sunlight returns to shine upon the Earth once more after Tsukuyomi's final defeat.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Yamato Takeru finds his supposedly dead mother washed ashore on a beach! [[spoiler:Nope, it's a magically-disguised Tsukinowa, who stabs him in the throat]].
* DeusExMachina: A fairly literal example when Amaterasu sends Amano Shiratori to save the infant Ousu from being killed by Tsukinowa.
* DisguisedInDrag: Osou dresses up as a dancer in order to get close to Kumaso Takeru during his no-other-guys-allowed dance party. [[spoiler:The warlord sees through it fairly quickly, though]].
* DragonsAreDemonic: The massive red-scaled many-horned (even for a being with so many heads) fire-breathing eight-headed dragon Orochi is [[ScaledUp the form the evil Tsukuyomi takes]] when he really wants to destroy something.
*DragonsAreDivine: The Yamata no Orochi is certainly demonic, but it's nevertheless still a god.
* EverybodyHatesHades: Oddly enough done by the filmmakers to their own culture by turning moon god Tsukuyomi (who was certainly a JerkassGod, having killed another deity just because he felt squicked out, but no GodOfEvil and only very tenuously connected to the underworld) into both an underworld deity and someone who seeks to destroy the world. [[spoiler:Though the ending does imply he will eventually return in a kinder form]].
* EvilChancellor: The mystic Tsukinowa loyally serves the Emperor of Yamato... except he's actually the devoted servant ([[spoiler:and inadvertent spawn]]) of Tsukuyomi and manipulates his supposed liege to turn against his son Ousu.
* EyeBeams: Apparently a sign of divine power, as both Yamato Takeru (when in [[SuperMode Wild Spirit mode]]) and Tsukuyomi (in humanoid as well as Orochi forms, the latter manifesting them as red lightning) use these in combat. Kaishin Muba doesn't shoot them from its regular eyes, but does from its ThirdEye.
* FogOfDoom: Tsukuyomi's power manifests on Earth as flashing mist as he approaches, in contrast to the sacred flames of Amaterasu's shrine it attempts to quench. [[spoiler:It finally succeeds the moment the dark god is released from his prison]].
* FusionDance: Only by fusing with [[spoiler:his love interest Oto and turning into the godly Utsuno Ikusagami]] can Yamato Takeru [[spoiler:finally defeat Tsukuyomi's Orochi form]].
* GameFace: Ousu/Yamato Takeru's face turns monstrous when he channels his [[SuperMode Wild Spirit]].
* GiantFlyer: Amano Shiratori, the White Bird of Heaven, is a giant metallic swan-like being that is sent by Amaterasu to aid Yamato Takeru throughout his life.
* GratuitousEnglish: The rock song that plays over the end credits is mostly in Japanese, but has a couple of lines in English.
* GreaterScopeParagon: Izanagi is never seen and doesn't intervene as directly as Amaterasu, but [[spoiler:is revealed to have arranged Yamato Takeru's life as to make him the hero who could defeat Tsukuyomi]].
* IAmNotLeftHanded: After Yamato Takeru defeats him in a sword fight, Tsukuyomi declares he is done playing with his foes and brings out the EyeBeams.
* {{Kaiju}}: Toho does what Toho does best. Most notable is of course the Yamata no Orochi, an adaptation of the mythological beast that inspired Toho's own King Ghidorah, but the movie also has smaller (though still larger than human) monsters like the heavenly Amano Shiratori, the demonic Kumasogami, and the aquatic Kaishin Muba.
* KnifeNut: Oto's first move upon meeting Osou (and mistaking him for a thief) is to throw a knife at him. In subsequent fights she brandishes larger knifes that she can combine into a bladed boomerang.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Oto mistakes Osou and his companions for the thieves that stole the sacred mirror and a fight ensues before the misunderstanding can be cleared up and they join forces.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Upon being released Tsukuyomi is immediately contacted by his servant Tsukinowa, who explains [[spoiler:that he was created from a broken-off fang from the god's Orochi form]].
* MacGuffinPersonReveal: The third and final light Yamato Takeru needs to become the true warrior of the gods [[spoiler:is Oto herself, who imbues him with her essence and allows him to transform into Utsuno Ikusagami for the final battle with Orochi]].
* MagicMirror: Amaterasu's mirror is the first of the "three lights" Ousu/Yamato Takero receives on his journey. Its real power isn't reflection, but rather [[spoiler:to serve as a Wave-Motion Gun capable of defeating Tsukuyomi in his humanoid form, and Orochi as well after it helps transform the prince into Utsuno Ikusagami]].
* MagmaMan: The malevolent deity Kumasogami appears as a tall, demonic humanoid made out of (and living in) lava, and the arrows it conjures set whatever they hit on fire.
* MysteriousPast: It's not known where the Emperor's mystic Tsukinowa came from. [[spoiler:Eventually we find out that he's an independent aspect of his master Tsukuyomi, one of Orochi's fangs that became a sapient being after the god was sealed away]].
* NakedOnArrival: Only a SceneryCensor covers Tsukuyomi as he is released from his prison, though he soon after manifests armor.
* NoSell: Oto's fireballs are as effective as you'd think against MagmaMan Kumasogami. [[spoiler:But they can still distract the monster long enough for Yamato Takeru to charge an attack that ''does'' work]].
* {{Orochi}}: Tsukuyomi's ultimate form is the eight-headed serpent/dragon of legend.
* PublicDomainArtifact: The three pieces of the future Imperial Regalia of Japan (the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi/Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi, the mirror Yata no Kagami, and the jewel Yasakani no Magatama) are all important to the story.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Kumasogami is a malevolent maiden-eating lava monster with a decidedly monstrous appearance and, of course, red and black colors.
* ReligionIsMagic: Amaterasu's priestesses have the ability to conjure fire.
* ScaledUp: Tsukuyomi [[OneWingedAngel assumes the form of the titanic eight-headed Yamata no Orochi]] in order to do battle against Susano-o in the backstory [[spoiler:and again after Yamato Takeru defeats his humanoid self towards the end of the movie]].
* SealedEvilInACan: Tsukuyomi is sealed in an elaborate ice prison in space by his father Izanagi after trying to destroy the world in the backstory, but said prison is about to return to Earth... [[spoiler:After his final defeat he is once again sealed away and thrown into space, this time with the divine jewel serving as the can, though Susano-o believes he will bring happiness instead of destruction the next time he returns]].
* SeaMonster: Tsukinowa summons the tentacled fish-like monster Kaishin Muba to fight Yamato Takeru.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: The demonic Kumasogami transforms its arms into weapons in its fight against Yamato Takeru, first a bow and flaming arrows and then a sword.
* SpaceBase: Maybe a bit unusual for a fantasy work, but the showdown against Tsukuyomi (who is after all the Shinto moon god) is in a huge palace he created for himself on the Moon.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Unlike in the original tale and ''Nippon Tanjō'' [[spoiler:both Yamato Takeru and Oto are]] alive at the end, though [[spoiler:both of them did die and return over the course of the story]].
* StarterVillain: Ousu's first quest is to kill the barbarian warlord Kumaso Takeru so as to ensure his forces won't threaten Yamato any longer.
* SummonMagic: Tsukinowa performs an incantation that conjures up a storm which summons Kaishin Muba (or possibly summons Kaishin Muba who then creates the storm) in order to stop Yamato Takeru and Oto.
* SuperMode: When times are desperate Yamato Takeru can use his magic jewel to access his Wild Spirit, which gives him powerful magical attacks but is difficult to control. [[spoiler:For his battle with Orochi he achieves an even more powerful form by fusing with Oto's essence, the titanic divine warrior Utsuno Ikusagami]].
* ThirdEye: Kumasogami and Kaishin Muba both possess eyes on their foreheads in addition to their normal two (or what passes for normal among lava demons and fish monsters), the latter using it to shoot beams of power.
* TimeSkip: The story skips ahead ten years after Ousu's birth to when he as a child finds the jewel and learns of his destiny, then skips ahead again to his adulthood.
* TinTyrant: One of the first things Tsukuyomi does upon regaining consciousness after his long imprisonment is to manifest an ornate suit of armor (followed by asking for his CoolSword).
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Tsukuyomi's return causes a solar eclipse that [[CueTheSun goes away]] only upon his defeat.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: At least the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEMfH7c8XSs trailer for the English version]] includes a lot of the story's major twists and events.
* TheUnFavourite: The Emperor loathes Ousu, a hatred born from superstition about second-born twins and the machinations of the mystic Tsukinowa.
* VirginSacrifice: Kumasogami demands that Kumaso Takeru brings it a steady supply of maidens to devour.
* WarriorMonk: Oto is a fire-slinging priestess of Amaterasu with a mastery of martial arts.
* WarriorPrince: Ousu/Yamato Takeru is the second-born prince of Yamato, but first and foremost a heroic warrior.
* WaveMotionGun: The true power of the [[spoiler:Mirror of Amaterasu]] is to fire a devastating beam of divine power capable of [[spoiler:destroying Tsukuyomi's humanoid form, as well as his Orochi form once it's incorporated into Utsuno Ikusagami]].
* WorthyOpponent: Kumaso Takeru respects both Oto and Ousu for their martial prowess even though they're there to kill him, and gives the latter his more famous moniker because of it. Ousu in turn respects his foe enough to accept said name. [[spoiler:Even after Ousu/Yamato Takero has mortally wounded Kumaso Takeru, they praise each other for their respective strength]].
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: After [[spoiler:stabbing him in the throat]] Tsukinowa taunts Yamato Takeru about how he's responsible for killing the prince's mother and brother. [[spoiler:This backfires as it enrages the hero, who had previously blamed himself for those things, and gives him enough time to remove the knife and throw it right into the villain's chest]].
