Yamato Takeru

is a Japanese anime television series loosely based on the Japanese mythology of the same name. The anime was produced by Nippon Animation which aired on JNN (now TBS) from April 9 to December 24, 1994, which is also loosely tied to the live-action film produced by Toho and dubbed as Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon.

The anime is followed up by a 2-part OVA series titled Yamato Takeru: After War which was released in November 22, 1995.

Plot
An exodus of Earth scientists landed on another planet in another universe after their spaceship gets caught into a black hole. They happen to find the only planet named Izumo and decided to land and make it their new home, living peacefully with the villagers of Yakumo. Years later, Takeru Yamato, who was the first Earthling born in the new world while being the village troublemaker, finds his life changed when a mysterious army descends and lay waste to the village. Amidst the trouble, Takeru discovered what they were searching for, a robot named Susanoo, where their encounter forever changed the boy's life as his life becomes interwoven in destiny where the fate of the universe is at stake.