Despite the dark history behind "The Little Mermaid," it's the very definition of a Disney animated classic. Released in 1989 ...
The movies during this period were The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, and Tarzan.
The series is based on the legend that eating mermaid flesh can make you immortal ... where Yuta is shot by some people who look like soldiers, a little Japanese history comes into play.