Unlike European mermaids, they're basically fish with human faces (although the folkloric ones tend to be far more grotesque and monstrous). Ponyo and her sisters resemble the traditional depictions of ningyo (mermaids) from Japanese folklore. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea: Is very, very loosely based on The Little Mermaid.Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea: A coming-of-age and love story involving Apparently Human Merfolk.Muromi-san: Most of the main characters are mermaids.Monster Musume: One of the main characters is a mermaid named Meroune.Mahou no Mako-chan: Loosely based on The Little Mermaid, the story's protagonist is a mermaid princess named Mako who's turned into a human but retains some magical powers in the human world.Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King: The gang encounter mermaids and battles an evil merman overlord seeking a magic sword to enslave entire oceans.Coral Reef Legend Elfie Of The Blue Seas: Protagonist Elfie is an Apparently Human Merfolk and the last of her kind.
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