Garo: The Animation is the collective name of two Japanese anime series that are based on the Garo tokusatsu drama series that occur in the distant past compared to the contemporary settings of the live action series. The first of these series was titled Garo -Honō no Kokuin- (Japanese: 牙狼〈GARO〉-炎の刻印-, Hepburn: lit. Garo: The Carved Seal of Flames) in Japan, and it premiered on October 3, 2014.