8 ken den

It means 'Legend of 8 dogs'.
The original of this story is Takizawa Bakin's "Nansou Satomi 8 ken den".
Yatsufusa a dog battled against black magicians for his master, but Yatsufusa was dead a glorious death. Yatsufusa's spirit went up in the air, and it broke into 8 ball. Then, 8 boys was born with a Yatsufusa's ball. They grew and gatherd fortunately. They united the samurai group and battled black magicians.

8 ken den (1913)
8 ken den (1916)
Nansou Satomi 8 ken den
Nochi no 8 ken den
Satomi 8 ken den (1919)
Satomi 8 ken den (1929)
Satomi 8 ken den: Zen-kouhen (1937)
Satomi 8 ken den (1939)
Satomi 8 ken den (1954): dai 1 bu, Youtou Murasame
Satomi 8 ken den (1954): dai 2 bu, Houryuukaku no ryuuko
Satomi 8 ken den (1954): dai 3 bu, Kaibyou ranbu
Satomi 8 ken den (1954): dai 4 bu, Ketsumei 8 kenshi
Satomi 8 ken den (1954): kanketsu-hen, Akatsuki no kachidoki
Satomi 8 ken den (1959)
Satomi 8 ken den (1959): Youkai no ranbu
Satomi 8 ken den (1959): 8 kenshi no gaika
Satomi 8 ken den (1984) (LEGEND OF THE EIGHT SAMURAI)
Satomi 8 ken den (2006) (TV Series)
Shin 8 ken den (TV Series)
Youun Satomi kaikyo den