My Brother the Minotaur
This Apple TV+ original from Cartoon Saloon (the Irish studio behind The Secret of Kells and Wolfwalkers) is a warmly crafted coming-of-age fantasy about Lorcan, a teenage minotaur raised by a human family on a remote Irish island, who sets out with his brother and friends to uncover his mysterious origins. The series carries a TV-Y7-FV rating for fantasy violence and has some genuinely eerie moments tied to a Celtic mythological creature called the Pooka, making it a better fit for school-age kids than for the preschool crowd.
Most comfortable for kids 7 and up who enjoy adventure mysteries; sensitive children or those easily spooked by dark, shadowy creature scenes may do better waiting until around age 8 or 9.
Episodes to know about
Lorcan's nightmare features a terrifying bipedal rabbit-faced creature (the Pooka) hunting him; this is the series' first and one of its most intense scary sequences.
A boy falls off his bike and Lorcan nearly falls from a cliff during the opening episode.
A flashback shows invaders attacking and burning a village; Lorcan also loses control and nearly drops a heavy object on a family member.