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Children of the Whales (2017-2017)

Premiere:
October 8, 2017

# of Seasons: 1

# of Episodes: 12

Finale:
December 24, 2017

Original Title:
クジラの子らは砂上に歌う

Alternate Titles:
Hijos de las ballenas
Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau
Kujira no Kora wa Sajō ni Utau
Tales of the Wales Calves
Whale Calves Sing on the Sand
泥鲸之子们在沙地上歌唱
鲸鱼的孩子们在沙海上歌唱
고래의 아이들은 모래 위에서 노래를 부른다

Genres:
Animation | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Production Companies:
Bandai Visual
J.C.STAFF

Countries:
JP

Overview from TheMovieDB

Chakuro is the 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island that floats across the surface of an endless sea of sand. Nine in ten of the inhabitants of the Mud Whale have been blessed and cursed with the ability to use saimia, special powers that doom them to an early death. Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny.

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Production

Character Designer:
Haruko Iizuka

Color Designer:
Miyuki Ishida

Director of Photography:
Yoshio Ookouchi

Editor:
Masahiro Goto

Opening/Ending Animation:
Haruko Iizuka

Original Music Composer:
Hiroaki Tsutsumi

Prop Designer:
Miki Matsumoto

Series Director:
Kyohei Ishiguro

Sound Director:
Jin Aketagawa

Supervising Animation Director:
Haruko Iizuka

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