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Release Date:
June 7, 2019
Original Title:
海獣の子供
Alternate Titles:
Children of the Sea
Espíritus del mar
Kaijuu no Kodomo
Kaijū no Kodomo
Les Enfants de la Mer
Los niños del mar
Marine Mammal Children
รุกะผจญภัยโลกใต้ทะเล
海兽的孩子
海獣の子供:2019
해수의 아이
Genres:
Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Mystery
Production Companies:
Beyond C.
DMM.com
ORIX Investment
PARCO
Phoenix Entertainment Group
SANKYO
STUDIO4℃
Shogakukan
TOHO
Wander Pictures
Whateversmiles
Production Countries:
China | Hong Kong | Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG DE: 6 ES: APTA FI: K-7 FR: U HK: I IT: T JP: G KR: All RU: 6+ US: NR
Runtime: 111
Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the same sort of supernatural connection to the ocean that they do. Umi and Sora's special power seems to be connected to strange events that have been occurring more and more frequently, such as the appearance of sea creatures far from their home territory and the disappearance of aquarium animals around the world. However, the exact nature of the boys' power and of the abnormal events is unknown, and Ruka gets drawn into investigating the mystery that surrounds her new friends.
Animation Director:
Yuuya Geshi
Ayako Hata
Izumi Murakami
Art Direction:
Shinji Kimura
Associate Producer:
Junya Okamoto
Akito Takahashi
Background Designer:
Aiwa Narihata
Ryoko Ina
Mika Nishimura
Sara Hasegawa
Sadayuki Arai
Kosuke Hayashi
CG Animator:
Takafumi Ishida
Takanori Nakajima
CGI Director:
Kenichiro Akimoto
Character Designer:
Kenichi Konishi
Co-Producer:
Ayumi Inoguchi
Nobumasa Sawabe
Color Designer:
Miyuki Ito
Comic Book:
Daisuke Igarashi
Director:
Ayumu Watanabe
Editor:
Kiyoshi Hirose
Executive Producer:
Hajime Inoue
Keiji Kameyama
Eiko Tanaka
Masakazu Kubo
Keiji Ota
Kimihisa Tsutsui
Lovinia Chiu
Foley Artist:
Mika Yamaguchi
Key Animation:
Ken Yamamoto
Eri Taguchi
Akiko Itagaki
Kazuhiko Yabumoto
Tatsuzo Nishita
Kaori Hayashi
Minami Seki
Tomohiro Shinoda
Izumi Murakami
Sanae Shimada
Yuuya Geshi
Hirokazu Kojima
Nahoko Machida
Udo Komuro
Ryo Imamura
Eri Irei
Tetsuro Kaku
Yumi Chiba
Takahiro Tanaka
Nanako Tatsu
Etsuko Yamamoto
Yuta Yokoo
Yuki Oomori
Rika Ota
Ran Kamezawa
Ayako Hata
Manabu Akita
Ryo Konishi
Saki Hasegawa
Mari Futamatsu
Hideyuki Sugiura
Hitomi Kariya
Takashi Mukouda
Tatsumori Imoto
Toko Yatabe
Yasuyuki Shimizu
Kayoko Ishikawa
Yasue Sosogi
Emi Matsunaga
Masahiko Kubo
Yoshiko Hoshi
Hiroyuki Aoyama
Manami Sugimoto
China
Kenji Hachizaki
Yuuko Sera
Daiki Harashina
Soichiro Kubo
Yuichiro Komuro
Tomoyo Kamoi
Takuya Saito
Yukiko Nagao
Takana Shirai
Saori Koike
Kenichi Yamaguchi
Shingo Ishikawa
Yosuke Kudo
Miki Kurihara
Shintaro Doge
Shougo Furuya
Maiko Kobayashi
Shigeru Kimishima
Ryota Furukawa
Moaang
MYOUN
Original Music Composer:
Joe Hisaishi
Producer:
Eiko Tanaka
Screenplay:
Saku Konohana
Second Unit Director:
Kenichi Konishi
Sound Director:
Koji Kasamatsu
Sound Effects:
Koji Kasamatsu
Special Effects:
Miyuki Ito
Supervising Animation Director:
Kenichi Konishi
Theme Song Performance:
Kenshi Yonezu
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