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Lu Over the Wall

Lu Over the Wall

Your "love" changes me.

20177.01h 52m

Overview

In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.

Directed by Masaaki Yuasa
Written by Reiko Yoshida, Masaaki Yuasa
Produced by Junnosuke Ito, Yuka Okayasu, Eunyoung Choi
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Top Cast

Shota Shimoda

Shota Shimoda

Kai Ashimoto (voice)

Soma Saito

Soma Saito

Kuniko (voice)

Minako Kotobuki

Minako Kotobuki

Yuuho Ebina (voice)

Kanon Tani

Kanon Tani

Lu (voice)

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)

Shizuka Itoh

Shizuka Itoh

Isaki (voice)

Kenichi Suzumura

Kenichi Suzumura

Teruo Ashimoto (voice)

Tokuyoshi Kawashima

Tokuyoshi Kawashima

Fuguda (voice)

Cho

Cho

Ebina's Father (voice)

Takayuki Sugo

Takayuki Sugo

Ebina's Grandfather (voice)

Themes & Keywords

friendshipbeachwavemermaidanime

About Lu Over the Wall

Lu Over the Wall is a animation, adventure, music, fantasy, family film released in 2017 exploring themes of friendship, beach, wave, mermaid, anime. Directed by Masaaki Yuasa, it stars Shota Shimoda, Soma Saito, Minako Kotobuki. In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.

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