
Ride Your Wave(2019)
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.


“Your "love" changes me.”
In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.

Shota Shimoda
Kai Ashimoto (voice)

Soma Saito
Kuniko (voice)

Minako Kotobuki
Yuuho Ebina (voice)

Kanon Tani
Lu (voice)

Akira Emoto
Ashimoto's Grandfather (voice)

Shizuka Itoh
Isaki (voice)

Kenichi Suzumura
Teruo Ashimoto (voice)

Tokuyoshi Kawashima
Fuguda (voice)

Cho
Ebina's Father (voice)

Takayuki Sugo
Ebina's Grandfather (voice)
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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