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Children of the Sea

Children of the Sea

20197.11h 51m

Overview

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.

Directed by Ayumu Watanabe
Written by Saku Konohana, Daisuke Igarashi
Produced by Eiko Tanaka
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Top Cast

Mana Ashida

Mana Ashida

Ruka Azumi (voice)

Hiiro Ishibashi

Hiiro Ishibashi

Umi (voice)

Seishu Uragami

Seishu Uragami

Sora (voice)

Win Morisaki

Win Morisaki

Anglade (voice)

Goro Inagaki

Goro Inagaki

Masaaki Azumi (voice)

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Kanako Azumi (voice)

Tohru Watanabe

Tohru Watanabe

Teacher (voice)

Min Tanaka

Min Tanaka

Jimu (voice)

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Dede (voice)

Themes & Keywords

friendshipaquariumphilosophysupernaturalbased on mangaseinenanime

About Children of the Sea

Children of the Sea is a animation, fantasy, adventure, mystery film released in 2019 exploring themes of friendship, aquarium, philosophy, supernatural, based on manga, seinen. Directed by Ayumu Watanabe, it stars Mana Ashida, Hiiro Ishibashi, Seishu Uragami. 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.

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