Children of the Sea poster

Children of the Sea( 2019)

TV-MAAnimationFantasyAdventureMystery
71%
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Mana Ashida

      Ruka Azumi (voice)

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      Hiiro Ishibashi

      Umi (voice)

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      Seishu Uragami

      Sora (voice)

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      Win Morisaki

      Anglade (voice)

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      Goro Inagaki

      Masaaki Azumi (voice)

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      Yu Aoi

      Kanako Azumi (voice)

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      Tohru Watanabe

      Teacher (voice)

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      Min Tanaka

      Jimu (voice)

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      Sumiko Fuji

      Dede (voice)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by SWITCH.

    3
    Written by SWITCH. on Fri Jun 21 2019
    This film epitomises the risk that filmmakers (both live-action and animated) take with adapting a long-running or ongoing manga - a vast amount of material has to be peeled back to the core essentials to make a film with a feature-length running time. Sometimes you can shorten the plot of the manga considerably, add in scenes and motifs and end up with a timeless piece of art like Katsuhiro Otomo’s ‘Akira’. Chop out too much or pick the wrong elements to keep, and you can sink even a film as visually rich as ‘Children of the Sea’ beneath waves of turgid storytelling. - Jake Watt Read Ja...

    Media

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • friendship
    • aquarium
    • philosophy
    • supernatural
    • based on manga
    • seinen
    • anime