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2019

Kaiju no kodomo

Children of the Sea

海獣の子供

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(c) 2019 Daisuke Igarashi, Shogakukan/"Children of the Sea" Committee

(c) 2019 Daisuke Igarashi, Shogakukan/"Children of the Sea" Committee

(c) 2019 Daisuke Igarashi, Shogakukan/"Children of the Sea" Committee

(c) 2019 Daisuke Igarashi, Shogakukan/"Children of the Sea" Committee

(c) 2019 Daisuke Igarashi, Shogakukan/"Children of the Sea" Committee

(c) 2019 Daisuke Igarashi, Shogakukan/"Children of the Sea" Committee

(c) 2019 Daisuke Igarashi, Shogakukan/"Children of the Sea" Committee

(c) 2019 Daisuke Igarashi, Shogakukan/"Children of the Sea" Committee

(c) 2019 Daisuke Igarashi, Shogakukan/"Children of the Sea" Committee

(c) 2019 Daisuke Igarashi, Shogakukan/"Children of the Sea" Committee

Release Date
June, 7th, 2019
Running Time
111 min
Genre
Science Fiction/Fantasy , Animation
Color
Color
Screening Format
DCP
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

"Children of the Sea" Committee

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOHO Visual Entertainment

[ Production Studio ]

STUDIO4℃

[ Story ]

Igarashi Daisuke's identically titled fantasy adventure which won a manga Excellence Award in the Japan Media Arts Festival becomes an animated film. STUDIO4℃, which worked on Tekkonkinkreet, handles animation production.
Teenage girl Ruka (voice: Ashida Mana) has been unable to adapt to her surroundings. She meets Umi (voice: Ishibashi Hiiro) swimming with the fish inside the large fish tank at the aquarium where her father works, and also meets Umi's older brother Sora (voice: Uragami Seishu). As the three children's relationship grows, strange phenomenon are frequently occurring above the Earth.

[ Official Site ]

https://kaijunokodomo.com

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2019 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Contrechamp (Official Selection)
2019 SITGES Film Festival, Noves Visions (Official Selection)
2019 Ottawa International Animation Festival, Official Competition

[ Contact (International) ]

STUDIO4℃ Co., Ltd.
Attn: INOGUCHI Ayumi
tel: +81 422 50 4044
fax: +81 422 50 4048
E-mail: license@studio4c.co.jp
http://www.studio4c.co.jp/english

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