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Synopsis

Fathom Events and GKIDS have once again partnered to bring Children of the Sea, latest feature from Japan’s STUDIO4C, to theaters nationwide for an exclusive two-night event. Adapted from the manga of the same name by author Daisuke Igarashi, Children of the Sea is directed by Ayumu Watanabe, with a score by award-winning composer and longtime Studio Ghibli collaborator Joe Hisaishi (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro). When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora. They were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does. Ruka’s dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the children are experiencing as they get caught up in the mystery of the worldwide disappearance of the oceans’ fish.

Cast

  • Ashida Mana
  • Hiiro Ishibashi
  • Uragami Seishuu
  • Morisaki Win
  • Aoi Yu
  • Sumiko Fuji

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Metacritic

63
Sep 1, 2020

Children of the Sea is consequently yet another animated fantasy based on hackneyed tropes, like sprite-like martyrs, the guiding hands of fate, and vague nostalgia for a pre-technological past.

Metacritic review by Simon Abrams
Simon Abrams
RogerEbert.com
80
Aug 17, 2020

By simply witnessing the grandeur of the sea, by allowing us to glimpse that symbiosis between ocean and universe, the film ends up resonating powerfully, a feast that will stimulate both the eye and the cerebral cortex.

Metacritic review by Alex Saveliev
Alex Saveliev
Film Threat