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The Boxfish and the Sea of Minamata

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StatusFinished
FormatMOVIE
Episodes1
Duration19 min
AiredMar 2024 – Mar 2024
SourceOTHER
StudioStudio Nanahoshi

Genres

AdventureFantasy

Tags

Animals

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The Boxfish and the Sea of Minamata

Hakofugu to Minamata no Umi

The boxfish has no confidence in himself, he always spends his time alone on the rocks watching the other fish, feeling envious. "Everyone else is so lucky. All I do is float back and forth in the same place on these rocks every day..." Then one day, he meets a lost sea horse who seems to have come from the Minamata ocean, he then decides to embark on his first ever adventure to return the fish to the Minamata's sea... (Source: Official Website, translated)

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Staff

Takuya Inaba

Takuya Inaba

Director

Haruna Karasuda

Haruna Karasuda

Music

Takuya Inaba

Takuya Inaba

Character Design

Sakana-kun

Sakana-kun

Original Creator

Noriko Sekiguchi

Noriko Sekiguchi

Assistance

Katsuyoshi Hayashi

Katsuyoshi Hayashi

Assistance

Takuya Inaba

Takuya Inaba

Editing

Yoshiaki Tokunaga

Yoshiaki Tokunaga

Sound Design

Community reception

Most common score: 40

Score distribution

40
50

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Episode threads

EP1