It's Sea Day in Japan today, so allow me to share an anime which is related to this theme. It's called ***KAIJUU NO KODOMO*** or *Children of the Sea* in English.
This movie is adapted from a manga of the same title. I haven't read the manga, but would love to do so in the coming days. There are several reasons why I want to read the manga, but let's talk about the movie first.
When the main character Ruka was young, both her parents worked in the aquarium. Because of that, she often went to the place and has always been fascinated with the beautiful underwater creatures.
Fastforward to her summer vacation in her teens, her life revolved around handball. It's her way to escape their house, especially her alcoholic mother. However, things didn't go well with the club one day, so she decided to go to the aquarium where her father still works.
While in the aquarium, she met a mysterious young boy named Umi. For some reasons both of them felt a connection with each other, so they almost immediately became friends.
Umi has a brother named Sora. They both have a strange affinity and relationship with the ocean. They're said to raised by some Dugongs when they were young. When they were found in the ocean, some marine biologists and the aquarium sheltered them for further studies and experiment.
The three of them explored the mystical world under the sea together while trying to find out more about an eccentric festival which caused various anomalies underwater.
Allow me to show you the official trailer of the said movie below.
[VIDEO SOURCE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOhRCIv-VOE)
I got goosebumps watching this movie!
The art and animation style brought me to an entirely different world filled with mysticism. I could just watch it for its art and animation. That is more than enough for me. *haha*
The story is quite philosophical in a way that it's difficult to understand, but I really like it. I'm not that interested in Philosophy as a subject, but I can spend hours talking about the essence of life and it can be likened to the universe.
When I taught in the English academy 10 years ago, I met a friend who I had these kinds of conversation with. We hung around my room during our break time and we talk about various topics related to Philosophy and the like.
Thanks to that, I found this movie very nostalgic and I was able to appreciate the story. In addition, I love how they poetically explained the events in the film. It's just so good!
Even if you're not interested in such topics or maybe how the story was presented, I still recommend it for how beautiful it is. The visuals and the sound effects in the movie are more than enough for viewers to appreciate it. I just hope I watched this on the big screen. I'd be able to appreciate it even more than I do now.
Thanks for checking this post. See you around! (^^,)/