Les Enfants de la mer

Original title: Kaijû no kodomo

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.

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A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.A young girl is drawn into a mystery involving sealife around the world, in which two mysterious boys are somehow involved.

Director
- Ayumu Watanabe
Writers
- Daisuke Igarashi
- Hanasaki Kino
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Ayumu Watanabe
Writers
- Daisuke Igarashi
- Hanasaki Kino
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Umi
(voice)

Seishû Uragami

Sora
(voice)

Win Morisaki

Angurâdo
(voice)

Anjali Gauld

Ruka Azumi
(English version)
(voice)

Lynden Prosser

Umi
(voice)

Benjamin Niedens

Sora
(English version)
(voice)
(as Benjamin Niewood)

Beau Bridgland

Anglade
(English version)
(voice)

Marc Thompson

Masaaki Azumi
(English version)
(voice)
…

Karen Strassman

Kanako Azumi
(English version)
(voice)
…

Wally Wingert

Gym Teacher
(English version)
(voice)
…

Michael Sorich

Jim Cusack
(English version)
(voice)
…

Denise Lee

Dehdeh
(English version)
(voice)

Josh Petersdorf

Jean
(English version)
(voice)
…

Christine Marie Cabanos

Fuyuko
(English version)
(voice)
…

Meredith Zeitlin

Aki
(English version)
(voice)
(as Zoe Martin)
…

Courtney Shaw

Natsumi
(English version)
(voice)
…

Doug Erholtz

Military Officer
(English version)
(voice)
…

Director
- Ayumu Watanabe
Writers
- Daisuke Igarashi
- Hanasaki Kino
All cast & crew
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Trivia
The "kaiju" in the Japanese title is the Japanese term for a marine mammal ("sea beast"), but is written with Japanese characters that mean literally "strange beast" (referring to monsters like Godzilla (1954) and/or Mothra (1961)).

Goofs
When starting the boat, they start with almost full throttle inside the harbour. But the boat moves only slowly.

Quotes
Dede: The wind contains all the memories of the sea. By replacing it with words, we created and passed on songs and poems. But with words you can only capture a tiny fraction of the wind - like sails.

Crazy credits
There is a final scene after the end credits.

Connections
Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Barney's Big Blockbuster (2019)

Soundtracks
Umi no yûrei
("Spirits of the Sea")
Lyrics, music and arrangement by Kenshi Yonezu
Orchestra arrangement by Yûta Bandoh (as Yûta Bandô) (Ensemble FOVE)
Performed by Kenshi Yonezu
(Sony Music Labels)
[Theme song]

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Featured review

My IQ is probably too low...

I went to see this film, mainly because the French critics were rave and eulogistic. Do I have the right to be honest? I did not understand anything about this overly complex and dreamlike cartoon. This metaphysical fable immerses the audience in the deepest seas, in a stream of visually stunning but incomprehensible sequences. I managed to stay until the end hoping for an explanatory denouement. Thus, I left the movie theater both frustrated and disappointed.