Underplayed Gems

Lu over the Wall (2017)

Lu over the Wall poster
Original title
夜明け告げるルーのうた
Directed by
Masaaki Yuasa
Genre
anime, disaster film, Adventure, Fantasy, Music, Supernatural
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 146 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A shy middle school boy moves to a small fishing town and joins a band with his new friends. They meet a mermaid named Lu who loves to dance and brings a spark of joy to their lives.

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What happens

Lu Over the Wall (Japanese: 夜明け告げるルーのうた, Hepburn: Yoaketsugeru Rū no Uta; lit. 'The Song of Lu, the Dawn Announcer') is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film produced by Science Saru and released by Toho about the eponymous ningyo. It was directed by Masaaki Yuasa, and written by Yuasa and Reiko Yoshida. The music was composed by Takatsugu Muramatsu. It is the second Science Saru film, though it was the first to be produced. The film was released in Japan on May 19, 2017, It was also released by Anime Limited on December 6, 2017, and by GKIDS on May 11, 2018. Half Symbolic Films released the film on January 31, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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