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Ride Your Wave (2019)

Ride Your Wave poster
Original title
きみと、波にのれたら
Directed by
Masaaki Yuasa
Genre
fantasy anime and manga, romance anime and manga
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 377 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman who loves surfing meets a firefighter and they fall in love. After a tragedy, she discovers she can see him in water, which helps her cope with loss and find her own strength.

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What happens

Ride Your Wave (Japanese: きみと、波にのれたら, Hepburn: Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara) is a 2019 Japanese animated romantic fantasy film directed by Masaaki Yuasa and produced by Science Saru. It premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 10, 2019 and was released in Japan on June 21, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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