Kaina of the Great Snow Sea (2023)

Original title

大雪海のカイナ

Genre

high fantasy, fantasy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 11 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a world covered by a vast frozen ocean, a young man from a village at the top of a giant tree crosses paths with a princess from a sinking kingdom. Together they navigate a harsh snowscape and struggle between surviving and preserving their way of life.

slow-burnmelancholicbleakcontemplativevisually lushtensedreamlikelonelypoignant

What happens

Kaina of the Great Snow Sea (大雪海のカイナ, Ōyukiumi no Kaina) is an original Japanese anime television series created by Tsutomu Nihei and animated by Polygon Pictures to commemorate the studio's 40th anniversary. The series aired from January to March 2023 on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block. A manga adaptation with art by Itoe Takemoto was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius between February 2022 and June 2024. A sequel anime film titled Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Star Sage premiered in Japanese theaters in October 2023. Crunchyroll holds the license of both the manga and the anime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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