IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Kanon Tani
- Lu
- (voice)
Shôta Shimoda
- Kai
- (voice)
Minako Kotobuki
- Yuho
- (voice)
Sôma Saitô
- Kunio
- (voice)
Ken'ichi Suzumura
- Teruo
- (voice)
- (as Kenichi Suzumura)
Shizuka Itou
- Isaki
- (voice)
- (as Shizuka Itô)
Takayuki Sugô
- Chairman
- (voice)
Yutaka Aoyama
- Granny Octopus
- (voice)
Shingo Horii
- Homeroom Teacher
- (voice)
Tomoyuki Shimura
- Fuguda
- (voice)
Ryûji Mizuno
- Nodoguro
- (voice)
Takaaki Seki
- Kameda
- (voice)
Riki Kagami
- Kujirai
- (voice)
Atsuyoshi Miyazaki
- Shiira
- (voice)
Reo Hirabayashi
- Chile Grandpa
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the first drafts of the scripts Lu was supposed to be a vampire, but the idea was abandoned because it became too dark and they wanted to do something happier.
- Crazy creditsVarious marine animals swim about as the end credits crawl.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MsMojo: Top 10 Greatest Mermaid Movies (2023)
- SoundtracksDance Girl odoriko
(Dance Girl dance girl)
Lyrics by Masaaki Yuasa
Music and arrangement by Shin'ichi Sakurai
Featured review
Boy Meets Mermaid, with Music!
Lu is a rare twin-tailed mermaid who loves music; when middle schoolers Kai, Yuho and Kunio secretly practice their indie-pop music on Merfolk Island, a pile of rocks near the fishing village of Hinashi, Lu cannot help but dance! Her tails turn into legs and she becomes a swirling dervish of movement. She also wants to be friends with everyone, but the people of Hinashi have many old tales about the merfolk, including that they eat people, and Lu may be in danger from those humans if the teenagers can't save her
. This is a lovely animated film, very colourful and with a mostly upbeat story line that young children would probably enjoy very much. All that, plus J-pop music too; a real winner!
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- alisonc-1
- Aug 1, 2017
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Lu over the Wall
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $109,857
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $60,773
- May 13, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $161,253
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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