The Boxfish and the Sea of Minamata
Hakofugu to Minamata no UmiSummary
The boxfish has no confidence in himself, he always spends his time alone on the rocks watching the other fish, feeling envious.
"Everyone else is so lucky. All I do is float back and forth in the same place on these rocks every day..."
Then one day, he meets a lost sea horse who seems to have come from the Minamata ocean, he then decides to embark on his first ever adventure to return the fish to the Minamata's sea...
(Source: Official Website, translated)
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Details
- Format
- Movie
- Number of Episodes
- 1
- Length
- 19 min
- Season
- Winter 2024
- Start date
- March 2, 2024
- End date
- March 2, 2024
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Other
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Studio Nanahoshi
- Romaji title
- Hakofugu to Minamata no Umi
- English title
- The Boxfish and the Sea of Minamata
- Native title
- ハコフグとみなまたの海
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Takuya InabaDirector
- Sakana-kunOriginal creator
- Takuya InabaCharacter design
- Haruna KarasudaMusic
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- Takuya InabaEditing
- Takuya InabaStoryboard
- Takuya InabaScript
- Koudai SatouUnit Director
- Yoshiaki TokunagaSound Design
- Hitomi JoukouRecording Engineer
- Hitomi JoukouMixing Engineer
- Sakana-kunFish Supervisor
- Akiko IsobeAnimation Producer
- Noriko SekiguchiPlanning
- Katsuyoshi HayashiPlanning
- Ken YanaiProducer
- Masaaki KatouExecutive Producer
- Noriko SekiguchiAssistance
- Tsuyoshi WakuiProducer
- Katsuyoshi HayashiAssistance
- Hayato ItouExecutive Producer
- Motohiro MochizukiSound Mixing
- Karin SuharaProduction Assistant