[Movie] Children of the Sea
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Children of the Sea is an animated movie based on Daisuke Igarashi's manga of the same name.
It tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl named Ruka. One summer, she encounters two amphibious boys--Umi and Sora (meaning "Sea" and "Sky," respectively)--who were raised at sea by dugongs. Meanwhile, a planetwide singularity mysteriously begins to agitate the world's ocean life.
The movie is widely considered to be one of the most visually stunning anime of all time, culminating in a mind-blowing underwater sequence reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. But it is more than just a virtuoso exercise in the art of animation; it is also a dense meditation on the nature of existence, on humanity's larger connections to the universe, and on the cycles of birth, death, and rebirth (not necessarily in that order).
About the movie:
- Runtime: 1h 51m
- Year: 2019
- Unrated
- Starring: Anjali Gauld, Lynden Prosser, Benjamin Niewood
- Director: Ayumu Watanabe
- Language: dubbed in English with English subtitles
- Trailer: Children of the Sea
This meetup will consist of a live viewing, accompanied by discussion and analysis.
This meetup is part of the series In the Belly of the Whale.