With Children of the Sea, director Ayumu Watanabe adapted a ... while making the changes necessary to bring its characters into a new medium. The director’s Oscar-contending animated feature ...

When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the same sort of supernatural ...

Children of the Sea is the latest feature from Japan's STUDIO4°C and is directed by Ayumu Watanabe, with a score by award-winning composer and longtime STUDIO GHIBLI collaborator Joe Hisaishi. The ...