The Boxfish and the Sea of Minamata
ハコフグとみなまたの海
Release: 2024-03-02
·Runtime: 19m
Animation
Adventure
Fantasy
Family
Hakofugu (Black spotted boxfish) lacks confidence and always stays alone by the rocks, watching other fish and feeling envious. Then, one day, upon meeting Himetatsu (Korean seahorse), who has lost the way and is said to be from the sea of Minamata, Boxfish's very first adventure begins. This film is based on the picture book "The Boxfish's Wish" (published by Kodansha), written by Sakana-kun (Fish Guy) — a Japanese marine biologist, TV personality, and illustrator.
Production Companies
Robot Communications
Cast
Sakana-kun
as Whale shark
Tsurube Shofukutei
as Common octopus
Keiko Toda
as Hakofugu (Black spotted boxfish)
Yu Okano
as Marbled rockfish / Japanese sardine
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
as Asian sheepshead wrasse / Japanese sardine
Hikari Ishida
as Himetatsu'mother / Bluefin tuna / Japanese sardine
Masafumi Kobatake
as Great barracuda /Moray eel / Japanese sardine