2017 · animation · family · fantasy
Lu Over the Wall
Directed by Masaaki Yuasa1h 52m2017
In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.
Our read: Lu Over the Wall (2017) reads as a warm, kinetic, surreal animation · family · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, kinetic, measured animation / family, surreal in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- brisk
- surreal
- redemptive
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“You want colorful anime magic, music, and a mermaid friendship story.”
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