Shimajiro, who helped an injured baby whale Kuu-chan, takes care of Kuu-chan who wants to return to her mother and keeps her in touch. In order to return Ku-chan, who was about to be sent to the aquarium, to her mother, Shimajiro rides on her back and sets out on a journey toward the southern sea.
Practical Effects
Bizarre live-action segments with grown men in animal costumes
Production
Japan's beloved Shimajiro franchise at peak psychedelic ambition
Score
Earworm songs about ocean conservation you'll hate yourself for humming
Director
Isamu Hirabayashi
Omi Minami
Shimajiro Shimano
Takumi Yamazaki
Torippii / Lion Police Officer
Saori Sugimoto
Nyakkii Momoyama
Kikuko Inoue
Shimajiro's Mother
Chafurin
Shimajiro's Father
Sayu Kubota
Sea Fairy
Naoto Nojima
Starfish Man
Aki Sasamori
Zota
Minoru Inaba
Gaogao-San
Nobuo Tobita
Kankachi
Kazumasa Katsura
Gigi
Tatsuya Gashûin
Hermit Crab
Yuko Kobayashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shimajiro is Japan's answer to Blue's Clues—a massive educational franchise with movies, albums, and even branded toilet training seats.
This 2014 film mixes traditional animation with jarring live-action segments where adults in animal costumes teach lessons, a format the franchise abandoned shortly after.
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