After her father is killed by the deadly coral menace, Anemone vows to have her revenge. But the only way to fight back is from the inside.
Direction
Kyoda's chaotic timeline jumps hit harder than the mecha fights.
Score
Naoki Satō's strings weaponize every breakdown.
Acting
Ami Koshimizu screams her entire soul into existence.
Director
Hisatoshi Shimizu
Ami Koshimizu
Anemone (voice)
Runa Tamano
Anemone (young) (voice)
Yuuya Uchida
Ken Ishii (voice)
Yoko Soumi
Mischa Stravinskaya (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Sonia Wakabayashi (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Banks (voice)
Shigenori Yamazaki
Dominic (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara
Dewey Novak (voice)
Banjo Ginga
Dr. Greg "Bear" Egan (voice)
Kaori Nazuka
Eureka (voice)
Yuko Sanpei
Renton Thurston (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Haruka (voice)
Seiji Sasaki
Oliver Braun (voice)
Takashi Onozuka
Ramon Zimmer (voice)
Yuuko Hara
Shibata (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was originally conceived as a TV series before being compressed into film, which explains the narrative whiplash.
The coral imagery draws heavily from Okinawan ecological anxieties and post-Fukushima Japanese sci-fi's obsession with uncontrollable nature.
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