The cosmic connection between Ruka and Umi, sea and sky, man and ocean, is explored in the most potent of ways. Your Name (2016)Ĭosmic connections are the foundational theme of ‘Children of the Sea’. The heroes and heroines of the respective stories are part of a bittersweet reality where they are united by emotion but divided by physicality. Both movies unfold over the course of summer (or several summers, in the case of ‘Hotarubi No Mori E’) and culminate in coming-of-age experiences. She does this despite being unable to touch him, for he will disappear if touched by a human. Hotaru too develops such an emotional attachment with Gin. In ‘Children of the Sea’, Ruka forms a once-in-a-life connection with the human-esque Umi and Sora, who are all at once, incredibly similar to, yet completely unlike her. ‘Hotarubi No Mori E’ is a poignant tale of an interspecies relationship between Hotaru, a young girl, and Gin, a humanoid she encounters when lost in a forest. Both movies portray the impassable bonds formed by their respective protagonists and the adventures they undertake along the way. ‘Ponyo’, who has perpetually dreamt of life as a human, escapes the deep blue sea and finds companionship in Sosuke. ‘Ponyo’, too, shows the entwined journeys of water baby Brunhilde (aka ‘Ponyo’) and land-raised Sosuke. If you consider yourself a thalassophile (an eternal lover of the sea, ocean, or beach), the Hayao Miyazaki-directed ‘Ponyo’ is as majestic a tribute to the sea as is ‘Children of the Sea.’ ‘Children of the Sea’ depicts the deep-seated connection between land and sea, through the sea-bred Umi and Sora and the land-reared Ruka. Ponyo (2008)īoth ‘Children of the Sea’ and ‘Ponyo’ write a euphoric love letter to the sea and its life and blood, its inhabitants. Just as the soul undertakes a quest to discover the essence of the body it possesses, Ruka, too, embarks on a quest with Umi and Sora to understand the true purpose of her being. Ruka is as much a lost ‘soul’ as the one harboring Makoto’s body. The film is a portrayal of how the soul within Makoto attempts to reckon with its own past journey, Makoto’s previous life, and his present being. ‘Colorful’ is the story of a sorry soul who is given a second shot at life by being transposed into the body of a 14-year old named Makoto who committed suicide. Colorful (2010)Īs their core, both ‘Colorful’ and ‘Children of the Sea’ are beautiful journeys of self-discovery. If ‘Children of the Sea’ took you on a hypnotic journey of a lifetime, ‘Tekkonkrinkreet’ will surely not disappoint you. Both movies defy the conventional style of anime by attempting something beyond our wildest imagination. We soon learn that both brothers are at loggerheads with the yakuza, who aim to take over their beloved, but crumbling town. Like ‘Children of the Sea’, it tells the tale of two orphan brothers, Kuro and Shiro. In fact, a character in the film, Anglade, even exclaims, at one point, “The world we live in may just be the dream of the shellfishes that live in the abyss.” ‘Tekkonkrinkreet’, too, unravels like a hallucinated reality, with bizarre sequences that make for a dizzy, yet heady watch. ‘Children of the Sea’ unfolds like a feverish dream with no end in sight. If trippy is what you seek, seek no more.
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