Synopsis
In a small fishing village, a gloomy middle school student named Kai meets a mermaid named Lu.
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Cast
- Shota ShimodaKai Ashimoto (voice)
- Soma SaitoKuniko (voice)
- Minako KotobukiYuuho Ebina (voice)
- Kanon TaniLu (voice)
- Akira EmotoAshimoto's Grandfather (voice)
- Shizuka ItohIsaki (voice)
- Kenichi SuzumuraTeruo Ashimoto (voice)
- Tokuyoshi KawashimaFuguda (voice)
- ChoEbina's Father (voice)
- Takayuki SugoEbina's Grandfather (voice)
Recommendations
- 91
The Film Stage
It’s an energetic, frequently hilarious, always visually riveting ride. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Lu Over the Wall...is every bit as imaginative as the rest of his body of work, but whereas previous Yuasa works would veer from ominous to outrageous to sweet to explicit to metaphysical, Lu is perfectly happy to stop at sweet. And so am I, quite frankly: Yuasa can be really good at sweet, something that’s often overshadowed by his more mile-a-minute tendencies. - 77
Paste Magazine
Does the experience improve under the influence? Possibly. Then again, Yuasa’s work is effectively intoxicating on its own merits, squiggly and colorful, animation off-kilter enough to send you on a cinematic trip so long as you let it wash over you. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Yuasa's bold imagery and sometimes convoluted storytelling defy the conventions of traditional animated filmmaking, but he is clearly an artist with an individual vision whose work offers something genuinely new and eye-catching. - 67
Austin Chronicle
This is no Disney mermaid, not least because the conventions of creepy in Japanese culture are very different to what would pass standards and practices in the U.S. - 63
Slant Magazine
Throughout, director Masaaki Yuasa’s imagination runs so wild that it becomes impossible to resist. - 60
The New York Times
Lu sometimes feels more like a cynical plot device than a character. The problem is only amplified by the animation itself. - 60
Village Voice
Even by anime standards, Lu Over the Wall is best enjoyed by disconnecting your logic circuits and just enjoying the pretty colors and sounds.
