Ride Your Wave
2019 1h 34m movie Film Japan

Ride Your Wave

きみと、波にのれたら

“Ride Your Own Wave.”

Synopsis

きみと、波にのれたら

“Ride Your Own Wave.”

Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Ride Your Wave. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Animation + Romance in Japan

116 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ride Your Wave itself).

The 2018–2020 Japan Window

Ride Your Wave holds position #175 of 525 Japan films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Sonic Mania Adventures
    #1

    Sonic Mania Adventures

    ★ 9.0 · 2018
  2. Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D
    #2

    Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D

    ★ 8.9 · 2019
  3. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
    #3

    Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

    ★ 8.7 · 2019
  4. Jujutsu Kaisen
    #4

    Jujutsu Kaisen

    ★ 8.6 · 2020
  5. DARLING in the FRANXX
    #5

    DARLING in the FRANXX

    ★ 8.6 · 2018
  6. Dr. STONE
    #6

    Dr. STONE

    ★ 8.6 · 2019
  7. The Rising of the Shield Hero
    #7

    The Rising of the Shield Hero

    ★ 8.6 · 2019
  8. Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
    #8

    Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

    ★ 8.6 · 2018

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ride Your Wave premiered alongside 179 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 179 other Japan films in 2019.

The 3946th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

280
Reviews
89th
Review-volume percentile
71st
Popularity percentile

280 audience reviews — more than 89% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (89th percentile) outruns trending popularity (71th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Ride Your Wave, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • firefighter · 5
  • surfing · 3
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • beach · 19
  • afterlife · 13
  • accidental death · 11
  • shoujo · 10
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • coming of age · 78
  • slice of life · 58
  • tragedy · 33

Reception Benchmarks

7.6
TMDB Rating
280
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,045 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #834 of 2,532 (top 33%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesScience SARU, Fuji Television Network, TOHO, East Japan Marketing & Communications, Shogakukan
Runtime1h 34m
Release DateJune 21, 2019
IMDbtt9193612
Official Sitewww.fujicreative.co.jp

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