Summer Days with Coo
2007 2h 18m movie Film Japan

Summer Days with Coo

河童のクゥと夏休み

Synopsis

河童のクゥと夏休み

A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any remaining of his kind.

Animation + Comedy in Japan

973 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Summer Days with Coo itself).

The 2006–2008 Japan Window

Summer Days with Coo holds position #61 of 372 Japan films in the 2006–2008 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    #1

    25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

    ★ 9.3 · 2008
  2. Operation Love
    #2

    Operation Love

    ★ 8.8 · 2007
  3. Akihabara@DEEP
    #3

    Akihabara@DEEP

    ★ 8.8 · 2006
  4. Welcome to the N.H.K.
    #4

    Welcome to the N.H.K.

    ★ 8.7 · 2006
  5. Naruto Shippūden
    #5

    Naruto Shippūden

    ★ 8.6 · 2007
  6. Death Note
    #6

    Death Note

    ★ 8.6 · 2006
  7. Planet Earth
    #7

    Planet Earth

    ★ 8.5 · 2006
  8. The Familiar of Zero
    #8

    The Familiar of Zero

    ★ 8.5 · 2006

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Summer Days with Coo premiered alongside 112 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 112 other Japan films in 2007.

The 1977th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

104
Reviews
77th
Review-volume percentile
68th
Popularity percentile

104 audience reviews — more than 77% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 68th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Summer Days with Coo, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • corrupt official · 4
  • kappa · 4
  • swimming · 3
  • sumo · 3
  • back in time · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • river · 10
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • adult animation · 101

Reception Benchmarks

7.8
TMDB Rating
104
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #802 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (82nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #664 of 2,532 (top 26%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesDentsu Tec, Mitsui Bussan, SKY Perfect Well Think, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Summer Days With Coo Committee
Runtime2h 18m
Release DateJuly 28, 2007
IMDbtt1179773