This Boy Caught a Merman
2012 28m movie Film Japan

This Boy Caught a Merman

この男子、人魚ひろいました。

Synopsis

この男子、人魚ひろいました。

They say look before you leap and make sure you can swim before you go in the deep water, but when a picture of his late grandfather falls into the ocean, Shima jumps in after it without thinking. Nearly drowning as a result, he is instead saved by a very perfect stranger… one whose strangeness extends to only being human from the waist up! For Shima, who's always felt like a fish out of water himself, it's more than just a revelation, and the young man and merman quickly begin to bond in ways neither anticipated. And yet, it's going to be far from easy sailing. After all, Shima and Isaki aren't just from opposite sides of the tracks, they're from entirely divergent species, and swimming in separate gene pools may make maintaining a long term relationship a whole different kettle of fish!

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Fantasy + Animation in Japan

1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding This Boy Caught a Merman itself).

The 2011–2013 Japan Window

In the crowded 2011-2013 Japan release window, This Boy Caught a Merman sits at #441 of 482. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Solitary Gourmet
    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012
  2. Carnival Phantasm
    #2

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011
  3. Attack on Titan
    #3

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013
  4. High School D×D
    #4

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  5. Hunter x Hunter
    #5

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011
  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013
  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when This Boy Caught a Merman premiered alongside 164 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.

The 2702nd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

10
Reviews
6th
Review-volume percentile
1st
Popularity percentile

10 audience reviews — more than 6% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 1th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

5.7
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #4,131 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (10th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #1,204 of 1,274 (top 95%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesCoMix Wave Films
Runtime28m
Release DateNovember 9, 2012
IMDbtt8439180
Official Sitewww.sentaifilmworks.com

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