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!
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
482 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. This Boy Caught a Merman sits at position #441.
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when This Boy Caught a Merman premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
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 Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | CoMix Wave Films |
| Runtime | 28m |
| Release Date | November 9, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt8439180 |
| Official Site | www.sentaifilmworks.com |