Summer Days with Coo (2007)
2h 18m | PG-13
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.
Director: Keiichi Hara
Studio: SKY Perfect Well Think
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance, Drama, Family
Video: 720p
Cast
Kazato Tomizawa
as Coo (voice)
Takahiro Yokokawa
as Kouichi Uehara (voice)
Naoki Tanaka
as Yasuo Uehara (voice)
Tamaki Matsumoto
as Hitomi Uehara (voice)
Ken'ichi Nagira
as Coo's Father (voice)
Nanako Hirata
as Koichi's Classmate (voice)
Reviews
Nice animation movie about the friendship of a kid and a mithological being from Japanese culture. Deep, with some insight about the meaning of life and loneliness. Still, it keeps just being a remasterization of another movies like E.T. or "Mac and Me" with quite a lot of stereotypes.