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Lu over the wall (movie)

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©2017 Lu Film partners


Alternative title:
Lou et l'île aux sirènes (French)
Lu
Lu a través del muro (Spanish)
Lu e la città delle sirene (Italian)
Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta (Japanese)
夜明け告げるルーのうた (Japanese)
宣告黎明的露之歌 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary: Middle schooler Kai moves with his father from Tokyo to the declining fishing town of Hinashi to live with his grandfather following his parents' divorce. Kai finds little to look forward to besides composing music and sharing it on the Internet. One day his classmates Kunio and Yūho invite him to join their band, and when he reluctantly accompanies them to practice on Mermaid Island, the three of them meet a mermaid named Lu.
User Ratings: 72 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)
 Excellent: 14 votes (sub:7, dub:4, raw:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 15 votes (sub:8, dub:6, raw:1)
 Good: 22 votes (sub:14, dub:4, raw:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:3)
 So-so: 5 votes (sub:3, dub:2)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 93 users, rank: #5303 (of 9508)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.264 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.4043, rank: #2660 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.369 (Good+), rank: #2096 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.37)
Bayesian estimate: 7.387 (Good+), rank: #1755 (of 7268)
Running time: 112 minutes
Vintage: 2017-05-19
Premiere date:
2017-05-19 (Japan)
2017-09-29 (Taiwan)
2017-12-06 (Ireland)
2017-12-06 (UK)
2018-05-31 (Spain)
Review:
Lu over the wall (Jun 5, 2017)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Masaaki Yuasa Five Films (Blu-ray) 2023-12-19 (from $66.55)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Lu over the wall (BD+DVD) 2019-02-05 (from $24.18)
DVD (Region 1)
    Lu over the wall (DVD) 2019-02-05 (from $16.97)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Original Character Design: Yōko Nemu
Character Design: Nobutake Ito
Art Director: Hiroshi Ōno
Animation Director: Nobutake Ito
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Director of Photography: Batiste Perron
Animation producer: Woon Young Chae
Art Assistant: Naruyo Kiriyama
Background Art:
Akira Yamakawa (Studio Lagurus)
Emi Kitahara (Studio Fuga)
Hiroshi Ōno (Studio Fuga)
Hisako Saitō (Studio Fuga)
Hitomi Haga (Studio Lagurus)
Junko Ina (Studio Lagurus)
Katsu Nozaki (Studio Lagurus)
Katsushi Aoki (Studio Fuga)
Kumiko Ōno (Studio Fuga)
Mikiko Matsumoto (Studio Fuga)
Shinichi Uehara (Studio Lagurus)
Shiori Iwahara (Studio Lagurus)
Shunsuke Suzuki (Studio Fuga)
Tsuyoshi Nakatani (Studio Lagurus)
Yuho Akagami (Studio Fuga)
Chief Producer: Kōji Yamamoto
Color design: Lucille Briand
Digital Cinema Engineer: Michihiro Ichihara
Digital Promotion:
Shinichi Takeuchi
Tatsuya Mori
Editing: Ayako Tan (Graphinica)
Flash Animation Chief:
Abel Góngora
Juan Manuel Laguna
Flash Paint: Alice Tiroille
Foley Artist: Shizuo Kurahashi (Sound Box)
Foley Editor: Hiroki Ogawa (Sound Box)
General Manager: Shin Takishima
Key Animation Assistant:
Eiko Yabuki (OH! Production)
Hanae Uraoka (Anitus Kobe)
Isami Daba (Anitus Kobe)
Shigehito Tsuji (OH! Production)
Shouko Nishigaki
Tetsuya Takai (Anitus Kobe)
Tomoyo Nishida
Yasumi Ogura
Licensing: Shin Toriyama
Logo Design:
Junya Arai (Bay Bridge Studio)
Kaori Kuroki (Bay Bridge Studio)
Materials Assistant: Toyofumi Inada
Music Arrangement: Shinichi Sakurai
Music Composition: Shinichi Sakurai
Music Production Assistant: Sayaka Kaneno
Official Movie Production:
Hitoshi Hoshino
Shōichi Ōmichi
Online Editor: Ayaka Minami
Photography: Batiste Perron
Photography Assistant: Akihiro Kawamura
Production Assistant:
Kōhei Kawano
Ryūji Sakita
Production Cooperation: Oorutaichi
Production producer: Woon Young Chae
Production Supervision: Yōko Matsuzaki
Publicity Producer: Ayaka Takafuji
Recording: Kazunori Yamamoto
Sound Editing Mixing: Katsuhiro Nakano (Sound Box)
Sound Editor: Takuya Hasegawa (Sound Box)
Sound Production Manager:
Kōhei Yamamoto
Takuya Ōno
Studio Coordinator: Masaaki Okamoto
Theme Song Performance: Kazuyoshi Saitō
Trailer Director: Masayuki Kaihatsu
Kanon Tani as Lu

Akira Emoto as Grandfather
Chō as President
Kenichi Suzumura as Teruo
Minako Kotobuki as Yūho.
Shinichi Shinohara as Lu's father
Shizuka Itō as Isaki
Sōma Saitō as Kunio
Takayuki Sugō as Chairman
Yutaka Aoyama as Old Octopus

Anri Tachibana as Mother
Atsuo Hasegawa as Customer
Chado Horii as Nampa Man
DAIGO as Esoshima (Chidori)
Junya Hirano as Youth
Keiko Sugiura as Aunt 1
Kenji Yoshida as Cram School Teacher
Maki Izawa as Old Woman
Mari Doi as Grandfather's Mother
Mayumi Shintani as One Fish
Megumi Toda as Young Mother
Miina Obata as Shop Lady
Minori Ihara as Young Fisherman
Misaki Ikeda as Schoolgirl
Miyuki Kobori as Little girl
Moe Edamoto as Aunt 2
Mutsumi Sasaki as Chief Priest
Nobu as Large Mustache (staggered)
Reika Uyama as Girl
Reo Hirabayashi as Child Old Man
Riki Kagami as Kujirai
Ryūji Mizuno as Noto Black
Shin'ya Honda as Security Guard
Shingo Horii as Homeroom Teacher
Shinya Hamazoe as Chef
Sōichi Abe as Poaching Youth 2
Takaaki Seki as Kameda
Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Puffer Fish Field
Tomohiro Ōmachi as Schoolboy
Toshifumi Nakabayashi as Reporter
Yamato Kinjo as Policeman
Yoshiyuki Matsuura as Poaching Youth 1
Yūsuke Suda as Ebina Fisheries Staff
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Science SARU
Background Art:
Studio Fuga
Studio Lagurus
Digital Cinema Studio: Q-Tec
Editing: Graphinica
Flash Animation: Marbean Animation
Key Animation: Studio Colorido
Key Animation Assistance:
Anitus Kōbe
Oh! Production
Logo Design: Bay Bridge Studio
Music Production: Fuji Pacific Music
Planning Assistance: Twin Engine
Production Cooperation: Ine Tourism Association
Recording Studio:
Omnibus Japan
PANDASTUDIO.TV
Sound Editing: Sound Box
Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
English staff
English cast
Producer:
Andrew Partridge (Anime Limited)
David Jesteadt (GKIDS)
Eric Beckman (GKIDS)
Michael Sinterniklaas (NYAV Post)
Stephanie Sheh (NYAV Post)

Audio Mixing: Michael Sinterniklaas
Casting Director: Stephanie Sheh
Insert Song Lyrics: Stephanie Sheh
Printmaster: Gary Coppola
Production Coordination: Clark Cheng
Re-Recording Mixing: Gary Coppola
English companies
ADR Production: NYAV Post
Distributor:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland)
Half Symbolic Films (Australia & New Zealand; theatrical)
Shout! Factory (USA)
Internet Streaming:
Hoopla
Screen Anime (United Kingdom and Ireland; July 2020)
Licensed by: GKIDS (North America)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Alexandre Gibert

Adaptation: Vanessa Leiritz
Recording: Joël Heyard
Song Lyrics: Vanessa Leiritz
Sound Engineer: Aaron Baustert
Julie Claude as Lou

Alice Orsat as Yuho
Caty Baccega as Isaki
Cédric Dumond as Fuguda
Clément Henri as Grand-père enfant
Emmanuelle Tonnerieux as Mamie Poulpi
Fabrice Colombéro as Tsuchira
Gaëtan Wenders as Kameda
Guillaume Orsat as Père de Yuho
Jean-Michel Vovk as Père de Kunio
Julien Crampon as Kunio
Lucas Fanchon as Esojima
Patrick Descamps as Grand-père de Yuho
Philippe Resimont as Grand-père de Kai
French companies
Dubbing: Soundtastic
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Carmen Ambrós as Lu (Spain dub)
Sergio Mesa as Kai Ashimoto (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as Yuho's Grandfather (Spain dub)
David Jenner as Kunio (Spain dub)
Eva Andrés as Isaki (Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Yuho Ebina (Spain dub)
Paco Alegre as Kai's Grandfather (Spain dub)
Rubén Felis as Teruo Ashimoto (Spain dub)
Xadi Mouslemeni Mateu as Yuho's Father (Spain dub)

Álex Moreno as Fuguda (Spain dub)
José Manuel Oliva as Homeroom Teacher (Spain dub)
Josema Soler as Kameda (Spain dub)
Mabel Jimenez as Grandma Tako (Spain dub)
Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta as Monk (Spain dub)

Boris Sanz (Spain dub)
Carles Teruel (Spain dub)
Daniel González (Spain dub)
Dario Torrent (Spain dub)
Enric Puig (Spain dub)
Ernest Sendín (Spain dub)
Eva Andrés (Spain dub)
Gabriel Pareja (Spain dub)
Iolanda Muñoz (Spain dub)
Jesús Motos (Spain dub)
José Luis Molina (Spain dub)
José Luis Siurana (Spain dub)
Josep Manel Casany (Spain dub)
Marina Vinyals (Spain dub)
Marta Aparicio (Spain dub)
Nina Romero (Spain dub)
Omar Lozano (Spain dub)
Pablo Chico (Spain dub)
Rosa López (Spain dub)
Rubén Aranda (Spain dub)
Sergio Capelo (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Movistar CineDoc&Roll (Spain)
Distributor: KEM Media
Dubbing Studio: Sik Estudio (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming:
Anime Box (Spain)
Filmin (Spain)
HBO Max (Latin America)
iTunes
Rakuten TV (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Sabrina Duranti
Translation: Riccardo Bambini
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Adaptation: Riccardo Bambini
Dialogues: Sabrina Duranti
Dubbing Assistant: Francesca Nicolosi

Doriana Chierici as Nonna Tako
Oreste Baldini as Direttore
Pietro Biondi as Nonno
Riccardo Suarez as Kunio
Roberto Draghetti as Presidente
Rossa Caputo as Isaki

Alessandro Budroni as Kujirai
Francesco Venditti as Fuguta
Gianluca Machelli as Higesoridai
Gianpaolo Caprino as Shiira
Leonardo Graziano as Esojima
Luca Biagini as Kameda
Stefano Santerini as Nodoguro
Stefano Thermes as Docente responsabile
Italian companies
Distributor: Yamato Video
Dubbing Studio: Pumaisdue
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Anime Generation)
Anime Generation
TIMvision
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Jörn Friese
Philip Süß as Kai Ashimoto

Axel Gottschick as Kai Ashimoto's Grandfather
Julia Bautz as Yuho Ebina
Lars Schmidtke as Teruo Ashimoto

Arne Obermeyer as Fuguda
Benedikt Hahn as Esojima
Demet Fey as Isaki
Dirk Hardegen as Kameda
Gerhard Fehn as Homeroom Teacher
Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as Chief Priest
Jan Langer as Kujirai
Karin Buchali as Female Older Octopus
Peter Harting as Nodoguro
Phil Daub as Company President
Tom Jacobs as President
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Dubbing: G&G Tonstudios
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
ADR Director: Danilo Diniz
Translation: Clara Campos

Mix Engineer: Gabriel Silvestre
Portuguese companies
ADR Production: Marmac Group (Brazil)
Internet Streaming: HBO Max (Brazil)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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