Kappa no Kû to natsuyasumi
Japan
2007 Animation
2h 18min
Original language: Japanese
One day, Koichi Uehara, a fourth-grader living in the suburbs of Tokyo, picks up a fossil that looks like a large stone while on his way home from school. To his surprise, he has picked up a baby Kappa (a Japanese mythical water creature), who has been asleep underground for the past 300 years. Koichi names this baby creature Coo and brings him to live with his family, and soon the two are inseparable friends. However, trouble abounds as Coo struggles to adjust to modern life, and begins to miss his family, leading Koichi and Coo to embark on a summer road trip adventure in search of other Kappa.
Directed by | Keiichi Hara |
Written by | Masao Kogure, Keiichi Hara, Yuichi Watanabe |
Company | GKIDSGKIDSGKIDS |