Lu Over the Wall

Name: Lu Over the Wall
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Music, Animation
Released: May 11, 2018
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Akira Emoto, Brandon Engman, Chô, Christine Marie Cabanos, Daigo

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GKIDS | Release Date: May 11, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Akira Emoto, Brandon Engman, Chô, Christine Marie Cabanos, Daigo, Kanon Tani, Minako Kotobuki, Nobuyuki Hayakawa, Shin'ichi Shinohara, Shôta Shimoda, Sôichi Abe, Soma Saito, Yutaka Aoyama

Summary: Kai, a young middle schooler, lives in a lonely fishing village, with his father and his grandfather. He used to live in Tokyo, but after his parents divorced he moved back to his parent's home town. Kai is lonely and pessimistic about his school life. One of his joy is uploading songs he writes to the internet. One day, he meets Lu, whoKai, a young middle schooler, lives in a lonely fishing village, with his father and his grandfather. He used to live in Tokyo, but after his parents divorced he moved back to his parent's home town. Kai is lonely and pessimistic about his school life. One of his joy is uploading songs he writes to the internet. One day, he meets Lu, who sings merrily and dances innocently to his music. As Kai spends more time with Lu, he finds he is able to tell her what he is really thinking, and a bond begins to form. But since ancient times, the people in the village have believed that mermaids bring disaster and soon there is trouble between Lu and the townspeople, putting the town in grave danger. [GKIDS]… Expand

Director: Masaaki Yuasa

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Music, Animation, Family

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 112 min

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The Film Stage Daniel Schindel

May 10, 2018

It’s an energetic, frequently hilarious, always visually riveting ride. Read full review

Emily Yoshida

May 9, 2018

Lu Over the Wall...is every bit as imaginative as the rest of his body of work, but whereas previous Yuasa works would veer from ominous to outrageous to sweet to explicit to metaphysical, Lu is perfectly happy to stop at sweet. And so am I, quite frankly: Yuasa can be really good at sweet, something that’s often overshadowed by his more mile-a-minute tendencies. Read full review

William Bibbiani

May 11, 2018

It’s gorgeous, it’s distinctive, it’s quirky, it’s definitely about mermaids, and it might just make you question your sanity. Read full review

Derek Smith

May 7, 2018

Throughout, director Masaaki Yuasa’s imagination runs so wild that it becomes impossible to resist. Read full review

Kevin Harley

May 10, 2018

The end-stretch is overlong, but the Flash animation style pops with colour, the music is fun, and off-the-scale creature cuteness abounds. Read full review

Sherilyn Connelly

May 10, 2018

Even by anime standards, Lu Over the Wall is best enjoyed by disconnecting your logic circuits and just enjoying the pretty colors and sounds. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 10, 2018

It seemed overextended and self-conscious. Read full review

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alejandro970

Nov 11, 2022

The power of music, and the mythology of the sirens, in a refreshing story and approach. The concept art balances out quite nicely with wacky and hilarious characters. To enjoy like all unconditional anime.

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Kawan

Jun 6, 2019

As always, Masaaki Yuasa offers us his fresh, funny & beautiful way of telling stories, with his very expressive animation and great soundtrack.
Will please the young aswell as the old !

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AugustKeller

Jun 4, 2018

A mixture of delightfully refreshing and painfully stale, Lu Over the Wall is a film that shows flashes of greatness but never really comes together as a definitively above-average film. Just like its lead character, Kai, Lu Over the Wall spends a lot of its time going through the motions.A mixture of delightfully refreshing and painfully stale, Lu Over the Wall is a film that shows flashes of greatness but never really comes together as a definitively above-average film. Just like its lead character, Kai, Lu Over the Wall spends a lot of its time going through the motions. While much of this movie is uniquely displayed from a visual standpoint, most of what’s being conveyed is an obvious plot-line told through point-blank dialogue & characterizations. Simplicity is sometimes to be expected from cartoons but Lu Over the Wall plays its narrative hand so plainly that it may have its viewers bored before the halfway point.

The playful direction and cinematic choices of this movie may help hold the attention of its viewers but, due to Lu Over The Wall‘s meandering pace, I would not be surprised if some will be eager for the ending. There is beautiful, frightening and humorous imagery in this movie and enough overall quality that I would say the film was an enjoyable experience. But there is also enough fat along the way that I won’t be eager to experience it again. In the end, Lu Over the Wall‘s combination of ancient folklore, modern music and striking images gives it a special feel that is, unfortunately, overshadowed by its limited script.

Writing: 5/10
Direction: 7/10
Cinematography: 8/10
Acting: 7/10
Editing: 6/10
Sound: 7/10
Score/Soundtrack: 7/10
Production Design: 7/10
Casting: 7/10
Effects: 8/10

Overall Score: 6.9/10

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Petjon

Apr 28, 2019

The movie was had a really low budget on key moments, dance scenes sometimes only had 2 frames. The story kinda fell apart in the middle and made some weird choices that made 0 sense just to get a dramatic finish.
The songs from the mermaid are really cute and i enjoyed them greatly. If thisThe movie was had a really low budget on key moments, dance scenes sometimes only had 2 frames. The story kinda fell apart in the middle and made some weird choices that made 0 sense just to get a dramatic finish.
The songs from the mermaid are really cute and i enjoyed them greatly. If this movie got a couple of months more time and bigger budget it would have been amazing.
But at this state its just a pretty generic movie that i would only watch once.… Expand

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