Mermaid Forest (1991)
Original title: 人魚の森
Mermaid Forest is a 1991 Japanese-language animation movie directed by Takaya Mizutani, with a running time of 55m. It stars Koichi Yamadera, Minami Takayama and Mika Doi.
There is a legend in Japan that if one eats the flesh of a mermaid, one will become immortal. This anime recounts the story of Yuhta and Mana, an immortal boy and girl, and their experiences with a family struggling to achieve immortality at any cost.
Cast
- Koichi Yamadera as Yuta (voice)
- Minami Takayama as Mana (voice)
- Mika Doi as Towa Kannagi (voice)
- Aiko Konoshima as Sawa Kannagi (voice)
- Ryuji Saikachi as Dr. Shiina (voice)
- Kazumi Tanaka as Shiina (young) (voice)
- Wakana Yamazaki as Sawa Kannagi (young) (voice)
- Ginzo Matsuo as Barker (voice)
- Toshio Kobayashi as Soldier A (voice)
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Soldier B (voice)
- Masaharu Sato as Police A (voice)
- Kazuo Oka as Police B (voice)