On February 5th, the producer of "Children of the Sea" and the publicity team issued a statement on the Internet that due to the spread of coronavirus pneumonia, they decided to postpone the release of the film originally scheduled for Valentine's Day. Netizens expressed that they had been looking forward to it for a long time. regret.
"Children of the Sea" is adapted from the comic of the same name by Daisuke Igarashi, the author of "Little Forest". It was released in Japan on June 7, 2019. After its release, it has been sought after by many Japanese fans. Directed by Ayumi Watanabe ("Love Like the Rain"), Aina Ashida, Yosai Ishibashi and Yuu Aoi participate in the dubbing, Joe Hisaishi scores the music, and Kenshi Yonezu sings the theme song. It mainly tells about the middle school student Liuhua who is not good at expressing what he thinks in words, and has a dispute with his teammates in the club activities on the first day of summer vacation. In the hot summer, keeping a distance from her mother, she lost her foothold in school and at home. She walked to the aquarium where her father worked, and stood in front of the big tank thinking about the past bit by bit with her parents. She met the mysterious boy "Hai" swimming with the school of fish in front of her and his brother "Sora". . "Children of the Sea Beast" is another film that has chosen to withdraw from the Valentine's Day schedule after "The Mystery of Arrival", "Jojo's Fantastic World" and "Buckwheat Going Crazy". In addition, the films "Little Women" and "I'm Waiting for You at the End of Time" were also originally scheduled to be released nationwide on 2.14, and no notice of file withdrawal has been issued yet.