Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo (遠い海から来たＣＯＯ, Tōi Umi kara Kita Kū, lit. "From a Distant Ocean Came Coo") is a Japanese novel by Tamio Kageyama. It won the Naoki Prize in 1988.[2] It was adapted into an anime film named Coo: Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo (COO: 遠い海から来たＣＯＯ, Kū: Tōi Umi kara Kita Kū, lit. "Coo: From a Distant Ocean Came Coo"), released in 1993 by Toei Animation. The story revolves around a boy who finds a baby plesiosaur.
| Tōi Umi kara Kita Kū | |
 Logo of Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo (遠い海から来たＣＯＯ). | |
| 遠い海から来たCOO | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Novel | |
| Written by | Tamio Kageyama |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Published | 1988[1] |
| Anime film | |
| Coo: Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo | |
| Directed by | Tetsuo Imazawa |
| Written by | Kihachi Okamoto |
| Music by | Kazumasa Oda Nick Wood |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | 19 December 1993 |
| Runtime | 116 minutes |
Characters edit
- Yusuke is 12-year-old boy.
- Coo is a baby plesiosaur.
- Tetsuo Obata is a marine biologist
- Contseau is a dog.
- Catherine "Cathy" Ono is a Japanese-Canadian woman who works for the Coast Guard and "Green Earth".
- Col. Nolver is a celebrity among them.
- Dr. Davard Duvall is a marine biologist.
- Rooslean is a captain of the French navy.
References edit
- ^ 遠い海から来たCOO(クー) (単行本) (in Japanese). ASIN 4048724851.
- ^ 直木賞受賞者一覧 (in Japanese). Bunshun. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
External links edit
- Coo: Tōi Umi kara Kita Coo (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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