Children of the Whales
TV FINISHED FALL 2017 12 eps 69%
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Chakuro is the 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island that floats across the surface of an endless sea of sand. Nine in ten of the inhabitants of the Mud Whale have been blessed and cursed with the ability to use saimia, special powers that doom them to an early death.
Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny.
Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny.
Studios:
J.C.STAFF
Characters
Chakuro
MAIN
VA: Natsuki Hanae
Lykos
MAIN
VA: Manaka Iwami
Ouni
MAIN
VA: Yuuichirou Umehara
Ginshu
SUPPORTING
VA: Mikako Komatsu
Ryodari
SUPPORTING
VA: Daiki Yamashita
Suou
SUPPORTING
VA: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Shuan
SUPPORTING
VA: Hiroshi Kamiya
Sami
SUPPORTING
VA: Hisako Kanemoto
Oruka
SUPPORTING
VA: Akira Ishida
Nibi
SUPPORTING
VA: Atsushi Tamaru
Suzu
SUPPORTING
VA: Tomori Kusunoki
Hatobane
SUPPORTING
VA: Maki Izawa
Araphne
SUPPORTING
VA: Daisuke Hirakawa
Atsali
SUPPORTING
VA: Shou Hayami
Byakuroku
SUPPORTING
VA: Motomu Kiyokawa
Chasmourito
SUPPORTING
VA: Yuka Nukui
Ema
SUPPORTING
VA: Ai Kakuma
Hakuji
SUPPORTING
VA: Eizou Tsuda
Staff
Abi Umeda
Original Creator
Kyouhei Ishiguro
Director
Michiko Yokote
Series Composition
Haruko Iizuka
Character Design
Toshiharu Mizutani
Art Director
Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Music
Rio Okano
Theme Song Performance (ED)
RIRIKO
Theme Song Performance (OP)
Mizuki Takahashi
Key Animation (eps 3, 11)
Monica Bertolotti
ADR Director (Italian)
Daniela Arden
ADR Director (German)
Robert Buchholz
ADR Director (English)
Reviews
Olimpea
Rating: 43 (53 votes)
A mastepiece with an enormous potential we still have to discover
lecarres
Rating: 36 (53 votes)
Despite having incredible art direction, Children of the Whales can't quite make up for it's bland plot and characters.
Kalladry
Rating: 9 (15 votes)
Pretty show that starts intriguing & full of potential only to be derailed by an overcrowded story & lack of resolution
Stats
Average Score
69
Mean Score
69
Popularity
67,625
Favourites
828
Status Distribution
CURRENT: 3005
PLANNING: 23157
COMPLETED: 35358
DROPPED: 3704
PAUSED: 2401
Score Distribution
10: 185
20: 195
30: 539
40: 1074
50: 2203
60: 3858
70: 6713
80: 5468
90: 2970
100: 1567
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