Summer Days with Coo will be available in Digital Market on January 7 place and Blur AY+DVD on 21 January from GKIDS and Shout! Factory in North America. This remarkable fantasy movie which portrays a Japanese mythology, is an incredible movie of one of the best Japanese animation film director Keiichi Hara.
The movie won the Award of Best Animation Film at Mainichi Film Concourse and warded for the Best Screenplay at Tokyo Anime Awards. It was also nominated for the Best Animation Film at Tokyo Anime Awards. Summer Days with Coo is a heartwarming movie with the combination of comedy and drama.
Summer Days with Coo tells the story of a fourth grader, Koichi Uehara who stumble across a stone like fossil while returning home from school. He pick it up and bring home but it turns out to be a baby Kappa (A Japanese mythical creature made of water) who has been sleeping underground for about 300 years. Koichi names him Coo who starts living with his family and becomes a best friend of Koichi. Things starts to get in trouble when Coo tries to adapt to the modern life. When Coo starts missing his family, Koichi and Coo venture on an adventurous journey to look for other Kappa.
