Lu Over the Wall

78% Tomatometer 46 Reviews 66% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Kai is a lonely teenage boy who lives in a small fishing village. One day, he meets and befriends Lu, a fun-loving mermaid whose singing is hypnotic to all who hear it. Read More Read Less

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Critics Consensus

Lu Over the Wall can be more fun to watch than to follow, but director Masaaki Yuasa's distinctive visual style offers colorful compensation for an occasionally scattered story.

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Tasha Robinson

Polygon

A surprisingly sweet and passionate story.

Aug 18, 2020

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Kristy Puchko

Pajiba

Thirsting for a deeply whimsical, relentlessly playful, and intensely sweet spectacle?

May 14, 2018

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

Lu Over the Wall is many films, all of them vying for the same screen time. It's as chaotic as it sounds.

May 11, 2018

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Andrew Murray

The Upcoming

Despite the awkward animation and the convoluted narrative, however, Lu Over the Wall</i? possesses a uniquely irresistible charm that greatly outweighs its shortcomings.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 2, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The film is a classic take on a fairy tale.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 15, 2020

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

The animation feels perpetually infused with a sense of enjoyment; one imagines the production team enjoyed themselves as much as their audience do.

Rated: 8/10

Jun 14, 2020

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Audience Member The greatest 01 hour: and 47 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is so colorful, and soundtrack was really good! Personally, the art style is so good, it's like a combination of Devilman and Ponyo ahahha. What did concern me was that Lu looks like a little kid, but I've read that the relationship between her and kai is platonic and they're just friends so ig that's fine, besides that this movie is really good. My favorite movie for now. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Uma história ingênua e colorida sobre uma sereia que gosta de fazer amizade com humanos. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member the animation kinda sucks :/ and main character isnt relatable. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Boring plot and bad art in my opinion Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Negatively impacted by its sins that lowered its rising level because they didn't serve the story besides bringing an abrupt change through the twofold generic narrative structure, but from where it is the so-so by the immediate sounds of it is a dot. This spiritual descendant to "Ponyo" is adorably precious and wonderful with a loving heart over the cuteness, uplifted cheerfulness and soulful innocence connected to meaningful friendship while unpredictable in the inventive animation and the characterization – with its own contagious phenomenon in feeling good spirits while separately laughing and foot-tapping, might rank as an animated favorite for Gene Kelly. (A-) Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cast & Crew

Masaaki Yuasa Director Kanon Tani Rû Shôta Shimoda Kai Shin'ichi Shinohara Rû no papa Akira Emoto Jiisan Soma Saito Kunio

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Synopsis Kai is a lonely teenage boy who lives in a small fishing village. One day, he meets and befriends Lu, a fun-loving mermaid whose singing is hypnotic to all who hear it.

Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Producer: Junnosuke Itô, Yuka Okayasu
Screenwriter: Reiko Yoshida, Masaaki Yuasa
Production Co: Toho Animation, Science Saru
Rating: PG (Thematic Elements|Some Peril)
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 7, 2019
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital