Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi (Summer Days with Coo)

Kouichi Uehara is a fourth grade student living in the suburb of Tokyo. One day, he picks up a large stone which turns out to be a fossil of a baby "Kappa" who has been sleeping underground for the past 300 years, and names it "Coo." They become good friends and Coo starts living with Kouichi's family. However, Coo has a hard time adjusting to life among humans and misses his kind.

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Coo

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Tomizawa, Kazato
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Uehara, Kouichi

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Yokokawa, Takahiro
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Inaba, Minoru
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Yajima, Akiko
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	Sano, Hiroaki Producer
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	Ookuma, Akira Sound Director
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"Natsu no Shizuku (夏のしずく)" by Ooyama Yurika (大山百合香)

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May 13, 2010

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Overall Rating: 10

When I borrowed the DVD from my sister I was sceptical at first because she said she didn't really like it and the graphics weren't really outstanding either. How wrong I was. Kappa no Coo to Natsuyasumi is one if the most amazing animes I have ever seen. I must admit I expected it to be rather boring and not special at all but I was so wrong. I enjoyed every minute of it, it was fun to watch, I laughed a lot, and I cried a lot too. The story really touched me, the characters really grew on me (even the supporting ones!) and read more

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Nov 7, 2012

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Overall Rating: 9

If there's anything this anime could remind you of then it's the movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial".

A boy finds a strange (initially fossilised) creature, a Kappa named Coo, with a kind character. The family gets attached to Coo and struggles to keep him secret from the public. Coo soon starts to feel lonely and separated and wonders about his own kind.
Even though there's a lot happening in between and afterwards, the movie has a very, VERY calm and smooth way of storytelling but doesn't create a feeling boredom. If you're looking for action and a propulsive plot, then this is nothing for you.

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Aug 26, 2015

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Overall Rating: 8

Humanity was destined to rule, and selfishly at that, it seems. If you're reading this, you're guilty of conquering. While it may not be on the scale of raiding and pillaging villages to gain land, you are indeed living on the natural habitat or animals, both big and small, and that is sort of what Summer Days with Coo illustrates. It gives human-like qualities to turtle-like creatures, called kappas, allowing us to see the consequences of our actions without discarding it as "they're only animals." It gives us a sense of sympathy. At the beginning of the film, a samurai kills a kappa as he pleads to keep some of his land. The kappa's son runs out, but the ground cracks, as a curse has happened due to the elder kappa's death and the younger falls through, becoming fossilized. Fast forward to modern times and a young boy find the fossilized kappa, assuming his name is Coo, as the kappa becomes reanimated after being drenched in water and says "coo." The kappa, by this time have become a legend and nobody has seen one, so when the boy calls his father and tell him of his finding, his father rushes home. The kappa is something special and the father advises the boy to "keep the kappa a secret." So far, as far as aesthetics go, as those are important, especially in anime, the film is fairly pretty color-wise. There are poppy umbrellas and jackets against a matte, dull environment in soft rain. The characters, I hate to say, are kind of shoddy. They look bad, aside from Coo and the other non-human creatures, and these are very limited. We only see a dog, Coo, his father, and another, at the end of the film, legendary creature.
The kappa is sure to experience a culture shock, and he does, sort of like EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, but not entirely. Yes, in that he is brought into an environment that he is unaccustomed to and everything is foreign to him. What he thinks he understands, initially, he really doesn't. For example, when his sister brings home a snail as a pet, Coo eats it, thinking it to be food, or escargot. Edward didn't understand that at the beauty salon, he was being seduced, as he reveals it to his caretakers without any hesitation or drama. No, in that the kappa is much more animated, hyper and excited, rather than dull, calm, and docile. When the boy's sister lunges at Coo, he assumes that she is challenging him to a sumo wrestling match, and plays along. He becomes incredibly hyper when he has some caffeine from a soft drink and he even ventures out by himself, which is very unlike Edward. Coo quickly realizes that he must find another place to live, as he cannot assimilate. It would more or less be impossible for him. This is also like Edward.
The movie displays how humans will often forget about natural life if it will progress their own interests, as the press harasses the boy to snap a picture of Coo, the rare kappa. Around this time, we begin to take a liking to the mother. She is unfazed by the press and ignores them. She sees them for what they are and doesn't acknowledge them or feed them, as they never seem to be satisfied. They surround the home of the boy and the family finally submits, allowing Coo to appear on a talk show. On the talk show, a man that has studied kappa via books for a long time is featured. He reveals that he has always believed in kappa because a kappa arm has been passed down through his family for a long time. He shows the kappa arm and it is Coo's father's arm! Coo grabs the arm and escapes on the family that houses him's dog, as the two have made friends.. He is hunted down by cameras as weapons. The dog dies by a car in the chase. Coo is about to kill himself, but his father places into him a sense that he should continue to live. He listens and refrains from suicide. The family ultimately decides that Coo should pursue a letter that asked Coo to visit the address the letter was shipped from, as Coo trusts it. He says that the handwriting is not human. He goes and to his father, in the sky lets him know that some humans are ok and he has made friends with them. The creature is one that is the same as the creatures in A LETTER TO MOMO, which are in Japanese folklore and tale the form of humans. They will live together and in peace and safe, as the creature says he will teach Coo how to transform, and humans do not visit the location ever anyways. read more

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Jan 28, 2014

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Overall Rating: 7

I originally watched this since I really find yokai interesting & thought this would be a cute movie from what i gathered from the bio of it. While it was a fairly cute movie it did have a very dark side to it.

It really exposed the nasty side of human beings in this film, to the point where it almost made me uncomfortable. I am very sensitive about the fair treatment of animals, so just as a warning to anyone like me, you may be bothered by a few scenes in this film. Apart from that it definitely had some funny & cute moments read more

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