Shiroi Suna no Aquatope


The Aquatope on White Sand

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Synonyms: Aquatope of White Sand
Japanese: 白い砂のアクアトープ
English: The Aquatope on White Sand
German: The Aquatope On The White Sand
Spanish: The Aquatope on White Sand
French: The Aquatope On White Sand
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 9, 2021 to Dec 17, 2021
Premiered: Summer 2021
Broadcast: Fridays at 00:00 (JST)
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: P.A. Works
Source: Original
Genre: DramaDrama
Theme: WorkplaceWorkplace
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.511 (scored by 5409854,098 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #19552
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1462
Members: 178,094
Favorites: 1,424

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Synopsis

After leaving her idol career behind, Fuuka Miyazawa finds herself on a spontaneous flight to Okinawa instead of returning home to her pity party in Morioka. Bearing a heavy heart and nowhere to go, she aimlessly wanders around the area until she stumbles upon Gama Gama Aquarium—an aging aquarium on the verge of closing down.

With a lack of visitors and costly but necessary repairs needed to keep its doors open, the director is faced with shutting down the establishment for good by the end of the summer. The director's aquatic life-loving granddaughter—Kukuru Misakino—cannot stand the thought of the aquarium closing and is determined to make enough money by the end of the season to keep the doors open.

Seeing the unique magic of the aquarium, Fuuka begs Kukuru for a job; however, she soon finds that her lack of experience makes her more of a hindrance than anything else. At the same time, Kukuru realizes that her ambitious goal might be more than she can handle. With mounting pressure from all around them, will Kukuru and Fuuka be able to save the one place they hold close to their hearts?

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Characters & Voice Actors

Nakamura, Kai

Supporting
Tsuchiya, Simba
Japanese

Haebaru, Chiyu

Supporting
Ishikawa, Yui
Japanese

Teruya, Tsukimi

Supporting
Waki, Azumi
Japanese

Maeda, Akari

Supporting
Yasuno, Kiyono
Japanese

Ojii

Supporting
Yanaka, Hiroshi
Japanese

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Opening Theme

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"Tayutae, Nanairo (たゆたえ、七色)" by ARCANA PROJECT
2: "Tomedonai Shiosai ni Bokutachi wa Nani wo Utaudarou ka (とめどない潮騒に僕たちは何を歌うだろうか)" by ARCANA PROJECT
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Ending Theme

"Tsukiumi no Yurikago (月海の揺り籠)" by Mia REGINA
2: "Shingektsu no da Carpo (新月のダ・カーポ)" by Risa Aizawa

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Reviews

Apr 6, 2025
I always forget to not judge a book by its cover. I added this to my list thinking it would be a mere cute story of girls trying to save an aquarium.

Instead I experienced an anime that depicts themes of loss and grief. Some accept it, others blunt the pain by staying occupied, and a few build a memorial. It shows how some run away from their problems while others are determined to work through them. It shows what it means to follow through on a dream. It’s also a coming-of-age story where the main characters transition from teenagers into hard workers, discovering what ...
Apr 19, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Too beautiful for this plot.

Story
Subpar. Honestly, wasn't enjoyable. The beautiful background and scenes are wasted on this story. Story has 2 distinct parts. First half is on the Main Characters interactions revolving a small, closing down aquarium. All the main characters love this place, and tries to salvage it from its imminent demise. Hence the first half is about the main characters finding themselves and bonding over their efforts and intentions for this small aquarium. All intentions and wishes were very reasonable. But the actions are a little too weak. The story just goes on about how they wish to preserve the aquarium, but their ...
Sep 26, 2022
This is a peaceful slice-of-life type of anime. There is no massive story besides trying to save the aquarium, and each character has a side story. The story is straight forward and the characters have zero to little development. I liked the first 10 episodes, but I found Kukuru annoying. As the show progressed she stayed greedy, unyielding, childish, and pushed herself onto others. I understand these are high school characters. but the other 3 high schoolers acted more mature than her and were under similar stresses. Each time people create an excuse for her horrible behavior, everyone passes it off as "okay." There is ...

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