Japanese Title: クジラの子らは砂上に歌う
English Title: Children of the Whales
Romaji Title: Kujira no kora wa sajou ni utau
On a big ship drifting through the sand called Mud Whale live two kinds of people. Shirushi have a special ability called ‘saimia’, which is based on their feelings and allows them to only have a short life. The others are Muin, enjoying a long life but without special abilities. The story starts when Chakuro, who thought he would live a short life on the Mud Whale without ever getting to know the rest of the world, finds the girl Rikosu in a ship wreck that drifted into the Mud Whale.
Children of the Whales is based on a manga series by Abi Umeda. The series is serialized in Akita Shoten’s shoujo manga magazine, Bonita Comics, and there are nine volumes currently available. Children of the Whales was also adapted into a stage play which ran from 14 April – 19 April 2016.
Abi Umeda
Kyouhei Ishiguro
Michiko Yokote
Haruko Iizuka
Tshiharu Mizutani
Miyuki Ishida
Yoshio Ookochi
Masahiro Goto
Jin Aketagawa
Hiroaki Tsutsumi
J.C.STAFF
Natsuki Hanae
Manakawa Iwami
Yuichiro Umehara
Nobunaga Shimasaki
Mikako Komatsu
Daiki Yamashita
Hiroshi Kamiya
