Lu Over The Wall

Lu Over the Wall (Japanese: 夜明け告げるルーのうた, Hepburn: Yoaketsugeru Rū no Uta, literally "The song of Lu, the dawn announcer") is a 2017 Fantasy Japanese anime film. It was directed by Masaaki Yuasa, written by Reiko, Yoshida and Masaaki Yuasa, musically composed by Takatsugu Muramatsu, edited by Ayako Tan, distributed by Toho, produced by Eunyoung Choi and Studio Science Saru, and it starred Kanon Tani, Shōta Shimoda, Akira Emoto, Shin'ichi Shinohara, Soma Saito, Minako Kotobuki, and Chidori (Daigo, Nobu).

Plot
3 kids who formed a band discovers a mermaid at an abandon theme park.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The film has an extremely catch and memorable soundtrack.
 * 2) The film has very vibrant and colorful animation using toon shader, especially with its water, which looks very beautiful.
 * 3) Christine Marie Cabanos (voice of Lu) actually has experience to voice a mermaid as she was the voice of Squid Girl.
 * 4) The film has such rich and detailed background, which is fitting for a island setting.
 * 5) The film's idea of merfolk not being in sunlight is quite an original idea, it even has the great idea to have the merfolk bite people to turn into mermaids.
 * 6) The film feels like a spiritual successor to Studio Ghibli's Ponyo.
 * 7) The film has some intense action sequences like Lu trying to free her father.
 * 8) This film has very likable characters like Lu, the cute and funny mermaid, The 3 kids; Kai, Kunio, and Yūho, and more.
 * 9) Mike Pollock cameos in the film.
 * 10) Really well put together humor like when Lu saw different people performing instead of her friends.