The read
A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,113 2020s animation movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
629 audience votes
Key crew
- Kotaro TamuraDirector
- Evan CallOriginal Music Composer
- Sayaka KuwamuraScreenplay
Cast
- Taishi NakagawaTsuneo Suzukawa (voice)
- Kaya KiyoharaKumiko 'Josee' Yamamura (voice)
- Yume MiyamotoMai Ninomiya (voice)
- Kazuyuki OkitsuHayato Matsuura (voice)
- LynnKana Kishimoto (voice)
- Chiemi MatsuteraChizu Yamamura (voice)
- Kanji ObanaProfessor Kondo (voice)
- Shintarou MoriyamaNishida (voice)
- Yuuya UchidaMizushima (voice)
- Jin UrayamaFujita (voice)
- LilyTrain Station Attendant (voice)
- Masaki TerasomaDoctor (voice)
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Themes
based on novel or bookparaplegicloveslice of liferelationshipbased on short storydisabilityanimeromanticcomforting
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is #10 of 60
