“Former idol Fuuka joins Kukuru's desperate fight to save a failing Okinawan aquarium before summer ends.”
The Aquatope on White Sand
白い砂のアクアトープ
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Synopsis
Former idol Fuuka joins Kukuru's desperate fight to save a failing Okinawan aquarium before summer ends.
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?
What people say
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Derived from 69 sampled reviews
What 69 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.80 · split reception
4.8 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 3.8
↓ 0.36
Running avg · Aug 2021 → Apr 2025
- 9 “As far as the series is going by, It looks like is gonna be another PA Work (Shirobako, Sakura Quest, Irozuku Sekai, Hanasaku Iroha. Tari Tari)series that they usually works on, with a big group of...”
- 8 “Story 8/10 The story must be relate to some people, its not like slice of life that I ordinary watch (School Based Slice of Life) , the story is based on the world of work Art 10/10 The art its...”
- 9 “First off, I believe this slice of life is a hidden jewel. Having lived in a slow paced aquatic setting for a number of years, I can attest to how the slow rhythm and pace feels very natural to...”
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- Format 24 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 12m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2021 – Dec 2021 Summer 2021
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-18903 catalog
Produced by
- BS Fuji Producer
- Tokyo MX Producer
- Infinite Producer
- Forecast Communications Producer
- Kadokawa Media House Producer
- DMM pictures Producer
- Bandai Namco Arts Producer
- AQUA ARIS Producer