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“In a world where imagination is banned, a boy imagines a fish into a mermaid and loses his imagination.”
Mermaid
人魚
6.25
9,253 rank · 4,710 viewers · 8 favorites
Fantasy
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Synopsis
In a world where imagination is banned, a boy imagines a fish into a mermaid and loses his imagination.
In a fictional place where using the imagination is banned, a boy saves a fish, which surprises everyone by turning into a mermaid. The boy is arrested for imagining this "nonsense", and is robbed of his imagination as punishment. (Source: ANN)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 8
σ 0.83
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Strong agreement
σ 0.83 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Dec 2008 → Mar 2021
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “"Mermaid" is a delightful little experimental short by Osamu Tezuka's Mushi productions that subverts the themes of the famous Hans Christian Anderson fairytale. We follow an unnamed boy who plays...”
- 7 “Well, Ningyo It's about a boy who dreams a lot and saves a fish, him saving the fish makes him see it as a mermaid. He, was the hero of that mermaid. He however was not aware that the only person...”
- 8 “"Wow, Ningyo, what to say? Story: The story is hard to explain. It's pretty much about a young boy who loves to daydream, and one day, he sees a fish on the beach. He picks up the fish and...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 75%
Long · 0%
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A Movie Production
Mushi Production.- Format 1 × 8′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 08m all episodes
- Aired Sep 1964 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-1868 catalog