Summary
The video was about a boy who likes to imagine things, and one day, he was watching a fish in a pond. He then imagined a fish as a mermaid girl. He had a fun time with a fish (mermaid) and took it to his home. However, free imagination was prohibited in his country, so he was taken to a jail. He was tortured in that place until he couldn't have the imagination anymore. When he went back to home, he went to the place where he found a fish again.
Evaluation
I believe that when this story was made, this country did not had much freedom than nowadays. To express that, Tezuka Osamu made this story to show the beautiful fantasy world that a boy imagined. In the end part, a boy saw a mermaid again, but I believe that that is a thing that Tezuka wanted to tell Japanese people. In 1964, Japan was not a very strict country than before the war, but it was very strict than now. For example, marriage is still strict now in some family, like women cannot choose a men she wants to marry. I think that Tezuka wants to tell us imagination and fantasy stories were what the young people needed in 1964.
Key Words that came to my mind: freedom imaginative fantasy poor
