Summary
A boy who likes fantasy helps a little fish. That fish became a mermaid and they had great time spending together. But since that country wasn’t allowed to imagine freely, the boy got caught and tortured by an organization. After many tortures, he decided to run away. He carried the fish to the original ocean and he and the fish became mermaid and swam away.
Evaluation
This animation was made in 1964, the year of “President Kennedy’s assassination”, “Success in China’s nulcar experiment for the first time “ and many more uneasy things happened. But on the other hand, happy things like Tokyo Olympic was too. People’s fear and excitement mix in one, which made Tezuka this animation. I think the reason why he made this animation was to express Japan’s state control of not allowing to protest WWⅡ. Through state control, Tezuka tried to show the danger of loosing people’s imagination.
Keyword I imagined: fear, lonely, love, restriction
