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Takahashi Rumiko gekijô: Ningyo no mori

IMDb ID: tt0409625 · Year: 2003 · Rating: 7.2 (206 votes)

Genres: Animation · Adventure · Drama

A young man unknowingly eats a piece of mermaid's flesh and becomes immortal. For a long time he searches for other mermaids hoping they'll grant him mortality. Finally, he finds them, but they're about to eat a girl and he can't ...

IMDb Details

Content TypeTVSeriesAlternate TitlesGermany: Mermaid Forest
United States: Mermaid Forest
Italy: La foresta delle sirene
Spain: La saga de la sirena
Japan: Ningyo no mori (short title)
World-wide: Rumic Theater: Mermaid Forest (English)
Mexico: Takahashi Rumiko gekijô: Ningyo no mori
Russia: Лес русалок
Japan: 高橋留美子劇場 人魚の森 (Japanese)
Taiwan: 高橋留美子劇場 人魚之森
Rumic Theater: Mermaid Forest
Release Date2003-10-04IMDb Popularity0User Reviews6Critic Reviews6Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordsgirlProduction CompaniesPrime Direction
Shogakukan Production
TMS Entertainment
Official SitesTV Tokyo (Japan) - http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/ningyo/IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409625/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0409625.jpgUpdated At2026-03-06T21:14:31

Stars

Kôichi Yamadera
Minami Takayama
Megan Hollingshead
Erika Lenhart
Nao Nagasawa
Liam O'Brien
Hunter Mackenzie Austin
Patrick Seitz
Taliesin Jaffe
Sam Riegel

Directors

Masaharu Okuwaki
Hiroshi Matsuzono
Yasuo Ejima
Masahiro Hosoda
Ryô Miyata
Shô Murakami
Yukio Okazaki
Daisuke Tsuji
Shinji Ushiro
Sumio Watanabe
Hideaki Ôba

Writers

Junichi Miyashita
Megumu Sasano
Daiki Shimazaki
Rumiko Takahashi
Tsuyoshi Tamai

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Kôichi Yamadera | Character: Yuuta
Actor: Minami Takayama | Character: Mana
Actor: Megan Hollingshead | Character: Mana, Ruriko Tonegawa, Nana
Actor: Erika Lenhart | Character: Masato
Actor: Nao Nagasawa | Character: Pitto
Actor: Liam O'Brien | Character: Yuta, Toba Islander
Actor: Hunter Mackenzie Austin | Character: Young Sawa Kannagi, Yukie
Actor: Patrick Seitz | Character: Toba Islander, Young Dr. Shiina
Actor: Taliesin Jaffe | Character: Fisherman, Takanezawa
Actor: Sam Riegel | Character: Sailor, Fisherman
Actor: Stephanie Sheh | Character: Child, Rin, Fisherman's wife
Actor: Doug Stone | Character: Toba Islander, Hunter
Actor: Houko Kuwashima | Character: Rin
Actor: William Frederick Knight | Character: Toba Islander, Natsume's Father
Actor: Justin Gross | Character: Yuta
Actor: Kirk Thornton | Character: Leader of Sakagami Island
Actor: Michael Forest | Character: Dr. Shiina
Actor: Wendee Lee | Character: Isago
Actor: Michelle Ruff | Character: Nanao's Mother
Actor: Christopher Corey Smith | Character: Older Nanao
Actor: Michael McConnohie | Character: Rin's Father
Actor: Jason Charles Miller | Character: Sakagami Islander, Sakagami Pirate
Actor: Jessica D. Stone | Character: Nanao
Actor: Toshiko Fujita | Character: Nanao
Actor: Sumi Shimamoto | Character: Towa
Actor: Masako Katsuki | Character: Mother
Actor: Yasunori Matsumoto | Character: Young Eijiro
Actor: Kinryû Arimoto | Character: Rin's father
Actor: Hisako Kyôda | Character: Sawa
Actor: Ai Orikasa | Character: Isago
Actor: Yuri Amano | Character: Nae
Actor: Minoru Inaba | Character: Soukichi
Actor: Tamio Ôki | Character: Eijiro
Actor: Lance J. Holt | Character: Sakagami Islander
Actor: Roko Takizawa | Character: Baba
Actor: Masashi Hirose | Character: Leader of Sakagami pirates
Actor: Yuji Takada | Character: Man
Actor: Haruna Ikezawa | Character: Sawa
Actor: Jonathan Klein | Character: Sailor
Actor: Kyôko Tongû | Character: Young Soukichi
Actor: Eisuke Yoda | Character: Dr. Shiina
Actor: Seiko Tomoe | Character: Grandmother
Actor: Howard Clarendon | Character: Sakagami Islander
Actor: Kôzô Mito | Character: Young Dr. Shiina
Actor: Rei Sakuma | Character: Misa
Actor: Makiko Ômoto | Character: Masato
Actor: Gina Grad | Character: Misa
Actor: Chieko Honda | Character: Yukie
Actor: Tomie Kataoka | Character: Oba-chan
Actor: Yuri Lowenthal | Character: Man
Actor: Monica Rial | Character: Natsume
Actor: Kyle Hebert | Character: Big Eyes
Actor: Karen Strassman | Character: Nae, Sokichi (young)
Actor: John Snyder | Character: Monk
Actor: William Bassett | Character: Toba Islander
Actor: Jody Jaress | Character: Old Woman
Actor: Kazuko Sugiyama | Character: Natsume
Actor: Daisuke Gôri | Character: Oomanako
Actor: Seizô Katô | Character: Monk
Actor: Yuzuru Fujimoto | Character: Hunter
Actor: Louise Chamis | Character: Elders, Nanny, Old Woman
Actor: Jun'ichi Sugawara | Character: Chuuzai
Actor: Yukari Honma | Character: Ayu
Actor: Johnny Yong Bosch | Character: Minoru
Actor: Barbara Goodson | Character: Old Lady
Actor: Erica Shaffer | Character: Hazuki's Mother
Actor: Machiko Soga | Character: Mrs. Fuha
Actor: Carrie Savage | Character: Mitsue, Bride
Actor: Geeta Malik | Character: Young Mother 2
Actor: Darrel Guilbeau | Character: Aizaki, Doctor, Worker 1
Actor: Melodee Spevack | Character: Housewife, Kazuko
Actor: Rachel Hirschfeld | Character: Hizuki Fuwa
Actor: Kôichi Kitamura | Character: Natsume's pa
Actor: Reiko Matsuo | Character: Achala
Actor: Sally Dana | Character: Mrs. Kakei
Actor: Georgette Reilly | Character: Housewife, Yukari
Actor: Tara Hudson | Character: Yukie Asakawa
Actor: Adam Gordon | Character: Hiroshi
Actor: Qyen Regal | Character: Female High School Student

[Directors Group]
Name: Masaharu Okuwaki | Role: Director
Name: Hiroshi Matsuzono | Role: Director
Name: Yasuo Ejima | Role: Director
Name: Masahiro Hosoda | Role: Director
Name: Ryô Miyata | Role: Director
Name: Shô Murakami | Role: Director
Name: Yukio Okazaki | Role: Director
Name: Daisuke Tsuji | Role: Director
Name: Shinji Ushiro | Role: Director
Name: Sumio Watanabe | Role: Director
Name: Hideaki Ôba | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Junichi Miyashita | Role: Writer
Name: Megumu Sasano | Role: Writer
Name: Daiki Shimazaki | Role: Writer
Name: Rumiko Takahashi | Role: Writer
Name: Tsuyoshi Tamai | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Osamu Kamei | Role: Producer
Name: Noriko Kobayashi | Role: Producer
Name: Jun'ya Okamoto | Role: Producer
Name: Ryûzô Shôji | Role: Producer
Name: Satoshi Yokoyama | Role: Producer
Name: Masahito Yoshioka | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Chiaki Ishikawa | Role: Composer
Name: Kayoko | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Mizuru Sugiura | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Terumitsu Okada | Role: Editor

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Jun'ichi Higashi | Role: Art Director
Name: Toshiyuki Tokuda | Role: Art Director

[Art Department]
Name: Hiroshi Izumi | Role: Art Department
Name: Naoko Kodama | Role: Art Department
Name: Masaharu Okuwaki | Role: Art Department
Name: Junji Nishimura | Role: Art Department
Name: Mitsuko Ôyake | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Yasuo Urakami | Role: Sound Department
Name: Greg Hall | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jessica M Jansen | Role: Sound Department
Name: Rob Landreth | Role: Sound Department

[animation department]
Name: Masaki Satô | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yoshitsugu Hatano | Role: Animation Department
Name: Masaki Hinata | Role: Animation Department
Name: Akio Kawamura | Role: Animation Department
Name: Ichirô Ogawa | Role: Animation Department
Name: Jin Takebe | Role: Animation Department
Name: Maki Fujita | Role: Animation Department
Name: Arihiro Gotô | Role: Animation Department
Name: Masumi Hattori | Role: Animation Department
Name: Asami Imamura | Role: Animation Department
Name: Shingo Ishikawa | Role: Animation Department
Name: Minoru Kibata | Role: Animation Department
Name: Mitsumasa Kimura | Role: Animation Department
Name: Yumiko Kinoshita | Role: Animation Department
Name: Kiyomi Masuda | Role: Animation Department
Name: Toshikazu Nagaone | Role: Animation Department
Name: Toshio Nitta | Role: Animation Department
Name: Tsunenaka Nozaki | Role: Animation Department
Name: Kiichi Suzuno | Role: Animation Department
Name: Akie Tsutsumi | Role: Animation Department
Name: Masahiko Yoda | Role: Animation Department
Name: Osamu Ôkubo | Role: Animation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Yôko Iizawa | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Matthias Klages | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Takashi Kumagai | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shin'ichi Mikami | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yunichi Miyashita | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shin'ichirô Tsuzuki | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Takeshi Yamakawa | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Christopher Sabat | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Naoko Kodama | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

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Release Schedule

Japan: October 4, 2003

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