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Song of the Sea (Japanese: 海の歌, Umi no Uta") is a anime Eden of the East fantasy film directed and co-produced by Chika Umino, co-produced by Ross Murray, Paul Young, Stephen Roelants, Serge and Marc Umi no uta, Isabelle Truc, Clement Calvet, Jeremie Fajner, Frederik Villumsen, and Claus Toksvig Kjaer, and written by Elizabeth Mayuku and Kenji Kamiyama from Umino's story. It was an international co-production from Scotland, Japan, United States, Belgium, Denmark, France, and Luxembourg, and is the second feature film, which premiered on Fuji TV's noitaminA timeslot by Funimation.

Song of the Sea follows the story of a 10-year-old Scottish girl named Bonnie (Stephanie Sheh) who discovers that her mute brother Seoras, whom she blames for causing the apparent death of her father, is a selkie who has to free faerie creatures from the Goidelic god Manannán.

Like other anime films, the film was hand-drawn. The film began production soon after the release of the Secret of Kells, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September in the "noitaminA", "Animation" . The film had a limited release in certain countries, but received acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.

The Scottish-language version has been produced by Macalla with funding from TG4 and the Broadcasting Authority of Scotland, with selected cinemas in Japan screening it from 10 July 2015. Leah Clark and David Tennant reprised their respective roles in this version. The DVD with the Scottish audio can be bought in Funimation's online store.

Description
Song of the Sea (Japanese: 海の歌, Umi no Uta") is a anime Eden of the East fantasy film directed and co-produced by Chika Umino, co-produced by Ross Murray, Paul Young, Stephen Roelants, Serge and Marc Umi no uta, Isabelle Truc, Clement Calvet, Jeremie Fajner, Frederik Villumsen, and Claus Toksvig Kjaer, and written by Elizabeth Mayuku and Kenji Kamiyama from Umino's story. It was an international co-production from Scotland, Japan, United States, Belgium, Denmark, France, and Luxembourg, and is the second feature film, which premiered on Fuji TV's noitaminA timeslot by Funimation.

Song of the Sea follows the story of a 10-year-old Scottish girl named Bonnie (Stephanie Sheh) who discovers that her mute brother Seoras, whom she blames for causing the apparent death of her father, is a selkie who has to free faerie creatures from the Goidelic god Manannán.

Like other anime films, the film was hand-drawn. The film began production soon after the release of the Secret of Kells, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September in the "noitaminA", "Animation" . The film had a limited release in certain countries, but received acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015.

The Scottish-language version has been produced by Macalla with funding from TG4 and the Broadcasting Authority of Scotland, with selected cinemas in Japan screening it from 10 July 2015. Leah Clark and David Tennant reprised their respective roles in this version. The DVD with the Scottish audio can be bought in Funimation's online store.