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ChaO (movie)

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Alternative title:
チャオ (Japanese)
Genres: romance
Plot Summary: In a near-future world where humans and mermen coexist, Stephen, a shipping engineer in Shanghai, develops a propeller called Air Jet that is harmless for marine life to promote peace between the two races. When Chao, a mermaid princess, pushes Stephen to marry her, their two worlds collide. As they struggle with their cultural differences, a tragic accident creates a bigger strain on their relationship.
Vintage: 2025-05 (screened at Cannes Animation Festival Marché du Film)
Premiere date:
2025-08-15 (Japan)
Official website:
映画『ChaO』 (Japanese)
Review:
ChaO Anime Film Review (Jun 17, 2025)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yasuhiro Aoki
Screenplay: Saku Konohana
Storyboard:
Shōgo Furuya
Yasuhiro Aoki
Unit Director: Shōgo Furuya
Music: Takatsugu Muramatsu
Character Design: Hirokazu Kojima
Art Director: Hiroshi Takiguchi
Chief Animation Director: Hirokazu Kojima
Animation Director:
Hidetsugu Itō
Kanchi Suzuki
Masahito Onoda
Shōgo Furuya
Yūko Sera
Sound Director: Kōji Kasamatsu
Director of Photography: Takanori Nakashima

Color design: Kumiko Naruke
Design Assistant:
Hidetsugu Itō
Shōgo Furuya
Yasuhiro Aoki
Yasuyuki Shimizu
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
In-Between Check: Yoshiko Arahata
Key Animation:
Aose Sakaguchi
Atsushi Saitō
Atsushi Tamura
Ayumi Nagaki
Ayumi Nagayama
Benjamin Faure
Chavdar Yordanov
Cheng Xi Huang
Chiyo Morita
cody
Eri Taguchi
Ezequiel Torres
Haruo Okuno
Hero
Hidetsugu Itō
Hirokazu Kojima
Hiroko Yaguchi
Hiromatsu Shu
Hisashi Eguchi
Iori Hisatake
Jura
Kanako Takeuchi
Kanchi Suzuki
Keiichi Kondō
Ken Arto
Kuro
Masafumi Yokota
Masahito Onoda
Masayuki Katō
Mehdi Aouichaoui
Miho Nagisa
Miku Mitsuoka
Misaki Nishino
Naoyuki Asano
Natsumi Kuroiwa
Oleg Kositsyn
Rina Nagai
Sanae Shimada
Sanae Yamamoto
Saori Koike
Shintarō Dōge
Shōgo Furuya
Sumire Yamasawa
Sunao Chikaoka
Takaaki Hirayama
Takahiro Tanaka
Takeo Shudou
Tatsuya Tomaru
Tenkyūma Shinohara
Tetsurō Moronuki
Tomoe Kikuchi
Tomoyuki Niho
uno
Weilin Zhang
Yasuyuki Shimizu
Yoko Kikuchi
Yui Aoki
Yukari Kaku
Yūki Nishimura
Yūko Matsui
Yūko Sera
Production manager: Kaoru Okutsu
Robot Design: Kōji Morimoto
Ship Design: Takuo Tominaga
Theme Song Performance: Kumi Kōda (ED)
Anna Yamada as ChaO
Ōji Suzuka as Stefan

Anna Tsuchiya as Editor-in-Chief
Cookie! as Ambassador Omede
Kavka Shishido as Maibei
Kenta Miyake as King Neptunus
Ryōta Yamasato as President Shi
Shunsei Ōta as Juno
Yūichirō Umehara as Roberta
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio 4°C
Background Art Assistance: Creative Freaks
Distributor: Toei Company, Ltd.
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: GKIDS (North America)
English cast
(none)

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