Mermaid's Forest (高橋留美子劇場 人魚の森)

Oh please come down like an angel

Based on the comic books created by RUMIKO TAKAHASHI Watching a crowd in the morning, and drinking coffee

Watching a crowd in the morning, and drinking coffee

People must see me as if I don't have any worries

Planning OSAMU KAMEI RYUZO SHOJI Executive Producer MASAHITO YOSHIOKA People must see me as if I don't have any worries

Series Composer JUNICHI MIYASHITA Supervisors SHINICHIRO TSUZUKI SHINICHI MIKAMI TAKASHI KUMAGAYA People must see me as if I don't have any worries

Series Composer JUNICHI MIYASHITA Supervisors SHINICHIRO TSUZUKI SHINICHI MIKAMI TAKASHI KUMAGAYA

Series Composer JUNICHI MIYASHITA Supervisors SHINICHIRO TSUZUKI SHINICHI MIKAMI TAKASHI KUMAGAYA I know that the time I will never be able to get back

I know that the time I will never be able to get back

Character Design Art Directors MASAKI SATO TOSHIYUKI TOKUDA JUNICHI HIGASHI Color Design Art Direction Design NAOKO KODAMA HIROSHI IZUMI I know that the time I will never be able to get back

Character Design Art Directors MASAKI SATO TOSHIYUKI TOKUDA JUNICHI HIGASHI Color Design Art Direction Design NAOKO KODAMA HIROSHI IZUMI

Character Design Art Directors MASAKI SATO TOSHIYUKI TOKUDA JUNICHI HIGASHI Color Design Art Direction Design NAOKO KODAMA HIROSHI IZUMI Is moving in front of me

Is moving in front of me

Editor TERUMITSU OKADA Recording Director YASUO URAGAMI Director of Photography MINORU SUGIURA Is moving in front of me

Is moving in front of me

If I live like today is the last day of my life

Music Production SUEAKI HARADA Music Producer MASANORI NAGAOKA (Prime direction) Music Cooperation TV TOKYO MUSIC avex group If I live like today is the last day of my life

If I live like today is the last day of my life

Opening Theme Song "Like an angel" Lyric Writer/Composer CHIAKI ISHIKAWA Music Arrangement MICHIAKI KATO Music Performance CHIAKI ISHIKAWA If I live like today is the

Opening Theme Song "Like an angel" Lyric Writer/Composer CHIAKI ISHIKAWA Music Arrangement MICHIAKI KATO Music Performance CHIAKI ISHIKAWA

Ending Theme Song "Mizutamari" Lyrics kayoko Music Composition kayoko & SHINSUKE KOMIYAMA Music Arrangement SHINSUKE KOMIYAMA Music Performance kayoko

I wonder what I can see first

Assistant Producer Script Director JUNYA OKAMOTO YOKO IIZAWA Production Manager TSUYOSHI YAMAKAWA I wonder what I can see first

Assistant Producer Script Director JUNYA OKAMOTO YOKO IIZAWA Production Manager TSUYOSHI YAMAKAWA

Oh please come down like an angel

Planning Cooperations SHONEN SUNDAY SHOGAKUKAN CHARACTER BUSINESS CENTER Oh please come down like an angel

Producers NORIKO KOBAYASHI (TV TOKYO) SATOSHI YOKO YAMA I don't care no matter how small the light is

I don't care no matter how small the light is

Directed by MASAHARU OKUWAKI I don't care no matter how small the light is

Directed by MASAHARU OKUWAKI

Directed by MASAHARU OKUWAKI I just wish to see its shape

Rumiko Takahashi Anthology Mermaid Forest Production Committee SHIN UNOSAWA SHUNZO KATO MASAKAZU KUBO YOKO KOGAWA YUMA SAKATA ETSUHISA NAGATA I just wish to see its shape

Rumiko Takahashi Anthology Mermaid Forest Production Committee SHIN UNOSAWA SHUNZO KATO MASAKAZU KUBO YOKO KOGAWA YUMA SAKATA ETSUHISA NAGATA Oh please come down like an angel

Oh please come down like an angel

I want to meet someone

Rumiko Takahashi Anthology Mermaid Forest Who I can tell my honest feelings to

Rumiko Takahashi Anthology Mermaid Forest

Nanny! Where are you?! Nanny!

You can't sleep, Miss Mana?

Those vile voices. They're grating on my ears.

Kill them! Such horrid creatures!

It can't be helped. Tonight is a full moon.

Episode 1 Mermaid Does Not Smile

Going to Nosurizaki? There's no path to get to it.

It's surrounded by mountains...

and the shoreline's so craggy no boat can get near it.

Map of Japan

Map of Japan I guess I'm going to have to crawl through the mountain then.

Why are you going there?

There isn't a living soul there.

That's good.

Seriously, why are you going there?

I'm looking for something.

A mermaid.

Miss Mana, you have grown to be truly beautiful.

You don't know how happy I am.

It was worth protecting and nurturing you all this time.

You really are in the bloom of beauty right now.

Shut up!

You're repeating the same thing day-in and day-out!

Held by nanny, I used to be able to go out when I was a child.

It's Miss Mana.

She'll grow up to be beautiful.

You've grown so much. I'm not strong enough to...

I want to walk.

Now that Miss Mana has become 15 years old, one of you must die.

Ayu.

It's your turn.

That's right.

You have lived the longest among us all.

All right, tonight...

What kind of meat is this?

We caught a very rare fish.

This is good.

I've never had such delicious fish before.

Is it fascinating watching me eat?

I heard she wolfed it down.

And she's all right?

Yeah, she's as healthy as ever after eating it.

You won't be able to tell until it reaches every part of her body...

until it becomes her flesh and blood.

Trouble! Everyone!

What's the matter?

A man! There's a man!

What? A man?

A village?

What has brought you here?

I'm not here to cause trouble.

Are you lost?

Are you traveling with others?

Is there anyone who might look for you, if you were to disappear?

There's no one like that.

I'm ...

He's dead.

Dump him into the Deformed Ones' pit.

He'll be eaten to the last bone.

This was my only good shirt, and now its got holes.

Where am I?

I can go outside?

Yes. We'll carry you on this palanquin.

Please.

Miss Mana.

Somebody!

What's the matter?

You...

We saw you die.

Hey, I have an issue with your custom for greeting strangers.

I've got a bone to pick with you...

but first, I want you to explain something to me.

About this, mermaid!

You insolent man. What do you think you're doing?

Kill him!

Kill him, now!

Give me a break, what are you people thinking?

Out of my way!

Stay still.

Miss Mana!

-Miss Mana! -Miss Mana!

Miss Mana!

I guess you're not feeling like having tea and conversation.

Get your hands off of her! You must not touch Miss Mana!

I can't do that. I'm taking her hostage.

What...?

-What are you doing? -What are you doing?

THIS is what I'm doing!

Bye!

Miss Mana! Miss Mana!

Miss Mana!

Let me go! Bastard!

Stop it. What if you kill me?

What, they're going to kill you along with me, aren't they?

They've kept these on you since you were a child?

What the hell is going on?

Does it hurt? Hang in there.

We've got to do something about that wound on your face.

It's salt water, so it'll sting a bit.

What?

It's not much of a wound. It'll be gone in no time.

Where are we going now?

Nowhere. I finally found a mermaid.

A mermaid?

Although it was dead.

Oh, that.

What are you going to do with it?

I ate mermaid flesh.

Hundreds of years ago, I was a fisherman.

One day another fisherman picked up some weird meat.

Isn't this the mermaid flesh that I've heard so much about?

They say it's an elixir of life.

So we ate it, just for fun.

But...

One of us died...

and the next day, the other one threw up blood and died as well.

One after another, all my buddies who ate the mermaid flesh all died.

But I didn't .

I got married and went on with my life.

I had completely forgotten about the mermaids.

I'm afraid of you.

I keep getting older and older, but you remain young.

Those who eat mermaid flesh obtain eternal youth and immortality.

Not only do I have longevity, but any fatal wound heals immediately.

I'm scared of myself.

Go see a mermaid.

Are you saying I can return to normal if I find a mermaid?

I don't know for certain.

What I do know is that a mermaid will be able to help you, somehow.

So I left the village and I've traveled around for hundreds of years...

Searching for a mermaid to help me.

The reason I came here is because I've heard stories that a mermaid...

Oh, she's fallen asleep.

Why... ? Why attack me... ?

You're our treasure, Miss Mana.

We'll protect you with our lives.

I don't understand. Don't they care if I die?

A Deformed One!