Children of the Whales (anime)

Children of the Whales (クジラの子らは砂上に歌う, Kujira no Kora wa Sajō ni Utau, lit. "Whale Calves Sing on the Sand") is a 2017 anime, adapted of the manga of the same name by Abi Umeba. The anime adaptation was announced in the February 2017 issue of Mystery Bonita on January 6, 2017. The anime premiered in Japan October 8, 2017 on Tokyo MX and other channels. The anime premiered globally as a Netflix original series March 13, 2018.^[1]

The individual episode pages can be found here.

Cast[]

Main Characters[]


Character	Japanese	English
Chakuro	Natsuki Hanae	Jonny Young Bosch
Lykos	Manaka Iwami	Melissa Fahn
Ouni	Yuuichirou Umehara	Todd Haberkorn
Suou	Nobunaga Shimazaki	Bryce Papenbrook
Ginshu	Mikako Komatsu	Reba Buhr
Liontari	Daiki Yamashita	Griffin Burns
Shuan	Hiroshi Kamiya	Doug Erholtz

Minor Characters[]


Aijiro	Shou Nogami	TBA
Aima	Ai Kakuma	Cassandra Morris
Arachni	Daisuke Hirakawa	Brian Beacock
Atsali	Shō Hayami	Christopher Corey Smith
Benimura	Utako Imai	TBA
Buki	TBA	TBA
Byakuroku	Motomu Kiyokawa	Kyle McCarley
Chasmourito	Yuka Nukui	TBA
Furano	Ryouko Maekawa	TBA
Gamba	Ryuunosuke Watanuki	TBA
Gennaiodoros	Junichi Yanagita	TBA
Hakuji	Eizō Tsuda	Keith Silverstein
Hammy	Ayaka Asai	Cristina Valenzuela
Hatobane	Maki Izawa	TBA
Hihada	Utako Imai	TBA
Hon	Yuka Nukui	TBA
Itia	Lynn	TBA
Jiki	Ryōta Suzuki	TBA
Kachika	Yuna Yoshino	TBA
Kanae	Yuka Nukui	TBA
Kicha	Ayaka Asai	Cristina Valenzuela
Kikujin	Yuna Yoshino	TBA
Kogare	Ryuunosuke Watanuki	TBA
Kokalo	Ayaka Suwa	TBA
Kuchiba	Kōsuke Toriumi	Doug Erholtz
Liontari's Mother	TBA	TBA
Liontari's Father	Daiki Hamano	TBA
Mago	Maria Naganawa	TBA
Masoh	Yasuaki Takumi	Tony Azzolino
Matsuba	Ayaka Asai	TBA
Minatone	Ryouko Maekawa	TBA
Fuzzy (aka Moja)	Yuuya Hirose	TBA
Nashiji	Masashi Nogawa	Todd Haberkorn
Negishi	Ryouta Suzuki	TBA
Neri	Ai Kamuka	Cassandra Lee Morris
Nezu	Mutsumi Tamura	Ben Pronsky
Nibi	Atsushi Tamaru Ayaka Suwa (young Nibi)	Kyle McCarley Cristina Valenzuela (young Nibi)
Nimu	Nozomi Furuki	TBA
Olivinis	Aki Toyosaki	TBA
Orca	Akira Ishida	Kyle McCarley
Pagoni	Shunsuke Takeuchi	TBA
Foni	TBA	TBA
Fterna	Ayaka Asai	TBA
Rasha	Mari Yokoo	TBA
Rochalizo	KENN	TBA
Ro	Shinsuke Sugawara	Jason Palmer
Sami	Hisako Kanemoto	Christine Marie Cabanos
Sane	Maria Naganawa	TBA
Shikoku	Taku Yashiro	TBA
Shikon	Junya Enoki	TBA
Shinono	Ryouko Maekawa	TBA
Shiraai	Mami Amano	TAB
Sienna	TBA	TBA
Suzu	Tomori Kusunoki	TBA
Taisha	Aya Hisakawa	Anne Yatco
Tobi	Makoto Furukawa	Brian Beacock
Tokusa	Seiichirō Yamashita	TBA
Tonoko	Taito Ban	TBA
Urumi	Ayaka Suwa	TBA

Adaptation Differences[]

Some scenes from the manga were cut or rearranged.
- For example, the flashback arc involving Miden, Dyo, and Ekato was completely removed from the anime, whereas Atsali's introduction was brought forward.
Other times, scenes were added.
In Episode 6, scenes were removed that featured Ginshu, Nezu, Ro, and Urumi and her friends. The anime also cut scenes that established that Kanae was Ro's mother, and that Kuchiba was a father.
In Episode 7, Liontari cuts down a girl that escaped in the manga.
In Episode 8, scenes were added with Shikon, Shikoku and Kicha.
In Episode 9, parts of Kuchiba's flashback involving Sumi were cut. One character was shot in the show before being stabbed, while they were just stabbed in the source material. Scenes were also added showing the invading soldiers walking into the Sea of Sand.
In Episode 10, scenes were removed where Suou collapses after visiting Ouni and Kicha, and a scene showing Hasmurito and Rochalízo viewing the Mud Whale before setting foot on it. The scene with Orca, Itia, and Liontari was also moved to before Orca's trial, instead of after it.
In Episode 11, scenes were added with Atsali, and with Suou and Rochalízo. Orca and Arachni's trial also ended slightly differently. Scenes were cut involving Miru, Donti, Chasmourito, Foni and Fterna.
Episode 12 was given an original ending. In the original manga, the conversation where Suou asks Ouni to be the leader of the new community never happens.