One summer vacation, Ruka meets two boys, "Umi" and "Sora," whose upbringing contains strange and wonderful secrets. Drawn to their beautiful swimming, almost more like flying, Ruka and the adults who know them are intertwined in a complex mesh... Meanwhile, an unexplained anomaly is occurring all over the world: fish are disappearing. Thus begins a marine adventure of boys and girls to captivate all the senses!

Fantastic Children
- AniList score
- 7.4
- Year
- 2004
- Format
- TV
- Episodes
- 26 episodes
- Adventure
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Mystery
- Romance
- Sci-Fi
Synopsis
A group of enigmatic white-haired children has been spotted at different times and places in Europe for over 500 years. Always with the appearance of 11-year-olds, they behave far more mature than they should be, never grow old, and seem to have supernatural power. What they have been seeking is a girl, and the only clue they have is a picture with a crescent moon. Now, in the year of 2012, an ath…
Tags
- Foreign
- Ensemble Cast
- Primarily Child Cast
- Lost Civilization
- Historical
- Philosophy
- Detective
- Urban Fantasy
- Space
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