Summer Days with Coo (2007)

Synopsis Summer Days with Coo (Kappa no ku to natsu yasumi) (2007) KA´ichi Uehara is a fourth grade student living in Higashikurume City, a suburb of Tokyo. One day he picks up what he thinks to be a fossil of an ancient creature but turns out to be a baby kappa (a mythical Japanese water creature) that was sleeping underground for the past 300 years, and he names it "Coo". KA´ichi and Coo become good friends and the kappa starts living with the human boy's family. However, Coo cannot not fully adjust to life in present-day Higashikurume and starts to miss his own family. On a hot summer day, KA´ichi and Coo decide to go on an adventurous road trip to find his own kind. Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations Worldwide Gross: $3,333,389