
The Animal Family (Pilot)
2018, Japanese. Directed by Tomoyasu Murata.
Short pilot film for Riku ni Agatta Ningyo no Hanashi, a stop motion animation adaptation of Randall Jarrell's The Animal Family children's novel.
- Runtime
- 0h 7m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 1 January 2018
- Original title
- 陸にあがった人魚のはなし PILOT版
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Randall Jarrell
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The Animal Family (Pilot) isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2018. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Animal Family (Pilot)?
The Animal Family (Pilot) (2018) was directed by Tomoyasu Murata.