Nobody talks about this one. A stop-motion pilot based on Randall Jarrell's novel moves with the patience of a fairy tale, building a world where a hunter, a mermaid, and a series of found creatures become a family not through plot mechanics but through the quiet accumulation of shared moments. The animation breathes in a way that most modern work refuses to, letting silence and stillness do the work that dialogue usually has to carry. This is a pilot that knows exactly what it is: an invitation to sit still and watch something gentle unfold, not a proof of concept that needs to justify itself.

Made as a brief pilot, this fantasy film was produced ahead of Riku ni Agatta Ningyo no Hanashi, an adaptation of The Animal Family, the novel for young readers written by Randall Jarrell. The project it was made for brings the book to the screen through stop motion animation.