Umi kara no Shisha is a 2010 science fiction film, made as an independent project by Nosferatu. Its theatrical run began on Saturday, August 21, 2010, at the Mini-Cinema Tollywood, a small venue in Shimo-Kitazawa in Tokyo's Setagaya ward. A few days earlier, on August 15, a DVD holding the full version went on sale at Comic Market 78 in Tokyo. The film opens with a live action introduction that runs about six minutes before the animation begins.