Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Together they can fly.
AnimationDramaRomancebased on novel or bookparaplegicloveslice of liferelationshipbased on short storydisabilityanimeromanticcomforting
A tender, visually beautiful romance about two people discovering freedom and love through each other's dreams and limitations.
With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.
Essence
Ensemble
Taishi Nakagawa
Tsuneo Suzukawa (voice)
Kaya Kiyohara
Kumiko 'Josee' Yamamura (voice)
Yume Miyamoto
Mai Ninomiya (voice)
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Hayato Matsuura (voice)
Lynn
Kana Kishimoto (voice)
Chiemi Matsutera
Chizu Yamamura (voice)
Kanji Obana
Professor Kondo (voice)
Shintarou Moriyama
Nishida (voice)
Yuuya Uchida
Mizushima (voice)
Jin Urayama
Fujita (voice)
Lily
Train Station Attendant (voice)
Masaki Terasoma
Doctor (voice)
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