The aquatope on white sand (2021)
Kukuru Misakino, an 18-year-old high school girl working in an aquarium, meets Fuuka Miyazawa, a former idol who lost her place in Tokyo and escaped. Fuuka will spend her days in the aquarium with her own thoughts in mind. However, the crisis of closing is approaching for the aquarium, as the girls explore their dreams and reality, loneliness and friends, bonds and conflicts.
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Episode 1 - The Tropical Fish Ran Away
Release Date: 2021-07-09Fuka wanders off to Okinawa after quitting her idol job in Tokyo. There, she meets Kukuru, who is the director at Gama Gama Aquarium.
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Episode 2 - Getting Wet Is Part of the Job
Release Date: 2021-07-16Fuka finds out why Kukuru is working so hard to keep the aquarium running. She’s asked to feed the penguins for an event, but things don’t go quite as planned.
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Episode 3 - Life Begins in the Ocean
Release Date: 2021-07-23With Grandpa out of town, Kukuru and Fuuka work together to feed and weigh the penguins. Kukuru notices something wrong with one of the penguins, and decides to call the vet, who is on maternity leave.
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Episode 4 - Tropical Fish in Boots
Release Date: 2021-07-30The touch pool, where people are invited to touch sea creatures with their own hands, is the biggest event of the summer at Gama Gama Aquarium. Kukuru, Kai, Kuuya and Fuuka are hard at work to prepare.
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Episode 5 - Mother Arrives
Release Date: 2021-08-06Fuuka’s mother comes to Gama Gama Aquarium to take her home, but she isn’t ready to leave just yet.
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Episode 6 - Sweets Rhapsody
Release Date: 2021-08-13Kukuru and the crew brainstorm for ways to attract more visitors to Gama Gama Aquarium. They decide to try selling some sweets.
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Episode 7 - Ice Cream Toast
Release Date: 2021-08-20With shaved ice a success and new visitors drawn to Gama Gama Aquarium, Kukuru’s grandfather insists that the crew take a break.
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Episode 8 - crab crisis
Release Date: 2021-08-27Karin finds a venue for a traveling aquarium at the pediatrics ward of the local clinic. The head nurse there has a fear of crabs.
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Episode 9 - Cinderella, the Spy
Release Date: 2021-09-03Haebaru Chiyu is at Gama Gama Aquarium from Aquarium Tingarla to study how they do things, but she butts heads with Kukuru.
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Episode 10 - Abandoned Illusions
Release Date: 2021-09-10With the Gama Gama Aquarium soon to be closed, Kukuru is desperate to find ways to keep it afloat. She tries to figure out a way to market the illusions that people had been witnessing there.
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Episode 11 - At the End of the Siege
Release Date: 2021-09-17A typhoon approaches as Kukuru locks herself inside Gama Gama to protest its closure.
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Episode 12 - Our Oceans Are Endless
Release Date: 2021-09-24It’s Gama Gama Aquarium’s last day, and it’s receiving a lot of visitors. The staff are hard at work to make it memorable.
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Episode 13 - Tingarla in the Far Away Ocean
Release Date: 2021-10-01A year has passed since Gama Gama closed, and Kukuru has found work at Aquarium Tingarla. But for some reason, she’s assigned to Marketing.
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Episode 14 - Penguin Chaser
Release Date: 2021-10-08Fuuka has returned to Okinawa to find a dejected Kukuru, struggling to do well at work.
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Episode 15 - The Great Sea Slug Debate
Release Date: 2021-10-15Kukuru is tasked with coming up with ideas for an event, but her proposal comes with some serious challenges.
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Episode 16 - Shout-Out to the Tattered
Release Date: 2021-10-22A penguin egg is about to hatch at Tingarla. The penguins team is set to stay the night at the aquarium, but Chiyu can’t make it, so Kukuru offers to take her place.
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Episode 17 - Hangout Spot Kuragefuu
Release Date: 2021-10-29It’s been a while since Kukuru and Fuuka had the same day off, so they host a get-together with their coworkers.
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Episode 18 - When the Light Shines
Release Date: 2021-11-05Akari comes up with an idea for an event at the aquarium, but she doesn’t seem to be particularly enthusiastic. Kukuru wants to change that.
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Episode 19 - Goodbye, High Heels
Release Date: 2021-11-12Aquarium Tingarla is visited by a TV crew who is there to document a penguin hatchling’s growth. Fuuka wants to turn down her opportunity to be on TV again.
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Episode 20 - Lost Plankton
Release Date: 2021-11-19A dolphin is lost in the waters near Tingarla. Kukuru is eager to check up on it, but she is busy preparing for an upcoming project proposal, so the staff take turns visiting the dolphin.
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Episode 21 - Dreams of Blue Turtles
Release Date: 2021-11-26With work not going smoothly and having seen Gama Gama demolished, Kukuru leaves work to go to the sub-islands.
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Episode 22 - Ready to Return
Release Date: 2021-12-03Having watched the sea turtle hatchlings, Kukuru returns to Tingarla with a renewed sense of purpose, and resumes work on the wedding venue project.
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Episode 23 - The Future of the Aquarium
Release Date: 2021-12-10The director announces a new research facility to be built at Tingarla. Two people will be chosen to study at a similar facility in Hawaii.
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Episode 24 - The Aquatope on White Sand
Release Date: 2021-12-17Aquarium Tingarla is hard at work preparing to carry out the aquarium wedding project that Kukuru spearheaded.