Imagine ¡°Ponyo,¡± but with a whole lot of dancing. Boiled down, that is what you get with ¡°Lu Over The Wall¡± (¡°Yoake Tsugeru Lu no Uta¡°), the latest addition to director Masaaki Yuasa¡¯s animation legacy.
¡°Lu¡± is a charming story filled with fantasy and childlike wonder. Flash animation is used to conjure up the magic and breathe life into the characters.
The story revolves around a sulky teenager named Kai who has a knack for rhythm. Rejected by his mother as a child, he shuns his father and grandfather, in fear of being hurt again. Despite his love for music, his family doesn¡¯t want him to pursue it as a career, causing the initial conflict in the story arc. But eventually, giving in to the persistence of classmates Kunio and Yuho, Kai agrees to team up with the pair and form a band that practices in secret.
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