くじらの湯
Bath House of Whales
Unranked — only 82 ratings (needs 400)
Mizuki Kiyama’s short animation utilizes a paint on glass technique to render a young girl’s visit to a neighborhood sento (bath house) with her mother with dazzling sensuous wonder. Evoking child-like fascination at daily rituals, this quotidian act amidst feminine intimacy becomes a space of otherworldly fantasy. Bath House of Whales won the Lotte Reiniger Promotion Award for Animated Film at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film in Germany. This film was made as a graduation project at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts.
Names
| Original | くじらの湯 (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Kujira no Yu |
| English | Bath House of Whales |
Facts
| Format | Feature film · 1 ep · 7 min · 0h total |
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| Aired | 2019-01-01 |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | Geidai Animation |
| Source | Original work |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | Slice of Life |
Reception
| Community score | 5.67 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | — / 10 |
| Composite | — |
| On lists | 199 |
| Favourited | 2 (1.0%) |
| Completion | 89.5% |
| Drop rate | 4.9% |
| In backlog | 28.1% |
| Score spread σ | 1.99 |
Score distribution
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Key staff
| Director | Mizuki Kiyama |
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AniList id 122184 · MAL id 42027 · record updated 2026-08-16