Blue Butterfly Fish
★ 4 · 1994 · 30m · Animation · Drama · Romance · Fantasy
Ushio is a freediver with strange powers. He and his friends are at a tropical land in search of a rare fish, the Blue Butterfly. This pursuit leads them to Ayuuru, a local girl who might know where to find the legendary fish.
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