# The Boy Who Saw the Wind (2000)

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**Original title**: *風を見た少年*
**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Family, Animation, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Kazuki Ōmori, Toshiya Shinohara
**Written by**: Izuru Narushima
**Starring**: Yumi Adachi, Aki Maeda, Keiko Toda, Takashi Naito, Daijirō Harada, Hiro Tsunoda

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The wind carried him; the empire wanted it. Amon’s gusty escape with Maria, a People of the Sea girl, became their only way to thwart an empire thirsty for conquest. A gust of fresh air in the fantasy genre, if a bit too light on its feet.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, tender

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