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Ride Your Wave

True love knows no boundaries.
2019 | 94m | Japanese

(4946 votes)

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Popularity: 4 (history)

Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
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Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.
Release Date: Jun 21, 2019
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Writer: Reiko Yoshida
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Romance
Keywords beach, surfing, afterlife, slice of life, tragedy, coming of age, accidental death, firefighter, shoujo, anime
Production Companies TOHO, Fuji Television Network, jeki, Shogakukan, KDDI, Science SARU, Lawson Entertainment
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Sep 27, 2025
Entered: Sep 27, 2025
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Full Credits

Name Character
Ryota Katayose Minato Hinageshi (voice)
Rina Kawaei Hinako Mukaizumi (voice)
Honoka Matsumoto Yoko Hinageshi (voice)
Kentaro Ito Wasabi Kawamura (voice)
Mami Horikoshi Hinako's Mother (voice)
You Taichi Junko (voice)
Mai Nishikawa Ai (voice)
Daiki Hamano Chiba Port Tower Public Address Announcer (voice)
Kenji Sugimura Leader (voice)
Kunihiro Kawamoto Commander (voice)
Shigeo Kiyama Captain (voice)
Kento Hama Man A (voice)
Haruki Ishiya Man B (voice)
Satoshi Yamazaki Young Minato (voice)
Hina Kino Young Hinako (voice)
Kaori Inoue Old Woman in Chigasaki Cafe (voice)
Shinya Honda Old Man in Chigasaki Cafe (voice)
Serika Hiromatsu Woman A (voice)
Arisa Sakuraba Woman B (voice)
Takuya Makimura Unit Leader (voice)
Taichi Takeda Yamashiro (voice)
Kentaro Kumagai Man 5 (voice)
Takaki Otomari Man G (voice)
Shunichi Maki Man H (voice)
Wataru Tsuyuzaki Leader 2 (voice)
Yuya Hirose Man C (voice)
Hiroaki Okuda Man D (voice)
Yukitoshi Kikuchi Man E (voice)
Sho Nogami Man F (voice)
Rika Abe Woman C (voice)
Natsu Yorita Woman D (voice)
Shuichi Nishitani Policeman 1 (voice)
Saki Yonemoto Mobile Phone Automated Voice (voice)
Takuya Yagyu Man 8 (voice)
Yui Suzuki Flower Shop Lady 1 (voice)
Reimi Tsutsumi Flower Shop Lady 2 (voice)
Ako Nagao Flower Shop Lady 3 (voice)
Name Job
Yusuke Ikeda Sound Recordist
Hideaki Abe Key Animation
Yoshie Ezaki Key Animation, Animation
Yoshihide Ideue Key Animation, Animation
Junichi Masunaga Online Editor
Peng Yang Key Animation
Rodrigo Makoto Matsumura Key Animation, Animation
Ngoc Tho Background Designer
Lee Mi-jin Background Designer
Fumitaka Akai Background Designer, Art Direction
Yuichi Suehiro Background Designer
Kaori Fujii Background Designer
Manabu Otsuzuki Background Designer
Xue Ping Background Designer
Wang Han Background Designer
Katsu Nozaki Background Designer
Toru Fukushi Director of Photography, Compositing Artist
Mayo Suzuki Compositing Artist
Park Chang-sun Compositing Artist
Atsushi Okubo Online Editor
Yuichi Takahashi Key Animation
Shoko Nishigaki Key Animation
Takayuki Hamada Key Animation
Teiichi Kato Key Animation
Toma Kimura Second Unit First Assistant Director, Key Animation, Animation
Nobutake Ito Key Animation
Hirofumi Okita Key Animation
Eri Kinoshita Key Animation, Animation
Yoshiyuki Hayashi Sound Recordist
Takashi Kojima Animation Director, Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director, Key Animation
Abel Góngora Key Animation, Animation
Tomoko Momose Assistant Art Director, Background Designer
Ken Yamamoto Key Animation
Ayaka Nakamura Color Designer
Yukiko Akai Assistant Art Director
Sayuri Niki Assistant Art Director
Koji Kasamatsu Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Mika Yamaguchi Foley Artist
Kiyoshi Hirose Editor
Yushi Honjo Assistant Art Director
Makoto Ota Assistant Art Director
Reiko Yoshida Screenplay
Fuga Yamashiro Second Unit First Assistant Director
Park Sang-yeon Background Designer
Lee Cheon-bok Background Designer
Naruyo Kiriyama Background Designer
Takayuki Kotani Background Designer
Hiromichi Ito Background Designer
Kuniaki Nemoto Background Designer
Daiki Ito Background Designer
Akira Yamakawa Background Designer
Shiori Iwahara Background Designer
Yuma Akasu Compositing Artist
Tan Xiaohui Compositing Artist
Park Jung-ah Background Designer
Hitomi Haga Background Designer
Junko Ina Background Designer
Saho Yamane Background Designer
Zhong Quanbin Background Designer
Lu Jiafang Background Designer
Tsuyoshi Nakatani Background Designer
Mizuki Iwai Background Designer
Kazuto Izumita Compositing Artist
Akiyo Yamaura Compositing Artist
Misaki Enokida Assistant Editor
Sakura Takayama Key Animation
Kenji Zemba Key Animation, Animation
Izumi Murakami Key Animation
Yuki Yonemori Key Animation
Karin Noguchi Key Animation, Animation
Kunihiko Hamada Key Animation
Naoyuki Asano Key Animation
Hisako Tsurukubo Key Animation
Shingo Yamashita Key Animation
Nozomi Tachibana Key Animation
Kensuke Watanabe Key Animation
Masaaki Yuasa Director
Jeong In-seon Key Animation
Shoko Takahata Key Animation, Animation
Hiroyuki Aoyama Key Animation
Satoshi Nakano Key Animation
Keisuke Kojima Key Animation
Takayo Nishimura Key Animation
Kanchi Suzuki Key Animation
Kenta Miya Key Animation
Michiru Oshima Original Music Composer
Pham Quan Background Designer
Shinnosuke Saito Animation
Naoki Yoshibe Key Animation
Naoya Wada Key Animation
Akihiro Sueda Key Animation
Yuko Matsui Key Animation
Soichiro Kubo Key Animation
Shihomi Matsubayashi Key Animation
Moaang Key Animation
Name Title
Yuka Okayasu Producer
Yoshihiko Taneda Executive Producer
Eunyoung Choi Producer
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Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 4 20 26 14
2024 5 21 27 15
2024 6 24 47 16
2024 7 29 52 16
2024 8 21 31 15
2024 9 15 25 11
2024 10 22 38 13
2024 11 17 36 10
2024 12 19 26 15
2025 1 20 25 14
2025 2 14 21 3
2025 3 6 21 1
2025 4 4 10 1
2025 5 3 11 1
2025 6 3 6 2
2025 7 2 3 1
2025 8 2 5 1
2025 9 3 5 2
2025 10 4 4 4

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2025 9 711 840

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Reviews

nihil
10.0

Got to watch it in Fantasia 2019! Riding a Wave with You is a touching story on how people live life, drawing some power from visual metaphors along the way. I personally have watched too much anime, that I can no longer pick up new series without readily detecting the writing patterns the l ... ast 10 or so years have tired me with. Riding a Wave with You, however, breaks away from all these writing weaknesses, and offers you a fresh new story, devoid of today's mainstream anime drivel. It is a good pick to watch if you can, so I would highly recommend it!

Jun 23, 2021