Spawning a Relationship

In the long-standing tradition of dorky guys who wind up with really unusual girlfriends, GKIDS has recently picked up the North American distribution rights for Chao, a new anime feature film directed by Yasuhiro Aoki. Animation World Network describes it like this: “It’s a story of man-meets-fish, fish falls for man, man is forced by his boss to marry fish to strengthen diplomacy with the sea creatures, fish turns out to be a mermaid princess, and boy very slowly and reluctantly falls for the fish mermaid.” Got all that? Good! Make sure to check out the trailer, then look for it in theaters starting this month.

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