Kotono WATANABE 渡邉こと乃

Gold Kingdom And Water Kingdom

金の国 水の国

Nippon Animation   ³ 

The feud between the kingdoms of Alhamit and Baikari is supposed to be settled by the arranged marriage of princess Sara and the scholar Naranbayar. Yet an evil scheme threatens to prevent the union, forcing the couple to take the matter into their own hands. In her feature debut, anime director Kotono WATANABE presents an imaginative take on the story of Romeo and Juliet.

金の国 水の国
Kin no kuni mizu no kuni

Japan 2022

117 minutes

Director
Kotono WATANABE

Script
Fumi TSUBOTA based on a manga by Nao IWAMOTO

Music
Evan CALL

About Kotono WATANABE
渡邉こと乃

Kotono WATANABE, born in Gifu Prefecture in 1983, graduated from Aichi University of the Arts in 2007. In the same year, she started working for the renowned Madhouse studio, where she directed the anime series BTOOOM! (2012). GOLD KINGDOM AND WATER KINGDOM (2022 / NC ’23) is her first feature-length anime.