is a Japanese novel by

Tamio Kageyama was a Japanese writer. The former television script writer and essayist won the 99th Naoki Prize in 1988 for his novel '' Coo: Tooi Umi Kara Kita Coo''. The novel was later adapted into an animated film. Kageyama also contributed to the films '' ...

. It won the

Naoki Prize The Naoki Prize, officially , is a Japanese literary award presented biannually. It was created in 1935 by Kikuchi Kan, then editor of the ''Bungeishunjū'' magazine, and named in memory of novelist Naoki Sanjugo. Sponsored by the Society for t ...

in 1988. It was adapted into an

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film named , released in 1993 by

Toei Animation () is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' '' GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' '' Mazinger Z'', '' Galaxy Express 999'', '' Cutie Honey'', '' Dr. Slu ...

. The story revolves around a boy who finds a baby plesiosaur.

Characters

*Yusuke is 12-year-old boy. *Coo is a baby plesiosaur. *Tetsuo Obata is a marine biologist *Contseau is a dog. *Catherine "Cathy" Ono is a

Japanese-Canadian are Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Canadians are mostly concentrated in Western Canada, especially in the province of British Columbia, which hosts the largest Japanese community in the country with the majority of them livin ...

woman who works for the Coast Guard and "Green Earth". *Col. Nolver is a celebrity among them. *Dr. Davard Duvall is a marine biologist. *Rooslean is a captain of the French navy.

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* 1988 Japanese novels 1993 anime films Drama anime and manga Films based on Japanese novels Japanese novels adapted into films Novels set in Oceania Plesiosaurs in fiction Japanese animated films Toei Animation films {{anime-film-stub