The Best Episodes of The aquatope on white sand

A typhoon approaches as Kukuru locks herself inside Gama Gama to protest its closure.

Director: Yuriko Abe

Writer: Misuzu Chiba

A dolphin is lost in the waters near Tingarla. Kukuru is eager to check up on it, but she is busy preparing for an upcoming project proposal, so the staff take turns visiting the dolphin.

Director: Tetsuo Ichimura

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

A penguin egg is about to hatch at Tingarla. The penguins team is set to stay the night at the aquarium, but Chiyu can’t make it, so Kukuru offers to take her place.

Director: Mitsutaka Noshitani

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

The director announces a new research facility to be built at Tingarla. Two people will be chosen to study at a similar facility in Hawaii.

Director: Yuriko Abe

Writer: Yuka Yamada

It’s Gama Gama Aquarium’s last day, and it’s receiving a lot of visitors. The staff are hard at work to make it memorable.

Director: Tomoaki Ohta, Chihaya Tanaka

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

A year has passed since Gama Gama closed, and Kukuru has found work at Aquarium Tingarla. But for some reason, she’s assigned to Marketing.

Director: Tomoaki Ohta

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

It’s been a while since Kukuru and Fuuka had the same day off, so they host a get-together with their coworkers.

Director: Fumihiko Suganuma

Writer: Misuzu Chiba

Fuuka’s mother comes to Gama Gama Aquarium to take her home, but she isn’t ready to leave just yet.

Director: Shu Honma

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

Haebaru Chiyu is at Gama Gama Aquarium from Aquarium Tingarla to study how they do things, but she butts heads with Kukuru.

Director: Akira Takamura

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

Fuka wanders off to Okinawa after quitting her idol job in Tokyo. There, she meets Kukuru, who is the director at Gama Gama Aquarium.

Director: Yasuo Fujii

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

With shaved ice a success and new visitors drawn to Gama Gama Aquarium, Kukuru’s grandfather insists that the crew take a break.

Director: Mitsutaka Noshitani

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

Fuuka has returned to Okinawa to find a dejected Kukuru, struggling to do well at work.

Director: Tetsuo Ichimura

Writer: Yuka Yamada

Aquarium Tingarla is hard at work preparing to carry out the aquarium wedding project that Kukuru spearheaded.

Director: Tomoaki Ohta, Toshiya Shinohara

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

Fuka finds out why Kukuru is working so hard to keep the aquarium running. She’s asked to feed the penguins for an event, but things don’t go quite as planned.

Director: Tomoaki Ohta

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

Kukuru and the crew brainstorm for ways to attract more visitors to Gama Gama Aquarium. They decide to try selling some sweets.

Director: Yasuyuki Ooishi

Writer: Misuzu Chiba

With the Gama Gama Aquarium soon to be closed, Kukuru is desperate to find ways to keep it afloat. She tries to figure out a way to market the illusions that people had been witnessing there.

Director: Tokihiro Sasaki

Writer: Yuka Yamada

With work not going smoothly and having seen Gama Gama demolished, Kukuru leaves work to go to the sub-islands.

Director: Tomonori Mine

Writer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi

With Grandpa out of town, Kukuru and Fuuka work together to feed and weigh the penguins. Kukuru notices something wrong with one of the penguins, and decides to call the vet, who is on maternity leave.

Director: Tetsuo Ichimura

Writer: Yuko Kakihara

The touch pool, where people are invited to touch sea creatures with their own hands, is the biggest event of the summer at Gama Gama Aquarium. Kukuru, Kai, Kuuya and Fuuka are hard at work to prepare.

Director: Yuriko Abe

Writer: Misuzu Chiba

Karin finds a venue for a traveling aquarium at the pediatrics ward of the local clinic. The head nurse there has a fear of crabs.

Director: Yasuo Fujii

Writer: Misuzu Chiba

Kukuru is tasked with coming up with ideas for an event, but her proposal comes with some serious challenges.

Director: Akira Takamura

Writer: Misuzu Chiba

Akari comes up with an idea for an event at the aquarium, but she doesn’t seem to be particularly enthusiastic. Kukuru wants to change that.

Director: Hayato Sakai

Writer: Yuka Yamada

Having watched the sea turtle hatchlings, Kukuru returns to Tingarla with a renewed sense of purpose, and resumes work on the wedding venue project.

Director: Chihaya Tanaka

Writer: Misuzu Chiba

Aquarium Tingarla is visited by a TV crew who is there to document a penguin hatchling’s growth. Fuuka wants to turn down her opportunity to be on TV again.

Director: Tokihiro Sasaki

Writer: Hitomi Ogawa