7.2/1047 votes#1 - The Tropical Fish Ran Away
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2021
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
7.1/1044 votes#2 - Getting Wet Is Part of the Job
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/2021
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
7.0/1041 votes#3 - Life Begins in the Ocean
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2021
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
7.0/1038 votes#4 - Tropical Fish in Boots
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/30/2021
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
7.3/1039 votes#5 - Mother Arrives
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/6/2021
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
7.1/1035 votes#6 - Sweets Rhapsody
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2021
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
7.2/1032 votes#7 - Ice Cream Toast
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/20/2021
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
7.0/1030 votes#8 - crab crisis
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/27/2021
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
7.3/1030 votes#9 - Cinderella, the Spy
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/3/2021
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
7.1/1029 votes#10 - Abandoned Illusions
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/10/2021
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
8.3/1035 votes#11 - At the End of the Siege
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/17/2021
A typhoon approaches as Kukuru locks herself inside Gama Gama to protest its closure.
Director: Yuriko Abe
Writer: Misuzu Chiba
7.5/1025 votes#12 - Our Oceans Are Endless
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/24/2021
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
7.5/1026 votes#13 - Tingarla in the Far Away Ocean
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/1/2021
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
7.2/1022 votes#14 - Penguin Chaser
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/8/2021
Fuuka has returned to Okinawa to find a dejected Kukuru, struggling to do well at work.
Director: Tetsuo Ichimura
Writer: Yuka Yamada
7.0/1021 votes#15 - The Great Sea Slug Debate
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/15/2021
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
7.6/1023 votes#16 - Shout-Out to the Tattered
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/22/2021
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
7.4/1021 votes#17 - Hangout Spot Kuragefuu
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/29/2021
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
7.0/1021 votes#18 - When the Light Shines
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/5/2021
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
6.8/1022 votes#19 - Goodbye, High Heels
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/12/2021
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
7.7/1022 votes#20 - Lost Plankton
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/19/2021
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
7.1/1021 votes#21 - Dreams of Blue Turtles
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/26/2021
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
7.0/1022 votes#22 - Ready to Return
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/3/2021
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
7.6/1023 votes#23 - The Future of the Aquarium
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/10/2021
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
7.2/1021 votes#24 - The Aquatope on White Sand
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/17/2021
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
The Best Episodes of The aquatope on white sand Season 1
Every episode of The aquatope on white sand Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The aquatope on white sand Season 1!
Kukuru Misakino, an 18-year-old high school girl working in an aquarium, meets Fuuka Miyazawa, a former idol who lost her place in Tokyo and escaped....
Genres:AnimationDramaComedy
Network:Tokyo MX
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Tropical Fish Ran Away" is the best rated episode of "The aquatope on white sand" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Yasuo Fujii and written by Yuko Kakihara, it aired on 7/9/2021. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Getting Wet Is Part of the Job".