The Shanghai International Film Festival's Golden Goblet Awards awarded Masaaki Yuasa and Science SARU 's Ride Your Wave ( Kimi to, Nami ni Noretara ) anime film with the Best Animation Film award on Sunday. The judges stated about the film: "An excellent balance of animation, color, and music to tell a surprising and engrossing story filled with magical realism and very genuine and touching acting."

P.A. Works and Mari Okada 's Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms won the award last year.

Ride Your Wave opened in Japan on June 21.

The love story follows Hinako, a college student who moves to a coastal town. She loves surfing, and when she's on the waves she's fearless, but on land she has trouble riding the waves of life. When a fire wreaks havoc in the town, Hinako encounters a firefighter named Minato. Minato can handle almost any task on land, but is a beginner at surfing. As they surf and spend more time together, Hinako feels drawn to someone like Minato who devotes himself to helping other people, and the two start a relationship. However, Minato loses his life in an accident at sea. Despondent, Hinako sings a song about their memories together, and Minato appears again from the water.

Reiko Yoshida ( Lu over the wall , A Silent Voice , Liz and the Blue Bird ) wrote the film's script, and Michiru Oshima ( Patema Inverted , The Night is Short Walk On, Girl ) composed the music. GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE performed the theme song "Brand New Story."

Source: Press release