History Trivia / OceanWaves

* CreatorsOddball: Is the first made-for-TV movie they've done and the first film to not be directed by either Creator/HayaoMiyazaki or Creator/IsaoTakahata, but rather by a younger staff member. Tomomi Mochizuki. The effort was considered unsuccesful.
* ColbertBump: Eliquorice's [[https://youtu.be/VbFnvTiHLw8 essay of the film]] caused interest in the film to skyrocket after remaining largely in obscurity prior.

* TroubledProduction: The film was originally intended by Ghibli to be a cheap and quick TV film to train their younger staff members by letting them work on their own film, however the film ended up going over schedule and over budget and the project even caused its director, Tomomi Mochizuki, to get peptic ulcer disease due to how stressful it all was. Ultimately, the production ended up being a disaster that caused Ghibli to not do such a project again for several decades afterwards.

* TroubledProduction: The film was originally intended by Ghibli to be a cheap and quick TV film to train their younger staff members by letting them work on their own film, however the film ended up going over schedule and over budget and the project even caused its director, Tomomi Mochizuki, to get peptic ulcer disease due to how stressful it all was. Ultimately the production ended up being a disaster that went against the film's original intent and caused Ghibli to not do such a project again for several decades afterwards.

* GenreKiller: The film Is Creator/StudioGhibli's first and for years, only made-for-TV film due to how much of a disaster the film's production was. It would be nearly 3 decades before Ghibli would attempt another one in the form of Goro Miyazaki's ''Earwig and the Witch'' in 2021.

* GenreKiller: The film Is Creator/StudioGhibli's first and for years, only made-for-TV film due to how much of a disaster the film's production was. It would be nearly 3 decades before Ghibli would attempt another one in the form of Goro Miyazaki's ''Earwig and the Witch'' in 2020.

* GenreKiller: The film Is Creator/StudioGhibli's first and for years, their only made-for-TV film due to how much of a disaster the film's production was. It would be nearly 3 decades before Ghibli would attempt another one in the form of Goro Miyazaki's ''Earwig and the Witch'' in 2020.

* TroubledProduction: The film was originally intended by Ghibli to be a cheap and quick TV film to train their younger staff members by letting them work on their own film, however the film ended up going over schedule and over budget and the project even caused it's director, Tomomi Mochizuki, to get peptic ulcer disease due to how stressful it all was. Ultimately the production ended up being a disaster that went against the film's original intent and caused Ghibli to not do such a project again for several decades afterwards.

* TroubledProduction: The film was originally intended by Ghibli to be a cheap and quick TV Film to train their younger staff members by letting them work on their own film, however the film ended up going over schedule and over budget and the project even caused it's director, Tomomi Mochizuki, to get peptic ulcer disease due to how stressful it all was. Ultimately the production ended up being a disaster that went against the film's original intent and caused Ghibli to not do such a project again for several decades afterwards.

* TroubledProduction: The film was originally intended by Ghibli to be a cheap and quick TV Film to train their younger staff members by letting them work on their own film, however the film ended up going over schedule and over budget and the project, even caused it's director, Tomomi Mochizuki, to get peptic ulcer disease due to how stressful it all was. Ultimately the production ended up being a disaster that went against the film's original intent and caused Ghibli to not do such a project again for several decades afterwards.

* TroubledProduction: The film was originally intended by Ghibli to be a cheap and quick TV Film to train their younger staff members by letting them work on their own film, however the film ended up going over schedule and over budget and the project, even caused it's director, Tomomi Mochizuki, to get Peptic ulcer disease due to how stressful it all was. Ultimately the production ended up being a disaster that went against the film's original intent and caused Ghibli to not do such a project again for several decades afterwards.

* GenreKiller: The film Is Creator/StudioGhibli's first and for years, their only made for TV film due to how much of a disaster the film's production was. It would be nearly 3 decades before Ghibli would attempt another one in the form of Goro Miyazaki's ''Earwig and the Witch''.

* GenreKiller: The film Is Creator/StudioGhibli's first and for years, was their only made for TV film due to how much of a disaster the film's production was. It would be nearly 3 decades before Ghibli would attempt another one in the form of Goro Miyazaki's ''Earwig and the Witch''.

* LateExportForYou: It took around ''23'' years for the film to get a release outside of Japan and in the US with the film originally releasing in May 1993 in Japan and than in the west via GKIDS on December 2016.

* GenreKiller: The film Is Creator/StudioGhibli's first and for years, was their only made for TV film due to how much of a disaster the film was. It would be nearly 3 decades before Ghibli would make another one in the form of ''Earwig and the Witch''.
* LateExportForYou: It took around ''23'' years for the film to get a release in the west with the film originally releasing in May 1993 in Japan and December 2016 in the west via GKIDS.