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Madang-Eul Naon Amtalg

2011, Movie, 1 ep, 72%

Both have Animals.

A Korean animation about a hen named Leafie who lives and works on an egg farm who dreams of freedom outside her change. One day she fakes her own death to escape the farm

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Manga for fans of Swimming to Sea

1-nichi Go ni Shinu Gorilla2021, Manga, 3 ch, 83% Aoashi2015, Manga, 410 ch, 87% That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime2015, Manga, ongoing, 82% Yotsuba&!2003, Manga, ongoing, 89% Moriarty the Patriot2016, Manga, ongoing, 84% Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind1982, Manga, 59 ch, 86% Three Days of Happiness2016, Manga, 18 ch, 86% Nan Hao Shang Feng2019, Manga, ongoing, 84%

About Swimming to Sea

2012, Movie, 1 ep, 64%, E-DEHI Animation Studio

A mackerel from the sea attempts to escape from a restaurant! Padak is a mackerel from the sea, who is caught in a net and gets dumped into a restaurant tank. An old flatfish is the only one that's survived very long. He gains the trust of other fish with his survival skills. Thanks to Padak, who attempts to make it back to the ocean, the peace in the tank is shattered and conflicts with the old flatfish get bigger and bigger.

(Source: IMDb)

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