This is how Rotten Tomatoes describes this OVA (original video animation) movie:
An unnamed young girl, carrying a large egg, wanders about a surreal, nightmarish post-apocalyptic world collecting water in glass bottles.
A man (also nameless), carrying a cross over his shoulder, crosses her path, and begins to follow her around during her daily routine.
Despite her worries for her beloved egg (the contents of which she refuses to tell him), she eventually grows to trust him, even though his intentions remain mysterious.
Sand Whale and Me is the story of a female paratrooper in the distant future who is stranded in a vast desert.
With limited supply of food and water, her only hope is to catch a sand whale from a pack.
If she can’t, her life may just hang in the balance.[1]
The series also has a video game aspect, with portions of each episode featuring 3rd person point of view, similar to 3rd person shooters.
During these portions, there are also status bars in the corners of the screen that show the main character’s health, level, experience, weapon selected and ammunition remaining.
Final Thoughts
I am sorry Mamoru Oshii but this was one of the worst television shows that I watched on television this year, and it was the worst or next to worst show in the Adult SwimToonami lineup this year.
This micro-series was strange, illogical, incoherent, et cetera; it was like watching someone’s crazy nonsensical Japanese comedic dream in the form of a micro television series.
I was hoping that it would be more like a Japanese version of Frank Herbert’s Dune, but instead it ended up being a nonsensical mess that got lost in translation I guess.
One good thing though is that it was a very short television show that was probably less than 30 minutes long, and so I was able to survive watching it; otherwise I would not have watched all of it.
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