Ride Your Wave vs The Ugly Stepsister
Ride Your Wave has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.2/10 for The Ugly Stepsister). Ride Your Wave is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 49m. Ride Your Wave is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ride Your Wave
The Ugly Stepsister| Ride Your Wave | The Ugly Stepsister | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Masaaki Yuasa | Emilie Blichfeldt |
| Main cast | Rina Kawaei, Haruki Ishiya, Kentaro Ito, Ryota Katayose, Honoka Matsumoto | Ane Dahl Torp, Ralph Carlsson, Katarzyna Herman, Adam Lundgren, Lea Myren |
Synopsis
Ride Your Wave
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.
The Ugly Stepsister
In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, and she will go to any length to catch the prince’s eye.
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