Ryuutarou Nakamura's posthumous film based on Jules Verne's 1888 novel Two Years' Vacation. 
 
A group of youngsters find themselves adrift at sea, and after a terrible storm they are cast upon a deserted island, where they must learn to get along with each other in order to survive.

A two-week summer vacation has turned out to be a long struggle for survival. 
&ldquo;The Story of 15 Boys&rdquo; is based on "Deux Ans de Vacances", a unique masterpiece and the only novel that Jules Verne wrote especially for children. Now this story has been animated through the use of leading-edge techniques. 
A drifting sailboat carrying 15 boys is overtaken by a storm and cast ashore on a desert island, where the fifteen boys begin their struggle. Their tough days-full of danger, thrills and fear-drive the boys to distress at times, but also shape them into strong independent people. 
The boys' extraordinary experiences on the island will bring to all young viewers the excitement that they always dream of experiencing themselves. 
(Source: Official Website)

Fifteen young students embark on the boat that should lead them to their families on the coasts of New Zealand. Unfortunately the boat loses its anchor and heads to the open sea in the middle of the night without sailors on it. In the morning, a violent storm prevents the children from sailing back to the harbor. A few days later boat grounds on a deserted island in the Pacific ocean. During 20 months the fifteen children will be left alone and will have to get organized in order to survive. they manage to store up food for the cold winter that will be soon there. Briant, Doniphan, and Gordon lead the group of children who find out that a sailor has lived and died on the island 20 years before.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

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