Waiting in the Summer

The original TV animation “Waiting in the Summer” aired almost 10 years ago, from January to March 2012.

The story of Kaito Kirishima, who started out with a vague feeling of “I don’t have anything, but I want to do something”, meets a special girl and a special summer begins.

The TV animation started airing in January 2012, and other productions from the same period include Nisemonogatari, Symphogear and Kill Me Baby. Events were also held at the time in the city of Komoro, where the film was set, and a wrapping train was in operation.

In this article, we would like to share with you the appeal of the TV animation “Waiting in the Summer”.

I only became aware of “Waiting in the Summer” when it started airing and I saw the commercials. I was intrigued by the commercials and tried to watch it, but I had already missed the first few episodes and, although I am not a perfectionist, I gave up watching it because I knew I shouldn’t miss even one episode of an anime. However, I had made up my mind to watch it one day. The feeling was so strong that the opening theme ‘Sign’, which was occasionally played in commercials, played in my head. It is also the first anime I added to my list of things I want to watch.

The protagonist, Kaito Kirishima, started making independent films out of a desire to do something. Then a new student, Ichika Takatsuki, appears, overlapping with Kaito’s dim memories. The independent film production accelerates with Ichika and Remon Yamano, Tetsuro Ishigaki, Kanna Tanigawa and Mio Kitahara. With each thought in mind.

Ichika begins to lodge at Kaito’s house and the distance between the two grows closer. However, they should be thinking of each other, but they don’t mesh. Kaito is depressed about this. Then Kanna appears. Thoughts that leave when you think they have shrunk. However, the more adversity they overcome, the closer they become.

Mixed feelings of each

Independent film overlapping with reality. However, there is no script in reality and their respective thoughts are intertwined. The lyrics of the ending theme ‘Vidro Moyō’ come to mind. Then Kaori and her friends appear, who have something that Kaito does not have. Influenced by Kaori and her friends, Mio expresses her feelings, and Ichika admits her own feelings.

Remon looks down on these Kaito and his friends and plots something. With the help of Remon, Kanna tries to express her feelings.

Ichika’s confession

Meeting Kaori and her friends had a positive impact on her and things were going well, but an unexpected event happened that hurt Kaito. Ichika feels responsible for this and confesses to Kaito and his friends. Kaito is convinced that his own dim memories are solid and knows why Ichika approached him.

Ichika cannot afford to hurt the mariners any more, so she turns away from them, giving them a reason for her being here. Then Kanna appears, who understands Ichika’s feelings. Meanwhile, Kaito, who has been unable to get close to Ichika, goes to Karuizawa to make an independent film, where he meets Remon.

TV animation Waiting in the Summer: production information

Delivery information

Available on d-Anime Store, U-NEXT and Hulu.
Also available on various other distribution platforms.

Introduction

The sky is very blue and clear.
The thunderhead welled up enough to hide the mountains over there.
It’s the usual, our city scene.
But I think it was an irreplaceable ‘summer’.

The boy had a vague feeling that he had nothing, but wanted to do something.
So I’m in the process of discussing with my colleagues about making a film.
Then a ‘special’ girl came to town.
And.
The boys’ feelings were made ‘special’.

The boy’s name is Kaito Kirishima.
The girl’s name is Ichika Takatsuki.

Their summer begins.
We’ll be waiting for you that summer.

Staff

original work：I＊Chi＊Ka
director：Tatsuyuki Nagai
script：Yousuke Kuroda
character draft：Taraku Uon
character design：Masayoshi Tanaka
mechanical design：Kanetake Ebikawa
art director：Ayu Kawamoto
art setting：Sue Nobuhito
color setting：Maya Muranaga
cinematographer：Okouchi Yoshio
editing：Nisiyama Sigeru
sound director：Jin Aketagawa
sound production：Magic Capsule
music：I’ve sound/Maiko Inouchi
music production：Geneon Universal
produce：GENCO
animation production：J.C.STAFF
production：natsumachiProduction Committee

Main cast

Ichika Takatsuki：Haruka Tomatsu
Kaito Kirishima：Nobunaga Shimazaki
Kanna Tanigawa：Kaori Ishihara
Tetsuro Ishigaki：Hideki Ogihara
Mio Kitahara：Kana Asumi
Remon Yamano：Yukari Tamura
Rinon：Rina Hidaka