Boys Love Anime Film Umibe no Étranger Set Its Release Date for September 11, 2020

Along with a new teaser visual featuring its two protagonist boys who sit together on a bench against the clear blue sky with large cumulonimbus, the official website for the forthcoming anime film adaptation of Kii Kanna's boys love manga Umibe no Étranger / L'étranger du plage announced today that it is set to be released in Japanese theaters on September 11, 2020.

The site has also confirmed that Taishi Murata (Volo Levantein in Sword Art Online: Alicization) and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Kirito in Sword Art Online), who played the two protagonists: Shun Hashimoto and Mio Chibana in the previously-released drama CD in 2016, will reprise their roles in the film.

The anime film Umibe no Étranger / L'étranger du plage is the third title from Fuji TV's boys love anime label BLUE LYNX, following Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai – The Clouds Gather (February 2020) and Given (May 2020). The original manga author Kanna is attached to the anime project as supervisor and character designer. Akiyo Ohashi (Sakura Capsule) serves as director at Studio Hibari (Clean Freak! Aoyama kun).

The tagline: "It is not special, I'm just falling love with you."

【ティザービジュアル＆公開日解禁】#海辺のエトランゼの公開日が
9月11日（金）に決定！

青空に大きな入道雲が印象的な背景と、ベンチに座る駿と実央が
描かれたティザービジュアルも解禁✨https://t.co/DpbwHd5Us0 #BLUELYNX pic.twitter.com/JoWgz3fPaZ
— 映画『海辺のエトランゼ』 (@etranger_anime) March 30, 2020

Synopsis:

Its story centers on a high school student Mio Chibana, who has no parents, and a rookie gay novelist Shun Hashimoto. The two met on the beach of an isolated island in Okinawa. But when they finally got closer to each other, Mio had to leave the island. Three years later, when Mio returns to the island, he expresses his feeling toward for Shun, then their relationship begin to change.

Teaser trailer: