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Chiaki Kobayashi-narrated Trailer for Original Anime Film Summer Ghost Streamed

 

 

The official website for the forthcoming original anime film Summer Ghost has posted a 30-second trailer announcing its Japanese release date of November 12, 2021. It was also confirmed that Chiaki Kobayashi (Makoto Edamura in GREAT PRETENDER) is cast as the film's male protagonist, Tomoya Sugisaki.

 

Summer Ghost is the first film directed by loundraw, an illustrator who has attracted attention from various fields. He made his debut as an illustrator in his teens, then came into the limelight with his illustration works for popular novels such as Yoru Sumino's I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and Tetsuya Sano's You Shine in the Moonlit. Now, at the age of 26, he makes his debut as a film director.

 

 

 

 

Synopsis:

 

"Have you heard of Summer Ghosts?" Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo are high school students who met through the Internet. The urban legend of the Summer Ghost is that it is a ghost of a young woman who appears when fireworks are lit. Tomoya is unable to step out into the life he wants. Aoi is unable to find her place in the world. Ryo's bright future is suddenly closed to him. Each of them has their own reasons for meeting the Summer Ghost. On a summer night when life and death intersect, where will each of their thoughts go to?

 

 

Main staff:

 

  • Original story/Director：loundraw
  • Screenplay: Hirotaka Adachi (Otsuichi)
  • Character design: loundraw
  • Music: Akira Kosemura and others
  • Planning and Production: FLAGSHIP LINE
  • Animation Production: FLAT STUDIO
  • Distribution: Avex Pictures　　

 

 

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Source: "Summer Ghost" official website / Twitter

 

©Summer Ghost

 



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