Ame wo Tsugeru Hyouryuu Danchi (Drifting Home) reveals new trailer, release date

Studio Colorido revealed a new trailer for Ame wo Tsugeru Hyouryuu Danchi (Drifting Home). According to the video, the film will be released on Netflix worldwide on September 16th, as well as in Japanese theaters on the same day. The trailer includes the insert song ‘Natsugare’ (Summer Slump) by the Japanese band Zutto Mayonaka de Iinoni (ZUTOMAYO), who also performing the theme song.

Drifting Home will be Studio Colorido’s third major anime film. It is directed by Hiroyasu Ishida and based on a script written by Hayashi Mori and Hiroyasu Ishida, with characters designed by Akihiro Nagae and music composed by Umitarou Abe.

Among the cast members of the film are Mutsumi Tamura as Kosuke Kumagaya, Asami Seto as Natsume Tonai, Ayumu Murase as Noppo, Daiki Yamashita as Yuzuru Tachibana, Yumiko Kobayashi as Taishi Koiwai, Inori Minase as Reina Haba, and Kana Hanazawa as Juri Ando.

The following are the individuals who are also involved in the production:

• Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
• Art Director: Kunihiko Inaba
• Color Design: Izumi Hirose
• Director of Photography: Kei Machida
• Animation Director: Sunao Chikaoka, Kotono Hirai, Jie Huang, Mayuko Katou, Mizuno Ryousuke, Yukie Nishimura , Miki Ogino, Kanako Sakaguchi, Takaomi Shinoda, Kouichi Usami, Akiko Watanabe

The film’s description on MyAnimeList is as follows:

“Kousuke and Natsume have been friends since childhood, but as time goes on, the relationship between the two sixth graders seems strained as they keep avoiding each other.

One day during the summer vacation, they visit a housing complex that is scheduled to be demolished. Having grown up there, the place holds a lot of memories, but while playing, they suddenly get caught up in a mysterious phenomenon. When they regain consciousness, they see an entire ocean before them as the housing complex has drifted into a mysterious sea with Kousuke, Natsume, and others in it. Will they be able to return to their previous world? A summer farewell journey begins…”

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