# Waiting in the Summer (2012)

> A group of Japanese high school friends making a summer film finds their project tangled with a mysterious night encounter and their own unspoken feelings.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/38820

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, drama, science fiction
- Network: TV Aichi, KBS Kyoto
- Cast: Haruka Tomatsu, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kaori Ishihara, Hideki Ogihara, Kana Asumi, Yukari Tamura, Rina Hidaka, Aya Hisakawa
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2187287/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: wistful, sincere, nostalgic, gently comic, hopeful

## What critics say

Audiences rate the single season favorably for its summer-romance warmth, likable cast and sci-fi mystery seasoning, though the rating pool is small and the verdict is mixed.

## Synopsis

Waiting in the Summer (2012) is a Japanese animated slice of life series created for TV Aichi and KBS Kyoto, produced by J.C.STAFF. Kaito Kirishima (voice by Nobunaga Shimazaki) wakes up unharmed after a blue light knocks him off a bridge railing, with no memory of how he got home. Back at school, he and his friend Tetsurou Ishigaki (voice by Hideki Ogihara) decide to make a movie with his camera over summer break, and they invite the upperclassman Ichika Takatsuki (voice by Haruka Tomatsu) and her friend Remon Yamano (voice by Yukari Tamura) to join. The engine of the story is the slow, awkward process of making a film together, with each episode built around shoots, planning and everyday friction, while the lingering mystery of that night hums quietly underneath. The twelve-episode run is one continuous season, and it is set in a present-day Japanese town during a single summer. Its tone is sincere, wistful and gently comic, with a nostalgic glow and a light sci-fi undertone. Fans of Your Lie in April, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars will find resonance here in its blend of youthful romance and quiet otherworldly mystery.

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