The teaser features leading characters Kaoru Tono and Anzu Hanashiro making a deal to enter Urashima Tunnel for their respective wishes.
By: Nicole S. Castro on April 27, 2022 at 12:07 PHT
A teaser trailer has been released for upcoming anime film The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (Romaji: Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi), which premieres in Japan on Sept. 9, 2022.
The story features main characters Kaoru Tono (CV: Oji Suzuka), a boy coping with the loss of his sister, Karen, and Anzu Hanashiro (CV: Marie Iitoyo), a girl who transfers to his school due to certain issues. At their school, there is a popular urban legend about the Urashima Tunnel, wherein whoever enters the tunnel gets their wish granted in exchange for never aging. The two decide to work together to enter the tunnel in order to fulfill their respective wishes.
The film will be directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, who is famous for working on Akudama Drive and Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna. Production will be handled by animation studio CLAP (Pompo: The Cinéphile).
The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbye (Japanese: 夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口) originated as a Japanese light novel written by Mokune Hachi and illustrated by Kukka, published by Shogakukan under its Gagaga Bunko imprint in July 2019.
A manga adaptation, titled The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbye: Ultramarine, illustrated by Koudon, started serialization in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-X in July 2020.
Staff (film)
Original work: Makune Hachi's "The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbye" (serialized in Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko)
Character draft/original illustrations: Kukka
Director: Tomohisa Taguchi
Character design/Animation director: Tomomi Yabuki
Animation directors: Seiji Tachikawa, Tomomi Yabuki, Michio Hasegawa, Yasuhisa Kato
Props design: Kazumi Inadome
Performance direction: Kanji Miyake
Color design: Saori Goda
Art setting: Eiko Tsunado (Kusanagi)
Art board: Daiki Kuribayashi (Kusanagi)
Art director: Yuuki Hatakeyama (Kusanagi)
Cinematographer: Hoshinoko
CG: Chiptune
Editor: Akinori Mishima
Music: Harumi Fuuki
Sound director: Satoki Iida
Sound production: Studio Mausu
Sound production supervisor: Kana Uzawa
Setting production: Shingo Nishikawa
Production: Akinosuke Kanezawa, Keijiro Taguchi, Makiko Mameda
Film producer: Ryoichiro Matsuo
Animation production: CLAP
Distribution: Pony Canyon
Source: The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes official Twitter, official website, AniradioPlus
NICOLE S. CASTRO
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Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.
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