Waiting in the Summer (manga)

Waiting in the Summer (あの夏で待ってるAno Natsu de Matteru) is a 2012 Japanese anime television series animated by J.C.Staff, produced by Genco and Geneon, and directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai. The screenplay was written by Yōsuke Kuroda with original character design by Taraku Uon, who both contributed in the creation of the Please! franchise (Please Teacher! and Please Twins!). The 12-episode series aired in Japan between January and March 2012 on TV Aichi and KBS. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime for release in North America. The staff of the anime returned to produce an original video animation episode in August 2014. A manga adaptation illustrated by Pepako Dokuta was serialized in ASCII Media Works‘ Dengeki Daioh magazine.

Media

Anime

The Waiting in the Summer anime television series directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai and produced by J.C.Staff and Genco began airing in Japan on January 10, 2012 on the TV Aichi and KBS television networks. The screenplay was written by Yōsuke Kuroda, who originally conceived the series with original character designer Taraku Uon. Masayoshi Tanaka based the character design used in the anime on Uon’s concepts. The music was mainly produced by Maiko Iuchi, with other members of I’ve Sound, and the sound director is Jin Aketagawa. The opening theme is “Sign” sung by Ray, featuring lyrics written by Kotoko and composed by Shinji Orito of Key. The ending theme is “Vidro Moyō” (ビードロ模様) sung by Nagi Yanagi, who also wrote the lyrics, and is composed by Tomoyuki Nakazawa of I’ve Sound. The single for “Sign” was released on February 8, 2012, and the single for “Vidro Moyō” was released on February 29, 2012. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime for release in North America, and Crunchyroll is streaming the series in North and South America. Madman Entertainment licensed the series for release in Australia and New Zealand. The staff of the anime returned to produce an original video animation episode released with the Blu-ray box set on August 29, 2014. Sentai Filmworks re-released the series with an English dub on August 20, 2019.

Internet radio show

An internet radio show to promote Waiting in the Summer called Ichika to Rinon no Natsu Machi Radio (イチカとりのんのなつまちラジオIchika and Rinon’s Waiting for Summer Radio) had a pre-broadcast on December 26, 2011. It ran for 12 weekly broadcasts between January 16 and April 30, 2012. Produced by Hibiki Radio Station, the show was hosted by Haruka Tomatsu (the voice of Ichika Takatsuki) and Rina Hidaka (the voice of Rinon).

Print

manga adaptation illustrated by Pepako Dokuta was serialized between the March 2012 and February 2013 issues of ASCII Media Works‘ Dengeki Daioh magazine. ASCII Media Works released three tankōbon volumes from March 27, 2012 to February 27, 2013. Media Factory published two light novels, written by Ichika Toyogawa with illustrations by Taraku Uon: the first on March 22, 2012 and the second on July 23, 2012. An art book titled The Art of Natsu de Matteru (The Art of あの夏で待ってる) was published by Mitsumura Suiko Shoin on July 18, 2012.

 

Waiting in the Summer
Waiting in the Summer BD 1 cover.jpg

Cover of first BD volume featuring Ichika Takatsuki
あの夏で待ってる
(Ano Natsu de Matteru)
Genre Dramaromantic comedyscience fiction
Anime television series
Directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai
Produced by Mitsutoshi Ogura
Yūji Matsukura
Ryūtarō Kawakami
Written by Yōsuke Kuroda
Music by I’ve Sound
Maiko Iuchi
Studio J.C.Staff
Licensed by
Original network TVAKBSAT-XTokyo MXBS11Sun TV
English network
Original run January 10, 2012 – March 27, 2012
Episodes 12 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by I*Chi*Ka
Illustrated by Pepako Dokuta
Published by ASCII Media Works
Magazine Dengeki Daioh
Demographic Shōnen
Original run March 2012 – February 2013
Volumes 3
Original video animation
Directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai
Written by Yōsuke Kuroda
Music by Maiko Iuchi
Studio J.C. Staff
Licensed by
Released August 29, 2014
Runtime 27 minutes

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