Series synopsis
Waiting in the Summer, also known as あの夏で待ってる is a Japanese animation comedy drama sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on TV Aichi on January 10, 2012. It ended on March 27, 2012. It stars Haruka Tomatsu, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kaori Ishihara and Hideki Ogihara.
While testing out his camera on a bridge one summer night, Kaito sees a blue light streaking across the sky, only to be blown off the railing seconds later. Just before succumbing to unconsciousness, a hand reaches down to grab ahold of his own. He woke up the next morning wondering how he ended up back in his own room with no injuries or any recollection of the night before. As he proceeds with his normal school life, Kaito and his friends discuss what to do with his camera, finally deciding to ...
Premise
While testing out his camera on a bridge one summer night, Kaito sees a blue light streaking across the sky, only to be blown off the railing seconds later. Just before succumbing to unconsciousness, a hand reaches down to grab ahold of his own. He woke up the next morning wondering how he ended up back in his own room with no injuries or any recollection of the night before. As he proceeds with his normal school life, Kaito and his friends discuss what to do with his camera, finally deciding to make a film with it over the summer break. Noticing that Kaito has an interest in the new upperclassmen Ichika Takatsuki, his friend Tetsurou decides to invite her, as well as her friend Remon Yamano, to join them in their project.
In what becomes one of the most entertaining and exciting summers of their lives, Kaito and his friends find that their time spent together is not just about creating a film, but something much more meaningful that will force them to confront their true feelings.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Haruka Tomatsu as Ichika Takatsuki (voice)
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kaito Kirishima (voice)
- Kaori Ishihara as Kanna Tanigawa (voice)
- Hideki Ogihara as Tetsurou Ishigaki (voice)
- Kana Asumi as Mio Kitahara (voice)
- Yukari Tamura as Remon Yamano (voice)
- Rina Hidaka as Rinon (voice)
- Aya Hisakawa as Nanami Kirishima (voice)
Supporting cast
- Yui Horie as Emika Takatsuki (voice)
- Ai Kayano as Kaori Kinoshita (voice)
- Yuka Iguchi as Chiharu Arisawa (voice)
- Fuyuka Ono as Manami Ogura (voice)
- Shinji Kawada as Satoshi Ogura (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | August 29, 2014 | August 29, 2014 |
| Season 1 | 12 | January 10, 2012 | March 27, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
In Our Last Summer of High School, We Await That Summer Tetsuro finds a reel of film at Kaito's house and it brings back the memories of time past. |
August 29, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I Can't, Senpai While testing his high-speed film video camera, second year high school student Kaito Kirishima sees a bright blue light, then an impact has blown him off of his footing and beyond the railings. He sees a hand grabbing his as he fell, bloodied, only to wake up in his futon the next day. At his school, a transfer student named Ichika Takatsuki comes to a third year class. Somehow the both of them has a familiarity with each other when his classmate Tetsurō approaches her and her classmate Lemon Yamano, proposing that she joins a movie project he and Kaito are planning. She accepts it without hesitation, and Lemon volunteers to write the script. Kaito's classmates Kanna Tanigawa and Mio Kitahara volunteered later. When Kaito goes to test his camera after class, he finds Ichika fishing in the river. He finds out that she has nowhere to go, so he unwittingly offered her to stay at his house, given that his sister will be away for three months. |
January 10, 2012 |
| 2 |
Together With Senpai... In this episode Ichika is revealed to be an alien journeying to look for a certain scenery that she has been seeing in her imagination. She crash lands on Earth when her spacecraft hits space debris. Meanwhile, Nanami awakens, saying she has had a dream about Kaito being hugged by a naked girl in a ball of light. Nanami gets to know Ichika, and out of nervousness the latter almost reveals that she is an alien, but manages to convince them that she is a foreign student. Listening to her story, Nanami lets her move in with them, since she will be away for quite some time, and she was looking for someone to take care of Kaito. Kanna was surprised to hear it, even thinking it to be some sort of a wedding arrangement in exasperation. After seeing Nanami off the next day, and right after shopping for clothes for Ichika, Kaito finds Lemon, Tetsurō, Mio and Kanna inside the house--to talk about the movie project. |
January 17, 2012 |
| 3 |
Senpai Says... Kaito seems to be frustrated with his failed attempt to confess to Ichika, so he decides to ditch school, telling her to leave him alone for awhile. Worried, Kanna goes to visit him at his house. It turned out into a date as the two went to Karuizawa. Ichika sees them from a distance and follows them. Kanna had to leave Kaito when she finds out Lemon has been filming their "date." It so happened that Ichika crosses paths with Kaito. Nervous of the prospect that she wants to talk to him, he runs away from her, and a chase ensues. It was all about a misunderstanding--that Kaito wants to know Ichika's secret, while Ichika wants to know who dumped Kaito. When Kaito took some footage of Ichika, it turned out into some sort of an informal confession. Shocked, Kaito stops filming her. |
January 24, 2012 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Aichi |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 10, 2012 |
| Last aired | March 27, 2012 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 01:30:00 |