Ao Haru Ride (2014)

Original title

アオハライド

Directed by

Takahiro Miki

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

G

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school girl named Futaba reunites with a boy she liked in middle school. They try to reconnect and navigate their changing feelings for each other.

romanticbittersweetnostalgicgentlesentimentalcoming-of-ageemotional

What happens

Ao Haru Ride (Japanese: アオハライド, Hepburn: Aoharaido; also titled Blue Spring Ride internationally) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Io Sakisaka. It began serialization in the February 2011 issue of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret and ended in February 2015. Ao Haru Ride received several adaptations during its run. A novelization by Akiko Abe ran in Cobalt. In 2014, a limited edition drama CD adaptation was released to promote the then-upcoming anime television series by Production I.G, which aired in July 2014. A live-action film adaptation was later released in December 2014. A live-action television drama adaptation is set to premiere in Q4 2023. Ao Haru Ride was critically acclaimed in Japan and was consistently named one of the best series of 2014 by several manga industry professionals. The series achieved popularity among readers who strongly identified with Futaba's personal growth. The series was also one of the best-selling manga in 2013 and 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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