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Waiting in the Summer (2012)

Waiting in the Summer poster
Original title
あの夏で待ってる
Directed by
Tatsuyuki Nagai
Genre
drama anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 59 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy and his friends decide to help a mysterious girl who has crashed her spaceship near their rural town. They navigate friendship, growing up, and romantic feelings during a summer together.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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