description Waiting in the Summer Overview
While testing out his camera on a bridge one summer night, Kaito Kirishima 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. Dazed and confused, Kaito wakes up the next morning wondering how he ended up back in his own room with no apparent 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 their upcoming summer break.
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Is Waiting in the Summer connected to Please Teacher or Please Twins?
Yes, it's widely regarded as a spiritual successor to the Onegai (Please!) series. It shares writer Yousuke Kuroda and includes visual homages and nods to Please Teacher!/Please Twins!, while telling its own original story about an alien girl and a boy making a movie over summer break.
Who directed Waiting in the Summer (Ano Natsu de Matteru)?
Tatsuyuki Nagai directed it—he previously directed Toradora! and went on to direct Anohana and The Anthem of the Heart. The 12-episode original anime aired beginning in January 2012.
Is Ichika Takatsuki really an alien?
Yes. The blue light Kaito Kirishima films on the bridge the night he's injured is tied to Ichika's arrival—she's searching for someone while stranded on Earth. The show blends that sci-fi thread with a quiet story about Kaito and his friends shooting a movie on summer vacation.
Was Waiting in the Summer released in English?
Yes. Sentai Filmworks licensed it for North America and released the 2012 series on home video. It's often searched under its Japanese title, Ano Natsu de Matteru.
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