Summer Time Rendering
TV Series2022 · 1 season · 25 episodes · Ended

Summer Time Rendering

Taste attributes: animationdramamysterymonster/alien/supernaturalfantasyfresh & originalimaginaryintricatesurrealglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA larger-than-life animated series that is surreal, layered and polished. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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8.3 /10

TMDB · 47 votes

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Season

Season 1

· 2022 · 25 episodes
Episodes (25)
  1. 1Goodbye, Summer Days15 Apr 2022

    Shinpei returns home for his friend Ushio's funeral. She apparently drowned, but something is off.

  2. 2Shadows22 Apr 2022

    To find out the truth about Ushio's death, Shinpei and Mio head to Hiruko.

  3. 3Drifting Ashore29 Apr 2022

    After being stabbed by Mio's shadow, Shinpei regains consciousness at the docks on July 22nd.

  4. 4Jamais-vu6 May 2022

    Ushio's shadow appears before Shinpei at the summer festival.

  5. 5Maelstrom13 May 2022

    A giant shadow massacres everyone at the Hitogashima Summer Festival and engulfs the whole island.

  6. 6Orbital Resonance20 May 2022

    Hizuru Minakata, the woman on the ferry, returns to Hitogashima Island hoping to solve a mystery.

  7. 7Deadly Enemy27 May 2022

    In order to defeat the Kobayakawa's shadows, Shinpei and Hizuru join forces with Nezu.

  8. 8Memento3 Jun 2022

    Mio's shadow appears before Shinpei and threatens him with a knife.

  9. 9My Flowing Tears10 Jun 2022

    In a video, Ushio and her shadow recount their encounter up to the moment the video is recorded.

  10. 10Into the Darkness17 Jun 2022

    Shinpei gains clues on Mount Takanosu since Ushio and her shadow had gone there.

  11. 11Dinner Time24 Jun 2022

    Ushio, Sou and Shinpei are surrounded by shadows.

  12. 12Bloody Night1 Jul 2022

    Tokiko, Sou's younger sister, reveals she has been offering corpses as food to Hiruko.

  13. 13Friends8 Jul 2022

    It is the fifth July 22nd for Shinpei. Hizuru takes time to process that Shinpei is a time traveler.

  14. 14To Be/Not to Be15 Jul 2022

    Shinpei finds himself in Hizuru's memories from fourteen years ago.

  15. 15Lights Camera Action22 Jul 2022

    Heine, who loops like Shinpei, realizes the pattern of behavior when a new loop begins.

  16. 16Original29 Jul 2022

    Mio proposes to turn the shadows into allies.

  17. 17Determination5 Aug 2022

    Shinpei hears about Shide's identity from Sou's father, Director of Hishigata Clinic.

  18. 18Face to Face12 Aug 2022

    A seventy-year-old photograph reveals the truth.

  19. 19Made in Black19 Aug 2022

    Karikiri and Heine strike. Mio and Hizuru learn of Ushio's death.

  20. 20All is (not) Lost.26 Aug 2022

    Hizuru and Karikiri face off, while Gil and Rose enter the fray.

  21. 21Shinpei Ajiro's Longest Day2 Sep 2022

    Shinpei despairs over Hizuru's death. However, hope is on the horizon.

  22. 22Return9 Sep 2022

    Ushio fully comes back to life. Shinpei heads to Hiruko's grotto.

  23. 23Everlasting Night16 Sep 2022

    After slicing down Heine, Shide brings Shinpei and Ushio to her home.

  24. 24Summertime Re-Rendering23 Sep 2022

    After a fierce battle, Shinpei takes the place of an exhausted Ushio and confronts Shide.

  25. 25[I'm Home]30 Sep 2022

    Shide is gone and Ushio's final iteration must vanish. Shinpei comes to on the morning of July 22nd.

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What lines up

  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
  • Linearity: Surreal / non-linear, where this profile leans linear / logical

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Synopsis

Upon hearing of Ushio's death, Shinpei returns to his hometown of Wakayama City on Hitogashima and reunites with his childhood friend's family. The funeral goes smoothly, but under the surface something strange is brewing on the island. What mysteries await him on this secluded summer island?

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Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

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Details

Genre
Animation
Year
2022
Episode length
24 min
Status
Ended
Studio
MAGES.
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