'Umibe no Étranger' Film Reveals Supporting Cast, Main Visual, Trailer

by Vindstot
Aug 7, 2020 1:15 AM | 10 Comments

The official website of the anime film adaptation of Kanna Kii's Umibe no Étranger (The Stranger by the Beach, L'étranger de la plage) boys' love manga revealed additional cast, the main visual (pictured), and a trailer on Thursday. The film will premiere in theaters in Japan on September 11.

Cast
Sakurako: Yuu Shimamura (Bungou Stray Dogs)
Eri: Kanae Itou (Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai)
Suzu: Sayaka Nakaya (Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai)
Oba-chan: Hana Satou (Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta)

Mina Kubota (Kaleido Star, Nakitai Watashi wa Neko wo Kaburu) is composing the music at Shochiku Music Publishing. J-rock band MONO NO AWARE is performing the theme song "Zokkon."

Voice actors Taishi Murata (Tsukipro The Animation) and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Hitorijime My Hero) are reprising the lead characters Shun Hashimoto and Mio Chibana from the 2016 drama CD, respectively.

Akiyo Oohashi (Houseki no Kuni promotional video) is serving as the director, scriptwriter, and drawing the storyboard at Studio Hibari. Original creator Kanna Kii is in charge of the character designs and supervision.

Kii originally published the boys' love manga as a one-shot, which began serializing in onBLUE in April 2013 and ended the following year. The Harukaze no Étranger (The Stranger in the Spring Breeze, L'étranger du Zéphyr) sequel manga began in the same magazine in July 2014. Shodensha shipped the third volume in July 2017.

Umibe no Étranger marks the third title to be produced under Fuji TV's Blue Lynx label, following Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather (Twittering Birds Never Fly) and the Given sequel film.

Trailer

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kuchitsu said:
Wow, this looks beautfiully drawn and quite mature theme-wise. Gimme gimme gimme!

Have you read the manga? If not, I highly recommend it.

Aug 8, 2020 8:49 PM by zimmercj

Finally an adaptation of a good manga! Looks really good!

Aug 8, 2020 9:45 AM by kaider28

i dont even have to watch it to know that its gonna be a 10/10 LOL

Aug 8, 2020 12:28 AM by KawaiiKatsuu

So looking forward to it. 🌈✨

Aug 7, 2020 7:06 PM by BluaPapilio

Wow,they really did Kanna-sensei's art justice. The colours looks amazing,the theme song cheerful and relaxing,voices are a perfect match. Fingers crossed this turns out good!

Aug 7, 2020 10:56 AM by Nutella71

I've enjoyed the manga, hope it will be the same with the movie.

Aug 7, 2020 8:30 AM by Nikiforova

The art in the first trailer had me worried, but I really love everything here! The art and animation are so pretty! The song was so catchy and happy! Damn it, I can't wait!!

Aug 7, 2020 7:26 AM by FuMomo-kun

The background work looks beautiful..

Aug 7, 2020 6:46 AM by this_shit_again

The manga is great. Hope they do it justice. Excited for this one...

Aug 7, 2020 2:17 AM by Hendy

Wow, this looks beautfiully drawn and quite mature theme-wise. Gimme gimme gimme!

Aug 7, 2020 1:58 AM by kuchitsu