Nicole S. Castro

Mar 28, 2022

'Summer Time Rendering' releases 2nd PV for April 2022 broadcast

The second PV features the first opening theme The Stars Swim by Macaroni Empitsu.

By: Nicole S. Castro on March 28, 2022 at 17:23 PHT

A second promotional video has been released for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Yasuki Tanaka's suspense series Summer Time Rendering.

The anime will air in Japan on April 14, 2022 on TOKYO MX and BS11. It is animated by studio OLM and is slated for a total of 25 episodes divided into two cours.

©︎Summer Time Rendering PROJECT

Summer Time Rendering follows protagonist Shinpei Ajiro (CV: Natsuki Hanae), who grew up with sisters Ushio (CV: Anna Nagase) and Mio Kofune (CV: Saho Shirasu) after the death of his parents. While Shinpei is in Tokyo, he is shocked to learn that Ushio has passed away from drowning. He returns to their hometown to find out the true cause of Ushio's death.

The second PV also narrates the superstition that those who catch the "shadow sickness" will be able to see the shadows and eventually die. It also features the first opening theme 「星が泳ぐ」 (Unofficial English: The Stars Swim) by Macaroni Empitsu.

Supporting Cast

  • Hizuru Minamikata (CV: Yōko Hikasa)

  • Ginjirō Nezu (CV: Jin Urayama)

  • Sō Hishigata (CV: Kensho Ono)

  • Sō Hishigata (CV: Maki Kawase)

  • Seidō Hishigata (CV: Akio Ōtsuka)

  • Alan Kofune (CV: Tesshō Genda)

  • Tetsu Totsumura (CV: Yōji Ueda)

  • Masahito Karikiri (CV: Katsuyuki Konishi)

Summer Time Rendering (Japanese: サマータイムレンダ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuki Tanaka. It was serialized on Shueisha's digital magazine Shōnen Jump+ from October 2017 to February 2021.

Staff

  • Original work: Yasuki Tanaka's "Summer Time Rendering" (serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+)

  • Director: Ayumu Watanabe

  • Series composition/Screenplay: Hiroshi Seko

  • Character design: Miki Matsumoto

  • Music: Keiichi Okabe, Ryuichi Takada, Keigo Hoashi

  • Animation production: OLM

Source: Summer Time Rendering official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie

NICOLE S. CASTRO

Author

Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.

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