One Summer Story
2021Between competitive swim team practice and cramming for classes the anime Buffalo Kotek is Minami’s only respit from her hectic life. So it feels a lot like kismet when she discovers that her classmate Shohei, and aspiring manga artist, shares her obsession—and that his brother is an amateur detective. It seems as though Minami’s finally formed the perfect team to help her unravel a big mystery of her own, following a recent trail of clues that just might lead to her long lost father. The timing couldn’t be better when an out-of-town swim competition presents itself as the perfect alibi, and she sneaks off to the Japanese coast to discover a whole new side of herself in this bold and charming story of anime, friendship, family, and the life aquatic.
Acted in
Moka Kamishiraishi
as Sakuta Minami
Kanata Hosoda
as Moji Shouhei
Yuki Saito
as Minami's mother
Etsushi Toyokawa
as Minami's biological father
Yudai Chiba
as Moji's older brother
Kanji Furutachi
as Minami's stepfather
Tōru Shinagawa
as Moji's grandfather
Hina Yukawa
as Miyaji
Miyu Tomita
as Koteko (voice)
Daisuke Namikawa
as Count Cement (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
as Mortar (voice)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
as Concretarō (voice)
Show Hayami
as Prince Shōtoku (voice)