Drifting Home

Alternate Titles

雨を告げる漂流団地
Ame wo Tsugeru Hyoryu Danchi

Synopsis

Kosuke and Natsume are childhood friends who grew up together like siblings. But when the two enter sixth grade and Kosuke’s grandfather passes away, they begin to have a falling out. One day during summer vacation, Kosuke and his classmates sneak into an abandoned apartment complex that is to be demolished, which happens to be the same one where he and Natsume grew up. Kosuke unexpectedly runs into Natsume there, who tells him of the existence of a mysterious boy named Noppo. Suddenly, they are caught in a strange phenomenon and find themselves in the middle of a vast ocean, with the apartment complex adrift on a mysterious sea. Now, the group of friends will have to team up in order to survive and get back home.

Background

Drifting Home is an upcoming feature-length theatrical anime being produced by Studio Colorido. It is being directed by Hiroyasu Ishida and features Hayashi Mori and Hiroyasu Ishida handling the screenplay, Akihiro Nagae designing the characters, and Umitaro Abe composing the music. The movie will be released theatrically in Japan on Sep. 16, 2022 and will also be streamed worldwide exclusively through Netflix starting the same day.

Characters

Kosuke Kumagaya (Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura)
Kosuke is a sixth grader in elementary school. He grew up together with Natsume in the same apartment complex and the two are as close as siblings. But they begin fighting over the apartments being demolished and his grandfather Yasuji passing away. He is a member of the soccer club and plays forward together with Natsume.

Natsume Tonai (Voiced by: Asami Seto)
Natsume is childhood friends with Kosuke and grew up together in the same apartment complex. She is close to his grandfather Yasuji and sees him like family. She can’t accept that the apartments are to be demolished.

Noppo (Voiced by: Ayumu Murase)
A young boy who appears at the apartments that are to be demolished. Natsume calls him “Noppo-kun” due to his tall height.

Yuzuru Tachibana (Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita)
Yuzuru is a quiet boy and is classmates with Kosuke. He always hangs out together with Kosuke and Taishi. Due to being the eldest of four siblings, he often acts as mediator between them.

Taishi Koiwai (Voiced by: Yumiko Kobayashi)
Taishi is classmates with Kosuke and is as energetic and playful as a puppy. He can sometimes go a bit overboard, to Kosuke and Yuzuru’s exasperation.

Reina Haba (Voiced by: Inori Minase)
Reina is a determined girl and is classmates with Kosuke. She is curious about Kosuke and often snaps at Natsume, who is always by his side. She loves going to amusement parks with her father.

Juri Ando (Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa)
Juri is a quiet girl and is classmates with Kosuke. She has been best friends with Reina since they were little and has developed a habit of looking out for her.

Yasuji Kumagaya (Voiced by: Bin Shimada)
Yasuji is Kosuke’s grandfather. He lived in the same apartment complex for 60 years. He treats Natsume as if she is his granddaughter. He passes away at the same time that the apartments are to be demolished. His hobby was photography.

Satoko Tonai (Voiced by: Nana Mizuki)
Satoko is Natsume’s mother. She worries about Natsume and is an awkward workaholic.

Music

Insert Song: “Natsugare” by Zutto Mayonaka de Iinoni

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• Director: Hiroyasu Ishida
• Screenplay: Hayashi Mori, Hiroyasu Ishida
• Unit Director: Atsuto Masuda, Masato Takeuchi, Taku Kimura, Yo Watanabe
• Character Design: Akihiro Nagae
• Character Design Assistant: Fumi Kato
• Animation Director: Akiko Watanabe, Dan Saito, Jie Huang, Kanako Sakaguchi, Koichi Usami, Kotono Hirai, Mayuko Kato, Miki Ogino, Ryosuke Mizuno, Sunao Chikaoka, Takaomi Shinoda, Tetsuya Sakurai, Yukie Nishimura
• Art Director: Kunihiko Inaba
• Color Design: Izumi Hirose
• CG Director: Mayu Takebana
• Director of Photography: Kei Machida
• Editing: Ryota Kinami
• Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
• Music: Umitaro Abe
• Planning: Twin Engine
• Animation Production: Studio Colorido
• Distributor: Giggly Box, Twin Engine