A new key visual has been released for Netflix’s upcoming anime film Drifting Home. The visual spotlights Kousuke Kumagaya and Natsume Tonai on the balcony of the drifting home. The film is set to premiere in Japanese theaters and on Netflix on September 16, 2022.
The new key visual was released alongside a special video featuring music from artist Zutomayo.
The main voice cast will be headlined by Mutsumi Tamura as Kousuke Kumagaya, Asami Seto as Natsume Tonai, Ayumu Murase as Noppo, Daiki Yamashita as Yuzuru Tachibana, Yumiko Kobayashi as Taishi Koiwai, Inori Minase as Reina Haba, and Kana Hanazawa as Juri Ando.
The animated feature is being directed by Penguin Highway‘s Hiroyasu Ishida, who is also in charge of writing the screenplay, along with Hayashi Mori (Cells at Work! Code Black series screenwriter) and Minaka Sakamoto (Babylon scriptwriter). Other staff include Akihiro Nagae (Fastening Days 2 and Puzzle & Dragon TVCM: Fuyu no Seishun hen) as character designer, Fumi Katou (Burn the Witch animation director) as character designer assistant, Kunihiko Inaba (Burn The Witch) as art director, Izumi Hirose (Pokémon: Twilight Wings) as color designer, and Kei Machida (Belle co-photography director) as photography director, and Umitaro Abe (Penguin Highway) as the music composer. Studio Colorido is the animation production company.
Drifting Home is the first of three planned animated films to be produced by Studio Colorido for Netflix. They describe the adventure film as:
Sixth-graders Kosuke and Natsume grew up in the same apartment building as childhood friends. During summer break, while playing in the apartment building that is set to be demolished, they find themselves caught in a strange phenomenon. All they can see around them is a vast sea. Will Kosuke and the others make it back to their world? A journey of farewells in summer has just begun.
Source: Netflix Anime
