Moving to a remote island to escape your problems sounds ideal. Until you find a teenager who claims to be from the 1970s.
TMS Entertainment released a new official preview and promotional image for the anime movie adaptation of Akiko Abe’s drama light novels, To You in the Beyond (Doko Yori mo Tooi Basho ni Iru Kimi e).
The material revealed this Monday gives us a taste of the film’s tone, confirmed the main cast, and announced that October 9 is when this film hits Japanese theaters.
The voices behind the island’s secrets
Giving voice to a mystery of this stature requires experience. The production team selected a solid group of actors:
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Kazuki Tsukigase β Umi in Children of the Sea, Akane in Tropical-Rouge! Precure
- Anna Nagase as Nao Akishika β Ushio Kofune in Summer Time Rendering, Riko Amanai in Jujutsu Kaisen
- Simba Tsuchiya as Mikiya Ozaki β Tatara Fujita in Welcome to the Ballroom, Tsutomu Goshiki in Haikyuu!!
- Hiroshi Tamaki as Kozu β Tatsu in The Way of the Househusband, Shinichi Chiaki in live-action Nodame Cantabile
The road to the big screen
Akiko Abe’s light novel launched in . Its impact was steady enough that Shueisha released a manga adaptation in August 2024.
For the film version:
- Junichi Wada β director
- Sayaka Kuwamura β screenplay
- Hechima β character designs
- Shochiku β distribution
What mystery does 1974 hide?
Kazuki Tsukigase needs a reboot. To get away from everyone he knows, he transfers to a high school on a remote, quiet island.
Everything seems fine until he explores a local cove famous for a dark urban legend: people who enter usually disappear without a trace.
There, he finds a girl unconscious. When she wakes, she remembers nothing about her past. Her only anchors to reality:
- Her name: Nao
- Her age: 16
- A date she keeps whispering: 1974
The film focuses on their relationship as they try to unearth the truth.
Does the secret of the cove involve time travel, or does Nao’s missing memory hide something far more earthly β a trauma buried deep?
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