New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning

Overview

The Kimagure Orange Road series centers on a teenage romantic triangle: Hikaru and Madoka were best friends until they fell for Kyosuke, an understated hero with psychic powers. In 1991, the 19-year-old Kyosuke is struck by car and propelled three years into the future, where he tries to understand the changes that have taken place in his world. Madoka and Hikaru have grown up to become a promising songwriter and a student of drama and dance, respectively; the older Kyosuke is a student-photographer on assignment in Bosnia. The problem of two Kyosukes coexisting is played for laughs, including a sequence where the 22-year-old Kyosuke counsels his younger self. The filmmakers expect the viewer to know the characters from the OAVs, although designs have been changed. The result is a Pax-style romantic fantasy, rather than a sci-fi adventure.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 1, 1996

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Nippon Television Network Corporation,VAP,Pierrot

Cast

Toru Furuya,Eriko Hara,Hiromi Tsuru,Chieko Honda,Kenichi Ogata,Michie Tomizawa,Reiko Suzuki,Yasunori Matsumoto,Hiroko Konishi,Isshin Chibaand 6 more

Director

Kunihiko Yuyama

Writer

Kenji Terada,Izumi Matsumoto

Producer

Masamichi Fujiwara,Mitsuru Oshima,Yuji Nunokawa,Nobuhisa Sakata,Reiko Fukakusa,Kiichirou Yamazaki,Masako Fukuyo,Chuji Nakajima

Cinematography

Toshiyuki Fukushima

Music

Yuki Kajiura

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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