Name: Waiting in the Summer
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Rating: 7.6

About this series

While testing out his camera on a bridge one summer night, Kaito sees a blue light streaking across the sky, only to be blown off the railing seconds later. Just before succumbing to unconsciousness, a hand reaches down to grab ahold of his own. He woke up the next morning wondering how he ended up back in his own room with no injuries or any recollection of the night before. As he proceeds with his normal school life, Kaito and his friends discuss what to do with his camera, finally deciding to make a film with it over the summer break. Noticing that Kaito has an interest in the new upperclassmen Ichika Takatsuki, his friend Tetsurou decides to invite her, as well as her friend Remon Yamano, to join them in their project. In what becomes one of the most entertaining and exciting summers of their lives, Kaito and his friends find that their time spent together is not just about creating a film, but something much more meaningful that will force them to confront their true feelings.

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⭐ 7.6/10 57 votes

Quick facts

First Aired

2012

Seasons

Episodes

TMDB Rating

⭐ 7.6/10

Votes

Genre

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Status

Ended

Network

TV Aichi

Language

Seasons

S01E01

I Can't, Senpai

⭐ 6.0

Jan 10, 2012 24 min

While testing his high-speed film video camera, second year high school student Kaito Kirishima sees a bright blue light, then an impact has blown him off of his footing and beyond…

S01E02

Together With Senpai...

⭐ 8.5

Jan 17, 2012 24 min

In this episode Ichika is revealed to be an alien journeying to look for a certain scenery that she has been seeing in her imagination. She crash lands on Earth when her spacecraft…

S01E03

Senpai Says...

⭐ 8.5

Jan 24, 2012 24 min

Kaito seems to be frustrated with his failed attempt to confess to Ichika, so he decides to ditch school, telling her to leave him alone for awhile. Worried, Kanna goes to visit hi…

S01E04

Senpai Was Amazing

⭐ 8.5

Jan 31, 2012 24 min

Things turn awkward the next day, but they try to put it behind them. More complications arrive when Manami, Tetsurō's married sister, takes a homebound Kaito for shopping. Ichika …

S01E05

Senpai Is the Heroine

⭐ 8.5

Feb 7, 2012 24 min

Ichika becomes the heroine of the independent film the gang were planning before summer break. Kaito agrees, while helping Ichika look for that particular place she is looking for.…

S01E06

Senpai Has a Rival

⭐ 8.5

Feb 14, 2012 24 min

As Ichika is pondering on what Tetsurō told Kaito that night, thanks to Tetsurō's sister, filming for their movie goes to Okinawa, where Kaito meets a childhood friend, and Tetsurō…

S01E07

Senpai's Feelings

⭐ 8.5

Feb 21, 2012 24 min

Ichika's worries are banished when she gets to the root of what's going on with Kaori and Kaito; while Miu does her best to protect Tetsurō from a ravenous Chiharu--to a point of r…

S01E08

Senpai's Pinch

⭐ 8.5

Feb 28, 2012 24 min

After Ichika enjoys her first Japanese festival, Lemon pops out of nowhere to challenge everyone to a test of courage at a dark shrine. During the test Rinon appears to Ichika, tel…

S01E09

Senpai

⭐ 8.5

Mar 6, 2012 24 min

After the incident involving the rescue drone Ichika reveals her true identity to Kaito and the gang, and reveals her true intentions on Earth, namely "looking for that place in he…

S01E10

Senpai and Our...

⭐ 8.5

Mar 13, 2012 24 min

As Ichika and Kaito spend some time close together (which Ichika credits to Kanna), a depressed Kanna shuts herself in her room after a visit from Tetsurō, who tells everyone that …

S01E11

Don't Go, Senpai

⭐ 8.5

Mar 20, 2012 24 min

Emika is retrieving Ichika because the latter is on a planet where contact with its lifeforms is forbidden under their Federation laws, and the only solution is for her to leave th…

S01E12

Waiting There, in the Summer

⭐ 8.5

Mar 27, 2012 24 min

Some unexpected allies have joined the cause to help Ichika and Kaito, and they pack firepower. But if Ichika and Kaito make it to the spot in her dreams, what will they do then?