• 2011

  Release Date

• September 16th, 2011

• Runtime

• 45 minutes

• Synopsis

• When she was young, Hotaru was once lost when she played in the forest near her uncle's place that she visits every summer. There, she had a fateful encounter with a spirit, who helped her even though he would disappear if a human being touches him. She began to visit him every summer, even as she grows; while he waits for the summer to come, for their time together to flow again.

• CAST

• Izumi Sawada - Hotaru's Mother (voice),   Hayato Taya - Ryouta (voice),   Ayane Sakura - Hotaru Takegawa (voice),   Koki Uchiyama - Gin (voice),   Shinpachi Tsuji - Hotaru's Grandfather (voice),   Kanehira Yamamoto - Shadow (voice),   Masanori Machida - Tree Hand (voice),   Mami Uchida - Masked Child (voice),   Hiroki Goto - Lion (voice),   Kumiko Tashiro - Festival Child (voice),   Asami Imai - Masked Child (voice)     

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