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television miniseries that aired in October 2022 in the United States on

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programming block and in Canada on Adult Swim Canada.

Plot

Kimi Shirokado is an eccentric little girl who lives at a low-cost

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called Housing Complex C in the fictional seaside town of Kurosaki. During the summer, she befriends city girl Yuri Koshide when her family moves in from

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along with

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fishing

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. A series of strange events soon occurs from dead animals appearing on the property to tenants mysteriously disappearing with

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growing inside their apartments.

Characters

;Kimi Shirokado : : A happy-go-lucky 9-year-old girl who resides within the complex who the elderly residents dote on as her "mother" is never seen outside of her apartment. She hints to know more about the strange events than she lets on. ;Yuri Koshide : : A 10-year-old girl from Tokyo who moves into the complex with her parents and befriends Kimi, acting like a big sister figure to her. ;Seichi Koshide : : Yuri's father who works as a supervisor and consultant for the foreign workers who have arrived in Kurosaki to work at the fisheries. He and his family have ulterior motives for coming to the complex. ;Keiko Koshide : : Yuri's mother and Seichi's wife who moves into the complex with his foreigner workers. ;Takashi Takamura : : An elderly

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and resident of the complex whose investigation into the strange occurrences at the complex leads to his eventual death once he pieced it all together at the cost of his sanity, leaving behind his journal with a detail of his findings, which Kimi gives to Kobayashi. ;Kisou Kobayashi : : An elderly inhabitant of the complex and a friend of Takashi. He is a

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by trade. ;Kentaro Yoshii : : An elderly inhabitant of the complex. He is a retired

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and military

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who is a friend of Takashi and Kisou. ;Mitsuko Momochi : : A middle-age inhabitant of the complex who is the mother of Hideo. ;Hideo Momochi : The son of Mitsuko who is a

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. ;Toshi Wada : : A cantankerous elderly woman at the complex who serves as the building manager and has prejudiced views towards the Middle Eastern interns due to them disrespecting the housing complex. ;Kanchan Mia : : One of the Middle Eastern interns under Mr. Koshide. He is a brutish man who seems protective of Kimi and Yuri and is the largest of the interns who is said to be easily manipulated. ;Rubel Hossen : : One of the Middle Eastern interns under Mr. Koshide, representing the group as he translates for them. He later left the complex as tensions between his group and the residents worsen as well as discovering a link to an ancient god.

Production and release

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with Jason DeMarco serving as executive producer; the English dub was produced by Production I.G USA. The series aired on

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programming block from October 2 to October 23, 2022. A potential televised run of the series in Japan itself currently remains in question, despite the original Japanese language version being available to stream on

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. In June 2022,

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confirmed through a press release that the series would also be broadcast on

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in Canada. The opening theme song for the series is "Make Believe" performed by Ivan Kwong (AG), while the ending theme song is "Secret of the Day" performed by De Tesla.

Episodes

Notes

References

External links

* at

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