is a 2012 Japanese

anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...

film directed by

Kōnosuke Uda is a Japanese director of anime. He graduated from the Animation Department of Tokyo Design Academy and worked as a freelancer at Toei Animation. His most notable work has been as a series director for ''One Piece'', including two of its feature ...

Plot

On a hot summer day, a young boy named Yuta visits the dam where his father died one year ago. At the site he meets a mysterious old man. He gives the old man something to drink and later that day the old man saves him after slipping off the dam. He wakes up to discover he is 30 years in the past. There he meets a girl named Saeko, who loves fireflies, and also befriends a boy his age named Kenjo.

Voice cast

source: * Akashi Takei as Yuta * Ayumi Kimura as Saeko * Osamu Nitta as Kenzo *

Takahiro Sakurai is a Japanese voice actor, narrator, and radio personality from Aichi Prefecture, Japan. His well-known roles include heroes such as Cloud Strife in '' Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', Suzaku Kururugi in '' Code Geass'', X in '' Mega Man ...

as Yuta (adult) *

Mamiko Noto is a Japanese actress and singer. Some of her prominent anime roles include Kotomi Ichinose in ''Clannad'', Rin in '' Inuyasha'', Kotori Monou in '' X'', Aoi Kannazuki in '' Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel'', Durandal in '' Honkai Impact 3rd'', Ishm ...

as Saeko (adult) *

Kazuya Nakai is a Japanese voice actor and narrator who was born in Kobe, Japan. He plays Roronoa Zoro in ''One Piece'', Toshiro Hijikata from '' Gintama'', Date Masamune from ''Sengoku Basara'', Xiahou Dun and Dian Wei from ''Dynasty Warriors'' and ''Warr ...

as Kenzo (adult) *

Chikao Ohtsuka was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He was most known for the roles of Captain Hook ('' Peter Pan: The Animated Series'' and '' Disney's Peter Pan''), Dick Dastardly (''Wacky Races'' and ''Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machine ...

as Aotengu * Tarô Ishida as Hotaru Ji

References

External links

* * 2012 films 2012 anime films Japanese animated films Toei Animation films Films based on Japanese novels Animated films about time travel 2010s films about time travel {{anime-film-stub