BLUE LYNX announces an anime film adaptation of Kii Kanna’s (紀伊 カンナ) BL Manga “L’étranger de la Plage” (海辺のエトランゼ) and it is slated to debut on summer 2020. A teaser visual and a 15-second teaser trailer is also revealed.
▍Teaser Trailer
The manga is Kanna’s debut work. It was serialized in Shoudensha’s boys love anthology magazine onBLUE from April 2013 to April 2014, then compiled in one volume tankobon in July 2014. Its sequel Harukaze no Étranger (春風のエトランゼ) has been running in the same magazine and has released three volumes.
▼ The cover of on BLUE43 to celebrate the anime film adaptation
Kanna, who is an ex-animator, will serve as supervisor and character designer of the movie, while Sakura Capsule director Akiyo Ohashi (大橋 明代) directs at Studio Hibari.
▍Story
Three years ago, Hashimoto Shun, a gay novelist in the making, met Chibana Mio, a very quiet high school student, in Okinawa. Mio had lost both of his two parents and was often seen sitting on a bench until very late, watching the sea, near Shun’s house. They slowly grew closer to one another, but Mio suddenly had to leave the island, to pursue his studies…
Three years later, Mio returns to Okinawa: “I’ve been thinking a lot these last three years… Even if he’s a man too, I love Shun.”
Will these two finally be able to take a step forward together?