by Studio Colorido’s long-awaited 3rd feature-length animated film, “The Drifting Complex that Tells the Rain,” will be exclusively distributed worldwide on Netflix on September 16th and will be shown nationwide in Japan.
One of the reasons why it is attracting attention is the first tie-up with anime, “Zutto Mayonaka Ii ni. which has written the theme song and insert song for this work. Zutto Midnight Ii Nini attracts many fans, including young people. Yuko Ishida, the director of this work, revealed his thoughts on the charm and newly written songs. Of a summer farewell trip for boys and girls, perfect for the end of summer.
Kosuke and Natsume are 6th graders and are childhood friends who grew up in the same housing complex. One day during the summer vacation, Kosuke and his classmates sneak into the “ghost housing complex” being demolished.
The housing complex is the house of memories where Kousuke and Natsume grew up. Kosuke unexpectedly encounters Natsume there and hears about the existence of a mysterious boy named Tall. Then he suddenly gets caught up in a mysterious phenomenon, and when he comes to, he finds himself adrift in the vast ocean around him… Will he ever be able to return to his original world?
He was directed by Ishida Yuko, who was highly acclaimed for his first feature film director with “Penguin Highway.” Director Ishida, who has a reputation for depicting “children’s feelings,” carefully shows the conflicts and growth of children through survival in a drifting housing complex, making it a perfect work for the end of summer.
Collecting tremendous support from the younger generation, “It’s good to be midnight all the time. ACA-ne’s singing voice is full of transparency and an addictive melody you can’t get out of your ears once you hear it. And the lyrics accurately capture the trembling of her heart that she spun herself, and the emotional story found in the excellent animation stuck in many people. Her music, truly a “swamp,” has attracted many people. It keeps coming out.
I wish it were in the middle of the night like that. However, for this work, which will be the first tie-up for the anime, the theme song “Kiete shimasou desu” has an impressive dramatic melody and is emotionally colored, just like Zuto Mayo, is a memory of summer. The nostalgic and refreshing insert song “Natsukarare” is reminiscent of it.
As ACA-me commented, “I liked the nostalgia of him in the housing complex and his tatami house, so I was happy to have a good time with the director.” has been rewritten in
The two talked about various things, but director Ishida said, “While being conscious of the ‘nostalgic’ image of the housing complex if you can live with Zuto Mayo’s ‘modern’ image, it will be natural. Reina talks about whether she can represent the image of this work’s housing complex that crosses from Showa to Reiwa, the necessary balance and role in the story of the insert song and theme song, and the feelings related to Natsume. I think I talked about where they meet, the honest story of Futoshi, etc.”
“It was perfect. There is no doubt about it,” said Director Ishida. In the balance in the story between the insert song and the theme song'',the loneliness of returning home after passing the fun middle of the school trip” is an exquisite balance that often appears.”
The director himself confessed that he listened to it many times during production. Regarding the theme song “Kiete shimasou desu,” “I felt it was a perfect song to decorate the end of the journey with that balance. There is goodness in singing while feeling the pain powerfully.
There were some requests that I couldn’t fathom, but they sang with enthusiasm, even in comparison with the insert song, which speaks for Natsume and Kosuke in this story. I think it was necessary for me,” he says of its charm. He said that the theme song and insert song carefully written by Zutomayo would give you a lingering feeling that will make you feel the story of the farewell journey of the boys and girls drawn by Director Ishida in this work. Rice field.
In addition, this time, the top video of the insert song “Natsukare” in the play has been unveiled for the first time. In this video, Director Ishida says, “It’s perfect for those girls in that scene,” and cuts out the moment when Kosuke, Natsume, and others are drifting in the housing complex, along with a refreshing melody.
