{"id":4367,"date":"2025-09-05T19:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/4367\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T19:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:16:11","slug":"summer-pockets-tv-anime-unveils-8th-promo-video-more-cast-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/4367\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Pockets TV Anime Unveils 8th Promo Video, More Cast – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The official website for the television anime<\/a> of Visual Arts\/Key<\/a>‘s Summer Pockets<\/a> visual novel<\/a> revealed the anime’s eighth promotional video on Friday, ahead of the show’s 23rd episode, titled “Nanami.”<\/p>\n

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The anime’s staff also revealed a new visual on Friday, featuring Nanami and Shiroha. Kana Hanazawa<\/a> joins the cast as Nanami.<\/p>\n

\"summer-pockets-kv.jfif\"Image via Summer Pockets anime’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9VISUAL ARTS\/Key\/\u9ce5\u767d\u5cf6\u89b3\u5149\u5354\u4f1a<\/p>\n

\"20250314164531.png\"Image via Summer Pockets anime’s website<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9VISUAL ARTS\/Key\/\u9ce5\u767d\u5cf6\u89b3\u5149\u5354\u4f1a<\/p>\n

The Summer Pockets anime premiered on Tokyo MX<\/a> and BS11<\/a> on April 7, on MBS<\/a> and Shizuoka Broadcasting System<\/a> on April 8. It also aired on AT-X<\/a> on April 10, and on TV Setouchi<\/a> on April 11. Crunchyroll<\/a> streams<\/a> the series as it airs in Japan.<\/p>\n

The anime received a compilation film<\/a> that opened in Japan on August 15. <\/p>\n

The Summer Pockets game originally launched<\/a> for PC in June 2018 in Japan. Visual Arts\/Key and Prototype<\/a> launched<\/a> the game’s Nintendo<\/a> Switch version digitally and physically in Japan in June 2019. Summer Pockets REFLECTION BLUE, an updated version<\/a> of the game, launched for PC in Japan in June 2020. The new version has since launched on mobile devices, Switch, and<\/a> PlayStation<\/a> 4.<\/p>\n

The game’s English version<\/a> launched<\/a> for PC via Steam<\/a> in February 2020. <\/p>\n

The game takes place in a rural district of a certain isolated island. The story focuses on “one nostalgic summer.”<\/p>\n

Jun Maeda<\/a> (Kanon<\/a>, AIR, Clannad<\/a>, Angel Beats!<\/a>) is credited with the original concept. Na-Ga<\/a> (Angel Beats!, Little Busters!<\/a>, Charlotte<\/a>), Tsubasu Izumi<\/a> (Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka<\/a>, Mashiroiro Symphony – The color of lovers<\/a>), Y\u016bnon Nagayama<\/a> (Angel Beats!), and Fumuyun are credited with providing the original illustrations and character designs.<\/p>\n

Y\u016b Niijima<\/a> (Koi x Shin Ai Kanojo, Majo Koi Nikki), KAI<\/a> (Clannad, Rewrite, Harmonia), and Hasama<\/a> (Tokyo Babel, Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi.) wrote the scenario. Maeda composed the music with Shinji Orito<\/a> (Angel Beats! Harmonia), Donmaru<\/a> (planetarian<\/a>, Little Busters!, Giniro, Haruka), and Tomohiro Takeshita<\/a> (planetarian, Angel Beats!, Harmonia).<\/p>\n

wogura<\/a> launched<\/a> a manga<\/a> adaptation titled Summer Pockets -Natsu no Takaramono-<\/a> (Summer Pockets -Summer Treasures-) on Shueisha<\/a>‘s Tonari no Young Jump<\/a> website on May 30.<\/p>\n

A spinoff manga<\/a> of the Summer Pockets franchise titled Summer Pockets Mugyu Days ~Tsumugi no Shima Sanpo~<\/a> (Summer Pockets Mugyu Days ~Tsumugi’s Stroll in the Island~) also launched<\/a> in Kadokawa<\/a>‘s Dengeki Moeoh<\/a> magazine and KadoComi website<\/a> on February 28. Y\u016bnon Nagayama, one of the game’s original illustrators and character designers, is drawing the spinoff manga. Key is also credited for the original story.<\/p>\n

Source: Summer Pockets anime’s website<\/a> via Ota-Suke<\/a><\/p>\n

Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The official website for the television anime of Visual Arts\/Key‘s Summer Pockets visual novel revealed the anime’s eighth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-4367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}