Anime: From I``s: Mou Hitotsu no Natsu no Monogatari

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Main Title	From I``s: Mou Hitotsu no Natsu no Monogatari(a404)
Official Title	jaフロム I``s もうひとつの夏の物語
Type	OVA,2 episodes
Year	09.12.2002 until19.03.2003
Season	Autumn 2002
Tags	mangaManga is the lifeblood that drives the anime industry. Everything and its mother is based on manga. However! There are exceptions where the manga was not the basis for the anime.See also manhua and manhwa.,romanceRomance describes a story that deals with love between two or more characters typically also having an optimistic ending. Romance is also a difficulty encountered when creating a harem.,school lifeSince a large part of the anime audience still takes part in school life or is visiting college, it is only natural to choose a setting the audience can identify with, be it elementary, middle, or high school. For the older viewers a college setting with more mature real-life problems is appropriate. And since clubs take up so much time in the lives of students, these are obviously also important.,shounenIn the context of manga and associated media, shounen, literally meaning "youth" and often also specifically "boy", refers to a male audience roughly between the ages of 10 and 18. -[similar]
Resources	Pierrot Wiki (jp) Allcinema ANN MAL
Rating	2.54(982)
Average	5.69(1003)
Review Rating	4.50(1)
Added by	hidden on2002-12-14 20:59
Edited by	hidden on2022-12-02 06:32

Main Title	From I``s: Mou Hitotsu no Natsu no Monogatari(a404)
Official Title	jaフロム I``s もうひとつの夏の物語
Official Title	plverifiedFrom I"S
Official Title	frdeverifiedFrom I``s
Official Title	zh-HansI"s 夏日物语
Synonym	I``s: Kolejna wakacyjna opowieść, フロムアイズもうひとつの夏の物語
Short	I`s

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Nakanishi Tamaki	as	Akiba Itsuki
Sakurai Takahiro	as	Seto Ichitaka
Sakuma Kumi	as	Yoshizuki Iori
Ichijou Kazuya	as	Ichimura Yousuke
Kisaichi Atsushi	as	Teratani Yasuo

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Original Work:	Katsura Masakazu
Direction:	Morino Yousei
Character Design:	Rin-Sin
Music:	Torsten Rasch
Animation Work:	Studio Pierrot

* Based on the popular manga byKatsura Masakazu.

Itsuki, a childhood friend ofIchitaka, who aimed at becoming a molding artist and went to America, comes back to Japan to meet up with an old childhood friend of hers and Ichitaka's. NearbyIori is having a photoshoot and Ichitaka is riding his bike.

Soon, the girls end up in a pinch...

Note: The anime is a sidestory from the manga; it's a good idea to read the manga before watching the anime but it isn't necessary to understand the "plot".

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approx. 60m

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bychumchummaru on2025-02-02 20:28

Asi som šiel od nesprávneho a mal som si skorej pozrieť OVA z roku 2005. ale keďže som nevedel čo od toho očakávať, tak som si pozrel tieto 2 ep. a musím povedať že je to až moc krátke aby to niečo rozumné prinieslo. Dej bol pre mňa nezaujímavý keďže sa tam nič poriadneho nedialo. A ani som poriadne nevedel o čom sú tie 2 ep. takže mi ostáva len animácia ktorá bola za mňa dobrá a obraz 4:3 opäť zahrial na srdiečku. Z postáv som nevedel vydedukovať akej sú povahy keďže moc sa tam nepredvádzali a tiež toho moc nenarozprávali. Teraz mi ostáva si pozrieť druhú OVA a tam možno zistím viac. za mňa 6/10

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bya10000001 on2008-05-13 05:10

This is such a great anime though the manga is so much better. I cant suggest this one enough. It actually brought me to tears by the end

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bygambit on2003-05-03 07:31

Rating:4.5

Approval:62.1% (16 votes)

If you have read the manga or not, this 2 episodes ova will always be a disappointment.

Although the animation is beautiful done, and the colors are really jumping off your screen as if they were done by a real artist, the story and the characters can't possibly be considered decent.

The plot is quite ... not there. The only thing is that they try to make a memory into a story, which fails miserably.
They don't give anything away about the characters either, so you're bound to fail to get to know what's the relationship between Iori and Ichitaka - which are supposed to be main characters.

If you seriously want to have this title, go for the manga. The manga is possibly one of the best romantic manga out there (if not THE best), but this anime only beats the manga in terms of non-value and non-enjoyment since it only contains a non-existing plot with characters you don't even know the names of if you haven't read the manga.

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