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The Stranger by the Shore
Japanese theatrical release poster
Kanji海辺のエトランゼ
Revised HepburnUmibe no Etoranze
Directed byAkiyo Ohashi
Screenplay byAkiyo Ohashi
Based onL'étranger de la Plage
by Kanna Kii [ja]
Starring
CinematographyTomoko Minobe
Edited byMasako Sakamoto
Music byMina Kubota
Production
company
Distributed byShochiku Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • September 11, 2020 (2020-09-11)
Running time
59 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Stranger by the Shore[a] is a 2020 Japanese animated boys' love (BL) film, written and directed by Akiyo Ohashi and adapted from the manga series L'étranger de la Plage by Kanna Kii [ja]. The film follows the romance between Shun Hashimoto and Mio Chibana, two young men living on a remote island in Okinawa.

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Cast edit

See also: L'étranger series § Characters
Character Cast
Japanese[2] English[3]
Shun Hashimoto (橋本 駿, Hashimoto Shun) Taishi Murata Josh Grelle
Mary Morgan (young)
Mio Chibana (知花 実央, Chibana Mio) Yoshitsugu Matsuoka Justin Briner
Steph Garrett (young)
Sakurako (桜子) Yū Shimamura Amber Lee Connors
Eri (絵理) Kanae Itō Morgan Garrett
Suzu (鈴) Sayaka Nakaya Bryn Apprill
Auntie (おばちゃん, Obachan) Hana Sato [ja] Jessica Cavanagh

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Planning & staff edit

The manga series L'étranger de la Plage by Kanna Kii [ja] was originally published in the magazine On BLUE in 2013, and its sequel L'étranger du Zéphyr began serialization in the magazine in 2014; an audio drama adaptation was also produced in 2016. An animated film adaptation of the series was announced in October 2019 as the third film to be produced by Blue Lynx, a subsidiary of Fuji TV that produces films in the boys' love (male-male romance, also known as BL or yaoi) genre.

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Voice acting edit

The majority of the Japanese voice cast for the 2016 audio drama adaptation of L'étranger de la Plage reprise their roles for The Stranger by the Shore.[b]

Music edit

The film's theme song "Zokkon" (ゾッコン, lit. 'From the Bottom of My Heart') is written and performed by the band Mono No Aware [ja]. According to Mono No Aware vocalist Shukei Tamaki, the producers of the film requested a song that was light and energetic rather than quiet and solemn; "Zokkon", a demo song Tamaki had written when he was 18 years old, was selected by the producers from several options submitted by the artist. Tamaki commented that the song "had so much energy that [he] couldn't write it now".[5]

The film's soundtrack is composed by Mina Kubota.

Release edit

The Stranger by the Shore was released in theaters in Japan on September 11, 2020.[6] Outside of Japan, the film was released in Taiwan by Cai Chang Asia on November 13, 2020,[7] and in Hong Kong by Neofilms on December 3, 2020.[8] On July 9, 2021, Funimation began streaming the film in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, and Brazil.[9]

The film has received several iterations of home video releases. In Japan, The Stranger by the Shore was released on DVD, standard edition Blu-ray, and deluxe edition Blu-ray on February 24, 2021.[10] In North America, the film was released as a limited edition Blu-ray by Crunchyroll and Funimation on January 24, 2023.[11]

Reception edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Japanese: 海辺のエトランゼ, Hepburn: Umibe no Étranger, also known as L'étranger de la Plage
  2. ^ Kanae Itō replaced Ayumi Fujimura in the role of Eri; Fujimura took an indefinite hiatus from voice acting beginning in 2019.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "海辺のエトランゼ" ["The Stranger by the Shore"]. eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "海辺のエトランゼ" [The Stranger by the Shore]. Animage (Tokuma Shoten): 145. March 2021. ASIN B08T8JF26L.
  3. ^ Luster, Joseph (June 19, 2021). "Boys' Love Anime Film The Stranger by the Shore Heads to Funimation". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  4. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (April 1, 2019). "Voice Actress Ayumi Fujimura Goes on Indefinite Hiatus". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Kuroda, Takanori (October 27, 2020). "MONO NO AWAREの曲作りのポイント、「何かと何かがつながる瞬間の喜び」を玉置周啓が語る" [Shukei Tamaki talks about the key to MONO NO AWARE's songwriting: "The joy of the moment when something connects with something else"]. Rolling Stone Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference JPRelease was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 30, 2020). "Cai Chang Posts New Trailer for Umibe no Étranger Anime Film's Taiwan Screening". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  8. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 16, 2020). "Neofilms Opens Umibe no Étranger Anime Film in Hong Kong on December 3". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference FuniRelease was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Blu-ray ＆ DVD". "Umibe no Étranger" Official Website (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  11. ^ Mateo, Alex (January 24, 2023). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 22-28". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.

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