“Drifting Home” comes to Netflix this fall

Netflix has opened its doors to drift home with a new teaser trailer, introducing anime fans to the supernatural summer adventure. This second feature by 33-year-old screenwriter and director Hiroyasu Ishida (Penguin Highway) will be released worldwide on September 16.

Plot: Raised as brother and sister, Kosuke and Natsume have been friends since childhood, but their relationship begins to deteriorate in sixth grade after the death of Kosuke's grandfather, Yasutsugu. One day, during their summer vacation, Kosuke and his classmates sneak into an apartment complex that is due to be demolished… and which is rumored to be haunted. Both Kosuke and Natsume grew up there so the place holds many memories for them. There, Kosuke runs into Natsume and is asked if he knows about the mysterious Noppo. But suddenly, they get caught up in a strange phenomenon.

When they regain consciousness, they see a vast ocean ahead of them. As the apartment complex drifts into a mysterious sea with Kosuke and the others aboard, they team up to try to survive. There are tears and struggles, and perhaps even reconciliation. Will they be able to return to their former world? A summer farewell journey begins ...

drift home directed by Ishida from a screenplay he wrote with Hayashi Mori (Cells at Work! Code Black). The film is produced by Twin Engine, with animation production by Studio Colorido. The Japanese-language voice cast includes Mutsumi Tamura, Asami Seto, Daiki Yamashita, Yumiko Kobayashi, Inori Minase, and Kana Hanazawa.

Following the release of their first feature film, Penguin Highway, in 2018, Studio Colorido received worldwide praise for A Whisker Away, which was released on Netflix in 2020. The studio's long-awaited third feature film, drift home, shows the beautiful animation fans have come to expect, with a visual style that takes audiences from reality to a fantasy world.