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Summer Time Rendering

TV·2022–2022·1 season, 25 episodes·BS11·Animation, Drama, Mystery·24m·8.1

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Shinpei Ajiro travels home to attend the funeral of a childhood friend, and finds the remote island plagued by a sinister, supernatural force.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Summer Time Rendering S01E04Jamais-vuS01E04 · 8.7Ushio's shadow appears before Shinpei at the summer festival.
  2. 02Summer Time Rendering S01E18Face to FaceS01E18 · 8.3A seventy-year-old photograph reveals the truth.
  3. 03Summer Time Rendering S01E12Bloody NightS01E12 · 8.1Tokiko, Sou's younger sister, reveals she has been offering corpses as food to Hiruko.

Castfull cast & details

Natsuki HanaeNatsuki HanaeShinpei Ajiro (voice)Anna NagaseAnna NagaseUshio Kofune (voice)Saho ShirasuSaho ShirasuMio Kofune (voice)Yoko HikasaYoko HikasaHizuru Minakata (voice)Jin UrayamaJin UrayamaGinjiro Nezu (voice)Kensho OnoKensho OnoSou Hishigata (voice)Maki KawaseMaki KawaseTokiko Hishigata (voice)Akio OtsukaAkio OtsukaSeido Hishigata (voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode25Episodes2022Aired 7.7Season avg
  1. S01E01Summer Time Rendering S01E01Goodbye, Summer DaysApril 15, 2022 8.1Shinpei returns home for his friend Ushio's funeral. She apparently drowned, but something is off.
  2. S01E02Summer Time Rendering S01E02ShadowsApril 22, 2022 8.0To find out the truth about Ushio's death, Shinpei and Mio head to Hiruko.
  3. S01E03Summer Time Rendering S01E03Drifting AshoreApril 29, 2022 8.0After being stabbed by Mio's shadow, Shinpei regains consciousness at the docks on July 22nd.
  4. S01E04Summer Time Rendering S01E04Season's bestJamais-vuMay 6, 2022 8.7Ushio's shadow appears before Shinpei at the summer festival.
  5. S01E05Summer Time Rendering S01E05MaelstromMay 13, 2022 8.1A giant shadow massacres everyone at the Hitogashima Summer Festival and engulfs the whole island.
  6. S01E06Summer Time Rendering S01E06Orbital ResonanceMay 20, 2022 7.8Hizuru Minakata, the woman on the ferry, returns to Hitogashima Island hoping to solve a mystery.
  7. S01E07Summer Time Rendering S01E07Deadly EnemyMay 27, 2022 8.1In order to defeat the Kobayakawa's shadows, Shinpei and Hizuru join forces with Nezu.
  8. S01E08Summer Time Rendering S01E08MementoJune 3, 2022 7.7Mio's shadow appears before Shinpei and threatens him with a knife.
  9. S01E09Summer Time Rendering S01E09My Flowing TearsJune 10, 2022 8.0In a video, Ushio and her shadow recount their encounter up to the moment the video is recorded.
  10. S01E10Summer Time Rendering S01E10Into the DarknessJune 17, 2022 7.2Shinpei gains clues on Mount Takanosu since Ushio and her shadow had gone there.
  11. S01E11Summer Time Rendering S01E11Dinner TimeJune 24, 2022 7.3Ushio, Sou and Shinpei are surrounded by shadows.
  12. S01E12Summer Time Rendering S01E12Bloody NightJuly 1, 2022 8.1Tokiko, Sou's younger sister, reveals she has been offering corpses as food to Hiruko.
  13. S01E13Summer Time Rendering S01E13FriendsJuly 8, 2022 7.3It is the fifth July 22nd for Shinpei. Hizuru takes time to process that Shinpei is a time traveler.
  14. S01E14Summer Time Rendering S01E14To Be/Not to BeJuly 15, 2022 7.1Shinpei finds himself in Hizuru's memories from fourteen years ago.
  15. S01E15Summer Time Rendering S01E15Lights Camera ActionJuly 22, 2022 6.8Heine, who loops like Shinpei, realizes the pattern of behavior when a new loop begins.
  16. S01E16Summer Time Rendering S01E16OriginalJuly 29, 2022 7.5Mio proposes to turn the shadows into allies.
  17. S01E17Summer Time Rendering S01E17DeterminationAugust 5, 2022 7.2Shinpei hears about Shide's identity from Sou's father, Director of Hishigata Clinic.
  18. S01E18Summer Time Rendering S01E18Face to FaceAugust 12, 2022 8.3A seventy-year-old photograph reveals the truth.
  19. S01E19Summer Time Rendering S01E19Made in BlackAugust 19, 2022 7.8Karikiri and Heine strike. Mio and Hizuru learn of Ushio's death.
  20. S01E20Summer Time Rendering S01E20All is (not) Lost.August 26, 2022 8.0Hizuru and Karikiri face off, while Gil and Rose enter the fray.
  21. S01E21Summer Time Rendering S01E21Shinpei Ajiro's Longest DaySeptember 2, 2022 7.5Shinpei despairs over Hizuru's death. However, hope is on the horizon.
  22. S01E22Summer Time Rendering S01E22ReturnSeptember 9, 2022 7.8Ushio fully comes back to life. Shinpei heads to Hiruko's grotto.
  23. S01E23Summer Time Rendering S01E23Everlasting NightSeptember 16, 2022 7.5After slicing down Heine, Shide brings Shinpei and Ushio to her home.
  24. S01E24Summer Time Rendering S01E24Summertime Re-RenderingSeptember 23, 2022 7.5After a fierce battle, Shinpei takes the place of an exhausted Ushio and confronts Shide.
  25. S01E25Summer Time Rendering S01E25[I'm Home]September 30, 2022 7.8Shide is gone and Ushio's final iteration must vanish. Shinpei comes to on the morning of July 22nd.

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