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The Stranger by the Shore (movie)

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Alternative title:
Ein Fremder am Strand (German)
L'étranger de la Plage (French)
Umibe no Étranger (Japanese)
海辺のエトランゼ (Japanese)
Themes: shounen-ai, yaoi
Plot Summary: Mio is a high school boy who lost his parents at an early age. Shun, a gay aspiring novelist living near Mio's house on a remote island in Okinawa, noticed Mio sitting for hours on the beach. They grew closer to each other, but Mio had to leave Okinawa. Three years later, Mio returns to face his feelings. (from manga)
User Ratings: 62 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:2, dub:1, raw:1)
 Excellent: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Very good: 18 votes (sub:15, dub:3)
 Good: 19 votes (sub:15, dub:4)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:8)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 97 users, rank: #5556 (of 10256)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.242 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.583, rank: #2910 (of 10428)
Weighted mean: 7.203 (Good+), rank: #2892 (of 10428) (seen all: 7.20)
Bayesian estimate: 7.246 (Good+), rank: #2480 (of 7916)
Vintage: 2020-09-11
Premiere date:
2020-09-11 (Japan)
Review:
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    The Stranger by the Shore - [Limited Edition] (Blu-ray) 2023-01-24

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Akiyo Ohashi
Script: Akiyo Ohashi
Storyboard: Akiyo Ohashi
Unit Director: Akiyo Ohashi
Original creator: Kanna Kii
Character Design: Kanna Kii
Art Director: Yumiko Kuga (Studio Jack)
Chief Animation Director: Mayumi Watanabe
Animation Director:
Hiromi Higuchi
Kanna Hirayama
Mayumi Watanabe
Moe Matsuda
N-Nei Kurahashi
Reina Kawasaki
Ryoko Amisaki
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
Director of Photography: Tomoko Minobe
Executive producer: Toshio Iizuka
Producer:
Chisato Uehara
Yuka Okayasu
Yuki Muramatsu

2nd Key Animation:
Arisa Kuroda
Arisa Shiomoto
Atsumi Sakai
Aya Tajima
Fumie Sasaki
Haruka Haseda
Hiromi Higuchi (Studio Hibari)
Katsusuke Konuma (Studio Hibari)
Kotaro Okazaki
Maki Sugizono
Masayo Okuzumi
Nana Nakayama
Nanaka Iizumi (Studio Hibari)
Rei Kamiie
Rina Shibayama (Studio Hibari)
Saori Yonemoto (Studio Hibari)
Saya Hattori (Studio Hibari)
Seiya Takashima
Sen Gu
Shiori Ozawa (Studio Hibari)
Shō Okutani
Tetsuya Yoshimoto
Tomoko Segawa
Yoshika Ikeda
Yu Kuwahara
Yuka Saitō
Yuki Hirose
Yuki Jinbo
Yuri Hanazawa
Yūya Hasegawa (Studio Hibari)
Animation producer: Kazuhiko Sukō
Assistant Chief Animation Director: Hina Nagata
Associate producer:
Eri Mitarai
Hana Sugawara
Cat Animation Director: Hina Nagata
Color design: Kumiko Yanagisawa
Cooking Animation Director: Asami Kishikawa
Design: Megumi Iwabuchi
Editing: Masaki Sakamoto
Effects Animation Director: Takashi Hashimoto
In-Between Check:
Chiharu Koyama
Hiroshi Shirakawa
Nanaka Iizumi
Saya Hattori
Shūichirō Semura
Key Animation:
Ayumi Ogawa
Chie Saito
Chie Yokomori
Chisato Kawaguchi
Haruka Sanefuji
Hein
Hina Nagata
Hiroki Nishijima
Hiromi Higuchi
Hiroyuki Honda
JEGU
Kazuyuki Ueda
Keigo Sugiyama
Kou Ito
Kyōka Nakaoka
Mamiko Nakanishi
Mani Inaka
Mayumi Watanabe
Michiru Ogiwara
Mitsue Fukue
Moe Matsuda
N-Nei Kurahashi
Natsumi Sakai
Reina Kawasaki
Rika Nishiyama
Risa Takai
Rumi Abe
Rumi Abeshima
Ryoko Amisaki
Sahori Uchida
Saki Tanaka
Sana Komatsu
Shino Ikeda
Takashi Hashimoto
Ten Kiyabu
Tomomi Oka
Tsutomu Yabuki
Yui Ushinohama
Yuka Kojima
Yuri Takasaki
Yūsa Masuda
Original Work Cooperation:
Ichirō Yamaguchi (Shodensha)
Megumi Kajikawa (ShuCream)
Satomi Kawaguchi (Shodensha)
Production:
Ryū Utsui
Seiji Mitsunobu
Toshihiro Takahashi
Production Advancement:
Mizuto Nishijima
Nagisa Hayasaka
Production Desk: Mizuto Nishijima
Recording: Shu Gong Lin
Setting Production:
Akiyo Ohashi
Nagisa Hayasaka
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Supervision: Kanna Kii
Taishi Murata as Shun Hashimoto
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Mio Chibana

Hana Satō as Miyako Hashimoto
Kanae Itō as Eri
Sayaka Nakaya as Suzu
Yū Shimamura as Sakurako

Emiko Takeuchi as Shun’s Mother
Eri Inagawa as Mio’s Mother
Kentarō Kumagai as Wada
Kento Shiraishi as Classmate
Kōsuke Sakaki as Shun’s Father
Saku Mizuno as Female Customer
Takashi Narumi as Mio Chibana (Young)
Tatsumaru Tachibana as Mimi Mama
Teppei Uenishi as Classmate
Wataru Katō as Male Customer
Yūki Sakurai as Shun Hashimoto (Young)
Yūko Gibu as Okinawan Granny
Yurina Amami as Female Customer
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Studio Hibari
Distributor: Shochiku
Production:
Fuji Television Network
Shochiku
Studio Hibari
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: David Wald
Translation: Nora Stevens Heath
ADR Script: Aaron Dismuke
Producer:
Justin Cook
Michael Harcourt

ADR Engineer:
Austin Sisk
Domonique French
Jeremy Woods
Jose Sandoval
Manuel Aragon
Matt Grounds
Rickey Watkins
ADR Script Supervisor: Jeramey Kraatz
ADR Supervisor: Alyssa Dumas
Assistant ADR Director: Josh Grelle
Assistant producer:
Samantha Herek
Zach Bolton
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Christine Bertolino
John Andreas
Trace Furniss
Blu-Ray Compression: Duncan Yan
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
Blu-ray QC:
Jonathan Allen
Kristina Tamplin
Shawn Roetzer
Lead ADR Engineer: Victor Acosta
Linguistic Asset Manager: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Materials Coordinator: Trenton Jons
Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison
Production Assistant:
Barbara Ross (Blu-ray)
Jordan Dreasher
Sarah Alys Lindholm (Blu-ray)
Victoria Keller
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Subtitler: Emily Walker
Subtitling:
Alyssa Tieman
Ashley Hayward
Catherine Stroud
Courtney Petras
Emily Walker
Freddie Arnold
Hailey Tran
Jacklyn Svatek
Jonathan Castleman
Paul Bisnette
Talent Coordination:
Kirsty Johnson
Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Emma Moore
Issa Currie
Josh Tyler
English companies
Distributor: Crunchyroll
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll
FUNimation Entertainment
Wakanim (Scandinavia)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment
French cast
French staff
Dubbing Director: Aldric Seveno
Translation: Adam Plaza

Adaptation: François Chambard
Mixing: François Chambard
Proofreading: Kevin Stocker
Publication: Jelizaveta Stolarova
Spotting: Charlotte Colart
Supervision: Sarah Leclère
Aldric Seveno as Shun
François Chambard as Mio

Marion Cettier as Mère de Mio
Mélissa Belz as Eri
Muriel Schild as La Tante
Noémie Delrue as Suzu

Claire Butard
Leslie Marchand
Marion Cettier
Mayrig Truchot
Nicolas Chernabog
Tony Cupart
Valentin Schild
Virgile Demi
French companies
Dubbing: Team Rainbow 
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Latin America)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Latin America)
Spanish cast
(none)
German cast
German staff
Dubbing Director: René Dawn-Claude
Konrad Bösherz as Shun Hashimoto
Maximilian Artajo as Mio Chibana

Friederike Walke as Eri
Melinda Rachfahl as Suzu
Ronja Peters as Sakurako

Denise Gorzelanny as Tante
Diana Ebert as Shuns Mutter
Georgios Tzitzikos as Shuns Vater
Jessica Rust as Shun (Jung)
Milena Rybiczka as Mio Chibana (Jung)
Nico Nothnagel as Mimi Mama
Patrizia Carlucci as Mios Mutter
German companies
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Wakanim (Russian speaking countries)
Russian cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
(none)
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