The Summer, a South Korean animated movie launched in June 2023, is receiving a Japanese dub and can start screening theatrically in Japan on August 15, 2025. 

The Japanese dub solid will star Maaya Uchida as Su-yi and Mariya Ise as Yi-gyeong. 

Ji-won Han, who directed Netflix’s current South Korean animated movie Misplaced in Starlight, served as director for The Summer and wrote its screenplay. Purple Canine Tradition Home was in cost of the movie’s animation manufacturing. 

The movie is a compilation of the unique 2021 ONA collection Geu Yeoreum, which consisted of seven 10-minute brief episodes. 

The Animation is Film competition describes the primary synopsis of The Summer as: 

Life in the countryside is quiet and mundane for bookish Yi-gyeong till an errant ball sends star athlete Su-yi crashing into her life. The connection between the 2 ladies is instantaneous, and simmers till their mutual attraction bubbles up into love. However simply as their emotions for one another begin to make sense, Yi-gyeong’s ambitions for her future carry the couple into uncharted territory. 

Sources: The Summer Official Twitter (by way of AIR News), AnimeTV