The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
Original Title	夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口 (Natsu e no Tonneru, Sayonara no Deguchi)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Sentai Studios
Voice Director	John Swasey
Translation & Adaptation	¿?
ADR Production
Recorded	2023
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Year	2022

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes is a 2022 anime film based on the light novel with the same name written by Mei Hachimoku and illustrated by Kukka. It was published by Shogakukan under their Gagaga Bunko imprint on July 18, 2019.

The film was announced on December 15, 2021. It was animated by CLAP, written and directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, and it premiered in Japanese theaters on September 9, 2022. Sentai Filmworks licensed the film, and produced an English Dub for North America, while Anime Limited licensed the film in the United Kingdom. It premiered in U.K. Theaters on July 14, 2023. It eventually made its U.S. debut as a world debut on October 12, 2023 at New York Comic Con. It then premiered in U.S. theaters on November 3, 2023.

HIDIVE began streaming the film on its streaming service on January 2, 2024. The film was released on Blu-Ray by Sentai Filmworks on January 9, 2024. Hulu announced that they've added the film on their streaming service, which premiered on July 2, 2024.

Synopsis One summer morning before school, Kaoru hears an unsettling rumour – of a mysterious tunnel that can grant any wish to those who enter it, but ages them dramatically in exchange. At first, he writes it off as nothing more than an urban legend, but that very night, he happens upon the same passage: the Urashima Tunnel. As he stands before its gaping maw, a thought occurs to him: if this tunnel truly does have the power to grant any wish, could he use it to bring his younger sister back from her untimely death five years prior? One summer morning before school, Kaoru hears an unsettling rumour – of a mysterious tunnel that can grant any wish to those who enter it, but ages them dramatically in exchange. At first, he writes it off as nothing more than an urban legend, but that very night, he happens upon the same passage: the Urashima Tunnel. As he stands before its gaping maw, a thought occurs to him: if this tunnel truly does have the power to grant any wish, could he use it to bring his younger sister back from her untimely death five years prior?

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
	Kaoru Tōno	Ōji Suzuka	Gabriel Regojo
			Chaney Moore (young)
	Anzu Hanashiro	Marie Iitoyo	Patricia Duran
	Shōhei Kaga	Tasuku Hatanaka	Scott Gibbs
	Koharu Kawasaki	Arisa Komiya	Maggie Flecknoe
	Hamamoto	Haruka Terui	Shelley Calene-Black
	Kaoru's Father	Rikiya Koyama	John Gremillion
	Karen Tōno	Seiran Kobayashi	Anna Austin
	Kii	¿?	Kyle C. Jones
	Anzu's Assistant	¿?	Shannon Emerick
	Anzu's Editor	¿?	Nathan Wilson

Additional Voices

• Elissa Cuellar
• Joe Daniels
• Shannon Emerick
• Cole Feuchter
• Kara Greenberg
• Sophia Marcelle
• Alyssa Marek
• Dominique Meyer
• Joshua Swasey
• Olivia Swasey
• Raven Troup
• Nathan Wilson

Multimedia

Trailer

The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes Dub Trailer - HIDIVE

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date(s)	Category	'Format	Country
	January 2, 2024	Anime Films / Films Distributed by Sentai Filmworks	Digital	United States
	July 2, 2024

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Sentai Filmworks	2024		A DVB-T	United States

External Links

• The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes at the Internet Movie Database
• The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (anime) on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.