Have an Otaku Hot Girl Summer With This Terrifying Anime Now Streaming On Hulu
Last summer, I recommended When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni) as a must-watch horror anime for the summer. Seriously, Higurashi is one of the best horror stories I’ve ever experienced, and I’ve been desperately chasing that high ever since. While Higurashi is unfortunately hard to track down, a kind of spiritual successor is available to stream on Hulu. Summer Time Rendering, adapted from Yasuki Tanaka’s manga of the same name, is available in its entirety on Hulu.
Check out a trailer and synopsis below:
Per Hulu: A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island begins with Shinpei Ajiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his hometown for the first time in two years for the funeral. Sou Hishigata, his best friend, suspects something’s off with Ushio’s death, and that someone else can die next. A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day. Furthermore, Mio implicates a “shadow” three days before Ushio’s death.
Okay, I recognize it sounds like a lot, but by the time the first episode ends, I promise you’ll be all in. Summer Time Rendering is adept with its time-travel narrative, irregularly breaking the rules most time-travel stories do. Every episode adds new wrinkles and hints that make perfect sense within the show, even if the mystery is often bookended by shocking acts of graphic violence. Yeah, Summer Time Rendering gets pretty scary.
Luckily, too, the story is self-contained and runs just 25 episodes. That might seem like a lot, but keep in mind One Piece has recently passed more than 1,100 episodes. If you’re looking for something different horror-wise this summer, I’d definitely recommend it.
Check out what fans (and Hideo Kojima) have been saying below:
You can catch the whole series now on Hulu. When you do, let me know what you think on Twitter @Chadiscollins. While you’re there, let me know what other horror anime I should seek out.
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