The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit to Goodbyes

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New article about The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes has been published over at Animation Magazine:

Read more at https://www.animationmagazine.net/20...t-of-goodbyes/

Originally Posted by Charles Solomon

Time Passages: Tomohisa Taguchi Guides Us Through ‘The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes’


The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit to [sic] Goodbyes

Writer-director Tomohisa Taguchi’s The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, which won the Paul Grimault Award this year at Annecy, is a striking mixture of fantasy-adventure and romance that tackles serious issues. The hero and heroine are believable teenagers who have been emotionally damaged by harsh experiences that American animated characters seldom, if ever, encounter. The film is based on the light novel of the same name by Mei Hachimoku (available in English).

“Ryoichiro Matsuo-san, a producer from CLAP studio, and I were developing an original project; when it did not get through, I was handed The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes,” Taguchi explains. “I had been making action movies for most of my career, and I wanted to make a story that focused on purely human drama. This story has protagonists settling with his/her past and broken love. I thought these elements would make this title different from other animated features.”

Taguchi, whose credits range from Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War to Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning, wrote the screenplay, storyboarded and directed the film, trimming its rambling narrative and tightening its focus on the main characters. He discussed the creation of Tunnel to Summer in a recent interview conducted via email.

There's still time to preorder the film on Blu-ray, now $21.28 at Amazon and coming January 9, 2024 from Sentai!