Drifting Home

Drifting Home
English promotional poster
Japanese name
Kanji	雨を告げる漂流団地
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Ame o Tsugeru Hyōryū Danchi
Directed by	Hiroyasu Ishida
Written by	Hiroyasu Ishida Hayashi Mori Minaka Sakamoto
Produced by	Koji Yamamoto
Starring	Mutsumi Tamura Asami Seto Ayumu Murase Daiki Yamashita Yumiko Kobayashi Inori Minase Kana Hanazawa
Cinematography	Kei Machida
Edited by	Ryota Kinami
Music by	Umitarō Abe
Production company	Studio Colorido
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Drifting Home (Japanese: 雨を告げる漂流団地, Hepburn: Ame o Tsugeru Hyōryū Danchi; lit. 'Drifting Apartment that Announces Rain') is a 2022 Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy adventure comedy-drama film directed by Hiroyasu Ishida from a screenplay he co-wrote with Hayashi Mori and Minaka Sakamoto. Produced by Studio Colorido, the film was released simultaneously in Japanese theaters and on Netflix on September 16, 2022.

Kosuke Kumagaya and Natsume Tonai are 11-year-olds who grew up like siblings. The relationship between the two began to be strained after the death of Kosuke's grandfather, Yasuji Kumagaya.

One day during summer vacation, Kosuke and his classmates of Kamo Elementary School, named Taishi, Yuzuru, Reina, and Juri, sneak into Kamonomiya apartment complex, known by the kids as the "ghost housing complex", that has been slated for demolition. This housing complex happens to be a house full of memories where Kosuke and Natsume grew up, alongside grandfather Yasuji.

There, Kosuke unexpectedly encounters Natsume, who tells him and the others about the existence of a mysterious boy named Noppo living in the complex. Kosuke and Natsume start to argue, the group later chips in, then heavy rain ensues. After the rain stops, the housing complex is suddenly drifting in the middle of the ocean.

With no one in the building except them, the kids attempt to survive on their own, by exploring other nearby buildings also floating in the ocean, on the search for food. During their time together, tension in the group rises, as injuries and arguments happen.

After their building crashes into another, a hole is made at the bottom, and water starts to flow inside. The group must leave the building and go out in the ocean. Using objects they find in the apartment, they build a raft.

Everyone boards the raft except Noppo, who pushes the boat away from the apartment where he decides to stay, to the group's surprise. Natsume refuses to leave him behind, and swims back to the building. Kosuke follows her into the water, but fails to catch up to her and the building.

The group is separated: Noppo and Natsume are on the roof of the apartment complex, whereas the rest are in the raft. Later, the raft is approached by a floating Ferris wheel. The kids use this huge wheel to reel in the building Noppo and Natsume are on, with the help of a mysterious women who appears from this Ferris wheel.

The group reunites on the initial building, and reaches a mysterious shore, where they see other kids waving at them. The group thinks of getting off the building and onto the shore, but Noppo stops them and leaves alone, saying they won't be able to return home if they leave with him. The group lets him go, and are somehow led back home, by a mysterious way only Noppo seems to know. They return back to their normal lives, and Kosuke and Natsume find themselves closer than ever.

One of the two protagonists. 11 year old boy, who's grandfather passed away.

The other of the two protagonists. 11 year old girl, who used to live with Kosuke and his grandfather at the Kamonomiya apartment complex.

Mysterious boy who lives at the apartment complex.

Kosuke and Natsume's classmate at Kamo Elementary School. He's a member of the football club.

Another classmate. He's also a member of the football club.

Another classmate, who has an interest in Kosuke all throughout the story.

Another classmate. She's Reina's best friend.

Natsume's mother, who didn't have a stable relationship with Natsume's father.

Kosuke's grandfather, who lived at the Kamonomiya apartment complex, with Kosuke and Natsume. The film begins after his death.

Character	Japanese voice[1][2]	English voice[3][better source needed]
Kosuke Kumagaya (熊谷 航祐, Kumagaya Kōsuke)	Mutsumi Tamura	Bryce Papenbrook
Natsume Tonai (兎内 夏芽, Tonai Natsume)	Asami Seto	Cassandra Lee Morris
Noppo (のっぽ)	Ayumu Murase	Elliot Fletcher
Taishi Koiwai (小祝 太志, Koiwai Taishi)	Yumiko Kobayashi	Alex Cazares
Yuzuru Tachibana (橘 譲, Tachibana Yuzuru)	Daiki Yamashita	Benjamin Diskin
Reina Haba (羽馬 令依菜, Haba Reina)	Inori Minase	Abby Trott
Juri Ando (安藤 珠理, Andō Juri)	Kana Hanazawa	Cherami Leigh
Satoko Tonai (兎内 里子, Tonai Satoko)	Nana Mizuki
Yasuji Kumagaya (熊谷 安次, Kumagaya Yasuji)	Bin Shimada	John DiMaggio
Ferris Wheel Spirit	Aya Endō	Kari Wahlgren
Yasuko Kumagaya	Rikako Aikawa
Girl Students	Haruna Mikawa	Kate Higgins

The film was first announced by Netflix in September 2021. It was announced to be produced by Studio Colorido and directed by Hiroyasu Ishida, with scripts by Ishida, as well as Hayashi Mori and Minaka Sakamoto. Akihiro Nagae designed the characters and Umitarō Abe composed the music.^[4] Zutomayo performed the film's theme song, "Blush" (消えてしまいそうです, Kiete Shimaisō Desu; lit. 'It Seems It'll Accidentally Disappear'),^[5] as well as the insert song "Summer Slack" (夏枯れ, Natsugare; lit. 'Summer Slump').^[6] The film was released on September 16, 2022, on Netflix and in Japanese theaters.^[1]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 69% of 16 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10.^[7]

On the review aggregator website IMDb, the average rating is 6.4/10, with 5876 ratings.^[8]

The film was released simultaneously on Netflix and in Japanese theaters. The lack of articles addressing successful box office figures may mean that there was larger success on Netflix than in in-person theaters, potentially due to the same release date and higher accessibility of the online platform.

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Drifting Home on Netflix
• Drifting Home at IMDb 
• Drifting Home (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia