The After the Rain anime that’s part of the winter 2018 season comes from the manga by Jun Mayuzuki and now it looks like that manga is coming this week. Vertical Comics looks to be the one behind it as it’s showing up with a September 25th, 2018 release date. The manga is currently about to wrap up in Japan as the anime ends and ahead of a live-action incarnation this summer.
The manga comes from Jun Mayuzuki which began in the summer of 2014 and had its ninth volume coming out on November 10th, 2017. The final chapter arrived on March 12th, 2018 with the final volume to be solicited later. The series has over 1.5 million copies in print so far.
Ayumu Watanabe directed the series based on the series composition by Deko Akao. Wit Studio worked on the animation production and Yuka Shibata served as character designer and chief animation director.
The Japanese cast includes Sayumi Watabe as Akira Tachibana, Hiroaki Hirata as Masami Kondou, Emi Miyajima as Haruka Kyan, Haruka Fukuhara as Yui Nishida, Junya Ikeda as Takashi Yoshizawa, and Tomoaki Maeno as Ryousuke Kase.
Plot Concept: Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club but, due to an injury, she is no longer able to run as fast as she once could. Working part-time at a family restaurant as a recourse, she finds herself inexplicably falling love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man with a young son.
Despite the age gap, Akira wholeheartedly embraces his mannerisms and kind nature, which is seen as spinelessness by the other employees, and little by little, the two begin to understand each other. Although unable to explain why exactly she is attracted to him, Akira believes that a concrete reason is not needed to truly love someone. On a rainy day, she decides to finally tell her manager about how she feels…but just how will he react?
