Catching The Stars of This Summer

[Machine Translation] The best summer and one I hope never comes again. The year 2020, when the world was engulfed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Faced with restrictions on club activities, junior high and high school students took on the Star Catch Contest" a competition where participants across Japan simultaneously observed the stars using online tools. This initiative, started by students in Ibaraki, Tokyo, and the Goto Islands in Nagasaki, eventually spread nationwide [STORY] Whether this is a pitiful generation" or not is up to us to decide. In 2020, high school students had their adolescence stolen by the COVID-19 pandemic. Asa, from Ibaraki, resolves to organize the Star Catch Contest" to reclaim their lost summer. In Tokyo, Mahiro, a lonely middle school student, gets swept up by his classmate Amane and becomes involved in the contest. In Goto, Nagasaki, Enka who s struggling with her family s tourism business looks up at the sky after a new encounter. Students from across the country, searching for stars with homemade telescopes, connect online through their screens, and their thoughts, intersecting in the night sky, capture a miraculous sight .[Video Extras] / Making of: Watching the Stars This Summer" / Watching the Stars This Summer: Another Story" / haruka nakamura + suis from Yorshika Tosei" Music Video / Insert Song Starlight" Special Footage / Main Trailer / Three-City Trailer

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最高で、2度と来ないでほしい夏。 世界がコロナ禍に覆われた2020年。部活動を制限された中高生たちが挑んだのは、オンラインを駆使して日本各地で同時に天体観測を行う競技「スターキャッチコンテスト」。茨城、東京、長崎・五島の学生が始めたこの活動はやがて全国に広がって――。 [STORY] かわいそうな世代かどうかは、私たちが決めること。2020年、コロナ禍で青春期を奪われた高校生たち。茨城の亜紗は、失われた夏を取り戻すため、〈スターキャッチコンテスト〉開催を決意する。東京では孤独な中学生・真宙が、同級生の天音に巻き込まれその大会に関わることに。長崎・五島では実家の観光業に苦悩する円華が、新たな出会いを通じて空を見上げる。手作り望遠鏡で星を探す全国の学生たちが、オンライン上で画面越しに繋がり、夜空に交差した彼らの思いは、奇跡の光景をキャッチする――。[映像特典] ◆「Making of この夏の星を見る」 ◆「この夏の星を見る～アナザーストーリー～」 ◆haruka nakamura + suis from ヨルシカ 「灯星」MV ◆挿入歌「スターライト」特別映像 ◆本予告 ◆三都市予告