Hikaru Kujira (2023)

Other name: 光る鯨, Светящийся кит

Description:

Hikaru Kujira centers on Shimura Ito, a young woman working part-time at a convenience store, whose life takes an unexpected turn. She returns to the 50-year-old municipal housing complex where she spent her childhood, driven by the mysterious disappearance of her friend, the promising novelist Takashima Hakaru. This complex is rumored to be linked to the internet urban legend of the Isekai Elevator.

As Ito steps into the building’s aging elevator, she is transported. Instead of her familiar world, she finds herself in a parallel dimension—a place that closely resembles her reality yet is profoundly different. In this strange new world, Ito begins to encounter people who had vanished without a trace from her original timeline. She must navigate this eerie, alternate existence to uncover the truth behind her friend’s disappearance and understand the secrets of this uncanny parallel realm.

Airs On: Dec 08, 2023

Director: Morita Hiroyuki [森田博之]

Country: Japanese

Status: Upcoming

Released: 2023

Genre:Childhood; life; Novel; Accident