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Cocoon: From the Girls of Summer

Cocoon: From the Girls of Summer

20257.11h 0m

Overview

San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers. When ordered to die for their country, the remaining members of the group escape only to face the harsh environment of a tropical paradise that has become a hellish battlefield.

Directed by Yukimitsu Ina
Written by Machiko Kyo, Yukimitsu Ina, Taku Kishimoto
Produced by Hitomi Tateno
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Top Cast

Marika Ito

Marika Ito

San (voice)

Hikari Mitsushima

Hikari Mitsushima

Mayu (voice)

Yoko Hikasa

Yoko Hikasa

Tamaki (voice)

Rena Motomura

Rena Motomura

Hina (voice)

Chinatsu Akasaki

Chinatsu Akasaki

Mari (voice)

Aoi Koga

Aoi Koga

Yuri (voice)

Yume Miyamoto

Yume Miyamoto

Kaede (voice)

Izumi Aoyagi

Izumi Aoyagi

Shiho (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

Miyuki Sawashiro

Kaho (voice)

Umeka Shouji

Umeka Shouji

Sensei (voice)

Themes & Keywords

politicsbased on true storybased on mangahistoricalanimejoseijapanese high schoolworld wartv special

About Cocoon: From the Girls of Summer

Cocoon: From the Girls of Summer is a animation, drama, war, tv movie film released in 2025 exploring themes of politics, based on true story, based on manga, historical, anime, josei. Directed by Yukimitsu Ina, it stars Marika Ito, Hikari Mitsushima, Yoko Hikasa. San and Mayu are two schoolgirls living in Okinawa during the closing months of the Pacific War. Together with their classmates, the two friends are drafted into the war effort as nurses for wounded soldiers. When ordered to die for their country, the remaining members of the group escape only to face the harsh environment of a tropical paradise that has become a hellish battlefield.

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