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Ride Your Wave

Ride Your Wave

True love knows no boundaries.

20197.61h 35m

Overview

Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.

Directed by Masaaki Yuasa
Written by Reiko Yoshida
Produced by Eunyoung Choi, Yuka Okayasu
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Top Cast

Ryota Katayose

Ryota Katayose

Minato Hinageshi (voice)

Rina Kawaei

Rina Kawaei

Hinako Mukaizumi (voice)

Honoka Matsumoto

Honoka Matsumoto

Yoko Hinageshi (voice)

Kentaro Ito

Kentaro Ito

Wasabi Kawamura (voice)

Mami Horikoshi

Mami Horikoshi

Hinako's Mother (voice)

You Taichi

You Taichi

Junko (voice)

Mai Nishikawa

Mai Nishikawa

Ai (voice)

Daiki Hamano

Daiki Hamano

Chiba Port Tower Public Address Announcer (voice)

Kenji Sugimura

Kenji Sugimura

Leader (voice)

Kunihiro Kawamoto

Kunihiro Kawamoto

Commander (voice)

Themes & Keywords

surfingbeachafterlifecoming of ageslice of lifetragedyaccidental deathmourningfirefightershoujoanime

About Ride Your Wave

Ride Your Wave is a animation, romance, comedy, drama, fantasy film released in 2019 exploring themes of surfing, beach, afterlife, coming of age, slice of life, tragedy. Directed by Masaaki Yuasa, it stars Ryota Katayose, Rina Kawaei, Honoka Matsumoto. Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love.

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