All the anime movies coming to theaters in summer 2022

polygon.com:

American viewers have access to more anime than they’ve ever had before, with record-high numbers of new shows available on streaming. There truly is an embarrassment of anime riches. Not to be left behind, the big screen is also getting its fair share of anime movies to keep us busy this summer.

If you need a break from the latest Marvel movie, you don’t think Tom Cruise is as exciting as a Ghibli classic, or you simply want some animated, rocking alternative to Elvis, there’s an anime movie for you at the local multiplex this year. Here’s our list of the biggest anime releases of the summer, including some titles in limited release you don’t want to miss out on.

Children of the Sea director Ayumu Watanabe returns with a vastly different, small-scale story. Rather than taking on the entirety of the universe, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is about 38-year-old Nikuko and her 11-year-old daughter Kikuko, who live together on a houseboat in a fishing town. The film centers on Kikuko as she navigates life with a larger-than-life mother who falls for the wrong men, turns every place she goes into a party, and overall has too much personality for Kikuko’s liking. The film boasts exquisite art direction and a coming-of-age slice-of-life story about growing up and learning your parents are human too.

In theaters June 3.

Revue Starlight is back. Four years after the end of the TV series, the students of Seisho Music Academy are back to try and achieve on-stage stardom. The story follows Karen and Hikari, two students who find a strange stage where girls settle their conflicts through underground battles in the shape of revues, or stage performances. The anime looked like any other idol show at first, but it quickly proved itself to