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The Stranger by the Shore (海辺のエトランゼ) is a 2020 Japanese animated boys' love (BL) film, written and directed by Akiyo Ohashi and adapted from the manga series L'étranger de la Plage by Kanna Kii. The film follows the romance between Shun Hashimoto and Mio Chibana, two young men living on a remote island in Okinawa.

Planning & staff
The manga series L'étranger de la Plage by Kanna Kii was originally published in the magazine On BLUE in 2013, and its sequel L'étranger du Zéphyr began serialization in the magazine in 2014; an audio drama adaptation was also produced in 2016. An animated film adaptation of the series was announced in October 2019 as the third film to be produced by Blue Lynx, a subsidiary of Fuji TV that produces films in the boys' love (male-male romance, also known as BL or yaoi) genre.

Voice acting
The majority of the Japanese voice cast for the 2016 audio drama adaptation of L'étranger de la Plage reprise their roles for The Stranger by the Shore.


 * https://www.themarysue.com/the-stranger-by-the-shore-interview/

Music
The film's theme song "Zokkon" (ゾッコン) is written and performed by the band Mono No Aware (band). According to Mono No Aware vocalist Shukei Tamaki, the producers of the film requested a song that was light and energetic rather than quiet and solemn; "Zokkon", a demo song Tamaki had written when he was 18 years old, was selected by the producers from several options submitted by the artist. Tamaki commented that the song "had so much energy that [he] couldn't write it now".

The film's soundtrack is composed by Mina Kubota.

Release
The Stranger by the Shore was released in theaters in Japan on September 11, 2020. Outside of Japan, the film was released in Taiwan by Cai Chang Asia on November 13, 2020, and in Hong Kong by Neofilms on December 3, 2020. On July 9, 2021, Funimation began streaming the film in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, and Brazil.

The film has received several iterations of home video releases. In Japan, The Stranger by the Shore was released on DVD, standard edition Blu-ray, and deluxe edition Blu-ray on February 24, 2021. In North America, the film was released as a limited edition Blu-ray by Crunchyroll and Funimation on January 24, 2023.