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It’s an ordinary summer vacation...except for the fact that Nagara’s high school has mysteriously drifted into another dimension. As the students begin to develop strange new powers, will they work together to survive the alien environment and find a way home, or will their newly formed factions and rivalries turn on each other? (Source: Funimation) Note: The first episode received an advance release on YouTube on June 19, 2021. The regular TV broadcast started on July 16, 2021.
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Shingo NatsumeOriginal Creator
Hisashi EguchiOriginal Character DesignShingo NatsumeDirector 
Norifumi KugaiCharacter Design
Toshiaki UesugiTitle Logo Design
Kenichi KonishiDesign Assistance
Mari FujinoArt Director
Satoshi HashimotoColor Design
Kanami TanakaColor Design Assistance
Akane FushiharaDirector of Photography
Chinatsu HasegawaAssistant Director of Photography
Kashiko KimuraEditing 
HoshiAmi Naitou
RajdhaniHiroki Gotou
ShanhaiKana Ogino
HayatoShouta Yamamoto
PonyHana Satou
CapYouji Ueda
Aki-senseiAi Kakuma
VoiceTooru Ookawa
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