Director(s): Katsuyuki Motohiro
Writer(s): Makoto Ueda
From the mind of Makoto Ueda & Europe-Kikaku, the creators of ‘Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes’
Summer Time Machine Blues is a delightful teenage time-travel comedy from 2005 and a cult favourite in Japan. To members of the university Sci-Fi Club, summer means hanging around in the clubhouse with the air-con blasting. When the air-con remote is accidentally broken, the friends are forced to face the full heat of summer. The next day, after an encounter with a mysterious student, they discover an incredible new addition to their clubhouse: a working time machine. Now they can go back to before the remote broke and cool down again. If only time travel was that simple…