Natsu no Arashi!
Genres: comedy, romance, supernatural
Themes: ghosts, historical, time travel
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Hajime Yasaka meets a strange girl named Sayoko Arashiyama (AKA Arashi), who turns out to be a ghost from World War II. They have the ability to “connect”, and together, they travel back in time to save Arashi’s friends and family from American air raids. Along their adventures, they meet Jun Kamigamo and Kaja, who can also connect and time travel. Two other ghosts from the World War II era, Yayoi and Kanako, drain Arashi’s existence so they can continue to exist. Hajime fights to save Arashi, but ends up connecting with Yayoi as well and travels back in time with her as well.
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 2009-04-05 to 2009-06-28
Natsu no Arashi! Akinai-chū
Genres: comedy, fantasy, romance
Themes: ghosts, time travel
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: The summer of a man’s boyhood memories continue. Still on the cusp between childhood and being a man, he has linked with the ghost of a young woman from the World War 2 era. She, and the ghosts of other young ladies from that time, continue adventures alongside their linked partners, learning more about each other and travelling through time via their supernatural connection. While he struggles to see his crush on her come to fruition, meanwhile his friend—a girl his age, pretending to be a boy—seeks his attention as well.
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 2009-10-04 to 2009-12-27