Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (Japanese: 茄子 アンダルシアの夏, Hepburn: Nasu: Andarushia no Natsu) is a 2003 Japanese anime film by Madhouse, directed by Kitarō Kōsaka – a long-time collaborator of Studio Ghibli and the animation supervisor for Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. The film was based on the manga series by Iou Kuroda titled Nasu, which was serialized in Monthly Afternoon magazine.
Kōsaka became interested in adapting the work after his long-time collaborator Hayao Miyazaki himself, a fan of cycling, recommended the manga to Kōsaka. The film soon went on to become the first Japanese anime film ever to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival, premiering in the Directors' Fortnight section on May 18, 2003. It was theatrically released in Japan on July 26, 2003.
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia has been translated and dubbed into English by the anime television network Animax, which has broadcast the film in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and other regions. It was also translated into French, under the title Nasu – Un été andalou, Italian, as Melanzane – Estate andalusa, and German, as Nasu – Sommer in Andalusien. AnimEigo released the film on Blu-ray on March 11, 2025 in the United States.
A sequel, Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase, set in Japan on the Japan Cup Cycle Road Race, was released in 2007. Directed by Kitarō Kōsaka, it featured Ken'ichi Yoshida, another long-time collaborator of Studio Ghibli, who has worked on several Studio Ghibli films such as Princess Mononoke and Porco Rosso, as animation director. In 2008, Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase won the best Original Video Animation award at the seventh annual Tokyo Anime Awards, held at the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair.
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