Review of Waiting in the Summer
[This is NOT a SPOILER free review] Personally I really enjoyed the anime although I didn't quiet like the ending because it wasn't the way I expected it to be or simply it wasn't the way I wanted it to be. Generally speaking the anime consist of 12 episodes which really resembles the anime "Onegai Teacher" a lot but are still different. However, I've enjoyed "Onegai Teacher" more than Ano Natsu de Matteru though. Common between these two anime: 1) Both female protagonists are from space whose spaceship ended up in a lake.2) They both have a biological creature like which is supposed to be the program of their spaceship which allows them to control it and also teleport themselves or other people as well to the place they want.
3) Both female protagonists are older than the main male protagonists.
4) In both anime the male protagonist falls in love with the alien female protagonists with whom they start living with and have a female classmate who is in love with them as well who tries to get their affection.
Now let's get back to Ano Natsu de Matteru.
The story isn't complex at all despite being classified as a "Sci Fi" genre although there are terms they use which probably are just words without any real meaning probably.
The romance is the typical high school one which can be found in many Shojo manga/anime and sometimes in shonen as well, where the female protagonist has a rival competing for the male protagonist. However, the romance escalates pretty fast between the destined one and there's less biting around the bush. Of course they didn't miss the hurdles and ordeals that one must face when falling in love.
It is pretty comedic but I've seen better romantic comedies that really made me laughed so hard.
There are very few actions as well but nothing to be impressed with however.
The music are not bad but "Onegai Teacher" had amazing OST's by comparison, especially with KOTOKO's Shooting Star OP but the ending of Ano Natsu de Matteru is pretty good.
The art is pretty well done with some amazing backgrounds and as for the characters they are pretty good if not the best.
To conclude, Ano Natsu de Matteru is practically a romance anime with Sci fi, action and comedy as the supporting elements but it's still enjoyable and worth watching. Well, I might not have given a detailed review about the anime but I would still refrain a lot of you from judging the anime by the ratings and reviews of other users and watch it for yourself!