Want to set up that its summer in an anime? use a shot of large poofy high clouds extending deep in the sky with sounds of Japanese cicadas as noise. Common in
Slice Of Life anime.
A form of
Atmosphere Building Suspiciously Apropos Weather and maybe a form of
Scenery Porn.
Compare
Cicadian Rhythm.
Needs A Better Description,
Needs A Better Title
- Nichijou has featured 3 of them during the two summer break episodes.
- Haruhi Suzumiya every episode of the notorious eight Endless Eight episodes features one during the intro or during the Public Pool visit.
- A Channel's summer break episodes feature one in the intro. The clouds are suspiciously gone later in the episode for the fireworks festival.
- K On features several during their summer breaks.
- Several Yotsuba chapters feature long pans during summer where such clouds are visible.