Shin Kimagure Orange☆Road: Soshite, Ano Natsu no Hajimari

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Synonyms: New Kimagure Orange Road: And Then, The Beginning of That Summer, New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning

Japanese: 新きまぐれオレンジ☆ロード～そして、あの夏のはじまり

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Nov 2, 1996

Producers: VAP, TOHO, Nippon Television Network

Licensors: ADV Films

Studios: Pierrot

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Slice of Life, Ecchi

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 1 hr. 35 min.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.38¹ (scored by 3,977 users)

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Ranked: #2390²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #6652

Members: 9,066

Favorites: 26

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It's been several years and Kyosuke Kasuga is now 19. A mysterious phone call warns him of oncoming cars but he doesn't listen. Ironically, he gets hit by a car and because of his telepathic abilities, gets sent three years into the future. His 22 year old future self is now a photographer who is lost in Bosnia and believed to be dead. Kyosuke must find his 22 year old future self and restore himself, the 19 year old, to his correct time. Along the way he reunites with Hikaru who is now a professional and famous dancer. Madoka is also there, distraught over both Kyosuke, the 22 year old, going missing in Bosnia and Kyosuke, the 19 year old, getting hit by a car.

(Source: ANN)

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Adaptation:	Shin Kimagure Orange Road
Prequel:	Kimagure Orange☆Road: Ano Hi ni Kaeritai

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Ayukawa, Madoka

Main

Tsuru, Hiromi
Japanese

Kasuga, Kyousuke

Main

Furuya, Toru
Japanese

Hiyama, Hikaru

Main

Hara, Eriko
Japanese

Jingoro

Supporting

Kasuga, Manami

Supporting

Tomizawa, Michie
Japanese

Kasuga, Kurumi

Supporting

Honda, Chieko
Japanese

Master

Supporting

Yara, Yuusaku
Japanese

Hatta, Kazuya

Supporting

Tatsuta, Naoki
Japanese

Komatsu, Seiji

Supporting

Nanba, Keiichi
Japanese

Anzai, Shuri

Supporting

Takano, Urara
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Yuyama, Kunihiko

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Matsuura, Noriyoshi

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Ishihara, Tatsuya

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Kajiura, Yuki

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"Day Dream: Soba ni Iru yo (DAY DREAM~そばにいるよ)" by Agua

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Dec 24, 2009

Relon

Recommended

I re-watched Shin Kimagure Orange Road just a while ago. This is my second time watching it.

Have to admit that the experience wasn't as good as the first time. Shin KOR gives you a semi-old feel, so as a person exposed to post-AD2000 animations, it doesn't really give you a full retro feel or a new feel. Once you get used to HD quality anime, you'll need to take some time to get accustomed to Shin KOR artwork. Nevertheless, I kinda liked the artwork. It has lost a bit of the original appeal, but the change in artwork makes it easier for later generations to ... appreciate Orange Road.

Before I start, just a warning that I may reveal some spoilers subtlely, but I try not to (as for all my other reviews soon to come).

My ratings (y'know like 9 for story, 7 for art, etc) are kinda biased for Shin KOR because I simply love KOR too much lol. But pretty much this was the kind of rating I'd give when I watched it 5 years ago, or perhaps better. I'd highly recommend this to everyone who watched and liked Kimagure Orange Road (TV/OVA) because it is sort of an ending to the story. One reason I liked Shin KOR was because I could relate with the characters and I know what happened in the TV/OVA/MOVIE.

The story was pretty well-made. It followed the KOR series chronologically and it put a stop to the story itself. The feel and direction was very different from the original though. The kind of experience you'd get is different from KOR, and the climaxing points are emphasised on different areas.

Shin KOR is slightly aimed at a more mature audience I rkn, with many suggestive sexual content. Pretty mild but enough to feel that, hey the characters are already adults. I didn't quite like the mature direction it was heading to, but it was still alright. I loved the idea about time travel though, and how it was pieced together. It kinda came to me that "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o kakera Shoujo?sp)" was inspired by orange road. The romance was awesome and refreshing, which is what I love about KOR.

The artwork is similar to 1990+ animations. Colours used give you a warm feeling, and brings out the landscape really well.

The OST is really nice. I was shocked that it's by Yuki Kajiura because it's not her usual kind of 'opera-sensation' music. I think this was one of her earliest works in Anime. The music brought life to the movie. In fact my favourite part of the movie was the piano pieces played in the movie.

Character development wasn't very much present, because the foundations were still based on the TV series. But really, the characters have grown much in this movie. It was really fun to see how they become like. The change was rather great (inclusive of the character design). Quite a lot of dialogue between characters, but the feelings of the characters were well portrayed. It touched me.

Overall it's an enjoyable movie for me on Christmas Day. I'm starting to miss KOR. Maybe I'll continue with the manga. KOR really made me enjoy my memories so much.

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Mar 29, 2011

Danno

Recommended

This movie ties up the loose ends left by the previous one. Unfortunately, there's no Ushiko-Umao reference in this one. The story's pretty interesting since it's got time travel and inevitable time paradoxes, though. We get a little info on the lives of the main characters after the events of the first movie, then we also learn about how things are for them three years later. I think this stuff would be particularly appreciated by fans of the series since it gives you that sense of closure.
One character from the OVAs appears in the movie, so you may want to watch the OVAs first ...

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Sep 18, 2018

xcomprr

Recommended

This second movie continues where the last left off and is based on the first book of a three part novel series written by Kenji Tereda who was the main scenario writer for the TV series (he also wrote the scenarios for JRPGs Final Fantasy I - III too apparently). So again, this isn't based off Izumi Matsumoto's original work.

It continues to show how he envisioned the characters from the original Manga, now nineteen, would have moved on with their lives through university. If you watched the first movie, you might feel better for the characters after watching this. Maybe it was Tereda's way of ...

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