Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho


The Place Promised in Our Early Days

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Beyond the Clouds, The Promised Place
Japanese: 雲のむこう、約束の場所
English: The Place Promised in Our Early Days
German: The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Spanish: El Lugar que nos Prometimos
French: La Tour au-delà des Nuages
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Nov 20, 2004
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: ADV Films, GKIDS
Studios: CoMix Wave Films
Source: Original
Genres: Award WinningAward Winning, DramaDrama, RomanceRomance, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Theme: MilitaryMilitary
Duration: 1 hr. 30 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.431 (scored by 9218892,188 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #21512
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1109
Members: 218,005
Favorites: 749

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Synopsis

Hiroki Fujisawa and Takuya Shirakawa harbor admiration for two things in their life: their classmate Sayuri Sawatari and the vast Ezo Tower that stands boundlessly across the Tsugaru Strait. Fascinated by the limitless structure beyond their reach, Hiroki and Takuya begin constructing an aeroplane from a fallen drone they discovered—naming it the Bella Ciela—to fulfill their dream of one day reaching the sky-scraping top of the tower. Later joined by the girl they love, Hiroki and Takuya promise Sayuri to fly with her to the seemingly otherworldly top together. However, Japan has suffered a North-South partitioning that has fueled conflict near the base of the tower, which marks the border between the America-controlled Southern islands and the Northern lands occupied by the Soviet Union.

Further along, Sayuri suddenly disappears, and Hiroki and Takuya never see her again. Unbeknownst to them, she fell victim to a sleeping disorder that left her comatose for the past three years. Although Hiroki and Takuya later learn about Sayuri's condition, they also discover that the girl's unconscious state is oddly linked to the same tower the trio had promised to conquer together.

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Background

The film won the Best Animation Film award at the Mainichi Film Awards in 2004.

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Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Shinkai, Makoto
Producer, Director, Sound Director, Script, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics, Original Creator, Color Design, Editing, Executive Producer
Itou, Kouichirou
Producer
Foster, Steven
Script, ADR Director
Tenmon
Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition, Music


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Ending Theme

"Kimi no Koe" by Kawashima, Ai




Reviews

Jul 15, 2023
It was an intriguing movie, quite old, so you could say I arrived late to the party.
It was incredibly touching, there was one line from the movie that I didn't quite understand and made me think.
"We've lost the place of our promise in this world, but even so, our lives begin now."
The art style and visuals are vivid and stunning, captivating the eyes.
The music, too, evokes deep emotions, enhancing the overall experience.
Moreover, there was another line that resonated with me on a personal level, as it seemed to reflect my own recent life experiences.
"From here, I thought, I wouldn't have to look at the _____ ...
Dec 2, 2023
Mixed Feelings
A sometimes tedious exercise in slow drama, Shinkai's only defense is him still exploring the themes of alienation and separation in the early stages of his career. Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho happened to be his first feature-length production, and likely the substantial foundation for a lot of the romantic metaphors he currently gravitates toward. The film is simple, everything about it is relatively muted, and content in lingering around alternate-history war politics and monologue-driven intimacy with a yearning for a hopeful future. Shinkai's writing isn't as technically sound as some of his later features, and that's apparent in the deliberate assortment of character ...
Nov 8, 2021
Your Name is the only Shinkai film that I like. I adore that film, it had good characters, good relationships, and a refreshing fantastical charm, and unfortunately, all of his other films fail to deliver on any of those. The only positive thing going on with this film is its art style and animation, but that too sometimes feels clunky and underutilized. Some of the shots are just bad on a camera placement level. The editing is also meh. Let us see and absorb some of these frames and not cut away so quickly.

I liked the idea and concept of the story -- the sci-fi ...

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