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Now that the raw is out, i would like to give my thoughts on this as more and more people watch it (I watched it at AX earlier this month)

/me didn't click the spoiler.

I wonder if there will be any subs for it in the future...

the raw is out? o.o ...where? nvm, found it :)

anyway, I'm pretty sure KAA will pick this one up, but that will happen only after the DVDs are out so it's gonna take another while :/

I'm really tired of waiting for this movie. T_T

must.. watch.. now!

Looks like there's a couple subs out for the first one now. Looks like a very interesting watch.

Is the one released the first segment of the 3 part film, or the third? They both had the same name so I wasn't sure, didn't want to risk starting at the end.

the release looks like it is all of them. The third segment just happens to have the same name as the title.

Ah, thanks Faust. Appreciate the info. For some reason I assumed they were releasing it in the the three segments. Thanks for clearing that up.

I just watched the Parade sub, which was well done I thought and contains all 3 chapters.

I didn't fully understand the last 2 chapters, but I've never seen anything as beautiful as this so I rated it a 9.

I loved it. I, too, watched all 3 chapters, together. I loved the story... and the animation... was absolutely BEAUTIFUL ^__^ 10/10.

The ending was nice... but left it a little open... makes you wonder if they ever found each other again...

Personally, I was a bit disappointed. Not because the expectations were too high, rather the opposite: the movie met my expectations so easily that I couldn't even believe it.



I originally thought to write a review, but after having read the other members' reviews I decided it wasn't necessary, as it would neither help anyone enjoy it nor do any other good; as such, it's actually more of a rant about Shinkai not moving forward from the spot he's sitting on for a few years already.

I swear the man is a freaking genius. Very lovely film, awesome animation, and a lovely story. I was a little disappointed in the ending, call it wanting more closure or whatever. I did like how it was left the way it was but still I wish it'd of left more closure. Still though the film is beyond awesome and I await it's release State side by ADV

I just saw it and I loved it. I actually really liked the ending (although yes I too would've liked to see the ending most of us were expecting but then it would probably be lame :P) and how the ending of the last chapter was like an AMV, that was awesome. I had a great time watching this movie, great story telling of a great story.

To be completely honest, I was quite disappointed, but not necessarily surprised by 5CM. I agree pretty much with almost all of moozooh's analysis above, specifically about how Makoto Shinkai seems to have not progressively evolved in his storytelling, although I'll add a few more observations.

Alright heres what the movie was to me

Over all i loved it very much so, Shinkai is one of my favorite creators. The first and second episodes were great. I'm not completely sure but I THINK i liked the first episode best. Some times I was like "...why don't they just do it..." like in the first episode i thought he should have told her that he wrote a letter but it was lost, and she should have given him her letter, in the second episode he was like "When did I start writing messages that i would never send..." and i was like "then just send them o.o that would be for the best wouldn't it?" and also in the last episode, why didn't he run after her after the trains had passed!

And the third episode made me kind of sad, I know that it was Shinkai's style but i really wanted them to get together in the end. Me and a friend watched it the same day and talked about it later, we didn't really understand but it seemed like the Takaki was now in a depressed state with not alot of good happening, an Akari was engaged. Correct me if i was wrong there.

I was kinda upset about that. Sure I loved the movie but I think I would have loved it more if they ended up together in the end. The bitter sweet ending is also good too. But is it like saying that they will never see each other again? I know they said they would watch the cherry blossoms together again but it just didn't seem like it.

Overall I really liked it and would recommend it to anyone.

So, quick question here...

I know there was the full hour-long movie that has all three segments, but then there was the Oukashou episode aired on Yahoo, I believe. I was under the assumption that there were three episodes (each one focusing on one of the three segments from the movie), as well as the movie. But now it seems like there's just the movie and the separate Oukashou segment.

So, I'm thinking there's just the movie and the earlier-shown Oukashou segment. Is that right?

The movie is basically those 3 segments combined which is basically and hour long. Oukashou, Cosmonaut and 5cm per second. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively. Oukashou was streamed on yahoo to promote the movie. It is still part of the movie but that one was just shown on yahoo.

Well, I just finished and to be honest I was disappointed.

The music is great, and One More Time One More Chance is #4 in my top anime OP/ED songs. The animation was brilliant, no surprises there. But it's not enough to make the movie great.

I was hoping to see a really deep relation between the too main characters but it fell way short of that. The first chapter exploring that would be relation nicely and I figured it would get better after that, and more dramatic but what happened was the complete opposite. The second chapter introduces a second girl (don't recall her name.. and that's kinda bad since I just finished the movie), which in my view was totally unnecessary, and she completely disappears in the last chapter. Why was there a chapter told by her I still don't understand. If I look at the chapter alone, it's great, but IMO it didn't belong in the movie. The story should have focused solely on exploring the relation and distance between Tohno and Akari.
The last chapter would have been great, dramatic, touching if that relation had been explored has it should have been. Showing more moments of them together, more slices of their life together. So while the ending could have been great, it felt short of that due to the lack of development and background on their relations.

I'm gonna disagree with Faust and say this is not Makoto Shinkai's best work. "Beyond the Clouds" was way better. The character relations/interactions where way more touching, so was the storyline. And the animation was just as good.

Chapter I - 9
Chapter II - 7
Chapter III - 6
Final Score - it would be a 7 but due to the animation and music I rated it an 8.

i didn't quit understood the last episode...did he totaly lost contact with Akari? were they still emailing each other?...because correct me if im wrong when he got the message on his cellphone it wasn't from Akari but rather from his Ex ( unknown office girl ) who finaly decides to move on as he ignors her calls.. and does anyone know what was the message he typed but didn't send in second episode...the subs didn't translate that.

Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he totally lost contact with her. Akari even had a ring on her finger in the last ep, so I guess Akari almost forgot about him. Sadly, the subs I watched 5cm/s with did not translate the messages either.

The way i see the ending

The women in the office was Kanae who finally confessed her love for Takaki. He turned her down since he was still expecting to go with Akari little does he know Akari has gotten engaged and when they meet for the next time she is going to tell him that.

So now he doesn't have Akari or Kanae and is going to die a lonely death from lung cancer (smoking kills!)