5 Centimeters per Second
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| I watched it already 9 times. And I would still repeat it. Cause damn too good anime ^^ But don't forget "Garden of Words". As well a good anime although it's only 45 min. |
| Oh...man......that anime sure made my eyes get all sweaty..... God....I really need to watch something happier after that one.....fucking hell. |
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| 4 years ago when I watched it for the first time I was like "Hmm... it's OK", but after the second watch the movie has really grown on me... The second part just left me speechless. Truly a work of art. |
| Meh..no feels for me. 6/10 |
"I have been wielding a blade since before your were swimming around your father's scrotum." - Kurou |
| That ending was like a stab in my heart. But I can't see a more fitting ending for this movie. |
| Just rewatched it the third time and still the best anime movie for me. There are no words to describe this beautiful artwork ( I mean who doesn't have at least one wallpaper/picture with the scenes on his computer- my favourite one is when the rocket is launched and it flyes right through the middle of the sun and towards the planet (Earth?nice idea)) and the heart-breaking theme song, made me feel sorry for not being born Japanese to understand without translation, but it isn't a barrier because you can feel that bitter-sweet pain even without knowing at first. |
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| Average movie with a very beautiful artwork. Didn't know it was a 2007 film intil I looked it up here on MAL. It feels tgat they crammed too much plot in too little time. Episode 1 we have a boy riding a train going to where her love is. Then they talked and kissed under a tree. Then boy goes home and probably never saw the girl again. Episode 2 was in their highschool days where another girl had a crush on the boy and the boy was all emo and shit. Then said girl tries to confess but realized that the boy never looked at her that way and that he was always looking beyond. Episode 3 we have the boy all grown up but still loved his childhood love although Akari is already engaged and moved on with her life. Then a sad song was thrown in with a series of clips showibg the boy (forgot his name) and Akari and all that happened, what should have happened, and what he thinks is happening (like when he sees Akari outside the train). And then they end the movie. The movie had a lot of potential and probably would have been way better if they increased the episode count and also showed us how the two was able to move on with their lives. Anyway, it wasn't a waste of time although its still not something I'm gonna rewatched anytime soon. |
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| I get the feeling that a lot of people took this movie the wrong way. Without a doubt, this is one of the best looking things I have seen so far. I just can't speak highly enough of how amazing it looks. But, it's not all pretty visuals. I have never seen an anime before that felt so 'alive' as this one. Summarized, this movie is not something to enjoy or whatever, it's something that has to make you think, to make you look back to the past. It is more the heavy feeling you have after watching this, which lasts for like several days. You think about your own feelings. We all had a person or more, we are drifted away from. It hurts. And this is what is sad. I would say to everyone to re-watch this if you disliked it, just to realize it's simplicity, which also lends the movie it's beauty. The message at the ending is the most important thing about the movie. It tells you to move on, no matter how hard life sucks. It shows us how unfair and painful life can be, that life can be so cruel from time to time, as it isn't the kind of paradise most shows want us to believe. This is without a doubt one of the best romances out there, probably along with Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal it is the best. Instead of showing a forced crappy ending where problems are solved with magic (in shows like Kanon, Clannad and other key bullshit), this anime perfectly illustrates and reflects real life. The cruelty of childhood, the delusion of adulthood. The world we live in is gentle yet sad, fun yet sorrowful, strong yet ephemeral. |
killmeeeJun 10, 2014 2:05 PM
| No heavy feeling for me after watching this. |
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Jharapsody said: chapter I : 9/10 Chapter II: 7/10 Chapter III: 5/10 Chapter III is only 5 coz they didn't end up as couple ... :_/ .. Literally the lamest reason to rate it lower Idk, I personally think the ending was one of the best parts of the movie. |
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StillSwingin007 said: Idk, I personally think the ending was one of the best parts of the movie. It was. |
-Riptide- said: No heavy feeling for me after watching this. You still don't know where I was getting to, do you? |
| This is the best anime film I've seen to date. |
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| Exactly. |
Broeksnoek said: This is the best anime film I've seen to date. Then you haven't seen a lot of anime film. StiffyMcBoner said: -Riptide- said: No heavy feeling for me after watching this. You still don't know where I was getting to, do you? I got what you're trying to say. All I'm saying is they crammed too much story in the span of one hour. Plus the characters lack depth. All we know from Akari was she was the protagonist's girlfriend when they were 13 and then they got seperated. Next time we see her, she's already engaged to someone else. And all we got from the protagonist (what was his name again?) in episode 2 was him being a depressed teen who couldn't move on with his life. How am I supposed to like the movie if I barely knew the main characters? And who the hell was the girl in episode 3 texting the protagonist? Oh and one more thing. At least those "key bullshit" have characters with depth. And as far as I know, key's bullshit has better stories than this "realistic" movie. |
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| Tis true. I haven't seen alot of anime in general, let alone animation films..but this story did have a large impact on me. To that extent that it got me back into anime after a 3 year hiatus. |
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Broeksnoek said: Tis true. I haven't seen alot of anime in general, let alone animation films..but this story did have a large impact on me. To that extent that it got me back into anime after a 3 year hiatus. Well I ain't gonna judge your opinion. But still, you should watch more animes. A lot are better than this. |
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| Key's magical shit deals with bland characters and extremely forced drama. With the overdramatic parts the anime is literally asking you: "Are you crying already?". Instead of leaving a real message to its audience, it just fucks everything up in the last episode. But no, every problem gets fixed with magic. Maybe the only message left was that problems in life can be fixed with magic? No sorry, but I just don't believe in magic. Just because those characters get more screentime, doesn't mean that they have depth already. Most of them deal with incomplete characterization or don't have any real motives. Most of them are plot devices and there are tons of supporting characters who are there for reasons I have yet to understand. Furthermore, there are too many convenient plot devices, they contradicted their own pursuit of realism and there are tons over-dramatized situations. Those shows spent so much time trying to build this false delusion about how "friendship solves everything" that essential aspects got completely disregarded, which is an incredible shame, since a show like After Story had so much potential. I think we just have to deal with the fact that our opinions just differ. |
| 5 cm = best anime film i've ever seen. after story = best anime series i've ever seen. Gonna grab popcorn. This is gonna be good....xD |
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| Whoah slow down there. I think we're getting a bit off topic here. My argument was that the characters are underdeveloped. Having very little screen time, we get to know so little about 5cm/s' characters. It makes it hard for me to feel sorry for them because I know little about them. The movie didn't give me time to know the characters so by episode 3 when they suddenly ended the movie with a song that tries to force you to be sad, I felt nothing. Anyway, you're right. I guess we should just agree to disagree. |
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| I understand. You're right. I love you. |
| I watched this anime with my whole class before in HS. And I can remember how pissed almost all of us were. lol |
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| Just realized!! They never got their scooters back from that place, did they??(can't quite remember, despite having just watched it) Anyway, I wanted the happy ending!!! I want to rewatch it, but at the same time I don't want to cos of the sad ending... Really good movie, amazing art(loved the backgrounds, so much detail), the sound was outstanding. I don't care what someone else says, this is a true masterpiece. But I still wanted the happy ending where Akari and Tohno end up together again!!! |
| So sad. The girl turned out to be happier than the guy. P.S. 27 people have no heart?? |
| It was a very good movie overall though the last part was just depressing. |
| WTF is with the ending. Gah!! I don't know why I agree to my friend demanding me to watch this anime. Now i just got her reasoning, she just doesn't want me to have an ending like Takaki. Nonetheless, it's still a beautiful movie to watch. I love that music with piano as bgm and the ending song just made me burst like a baby. I just hope both of them got their happy ending. really. |
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| Utter fucking garbage. |
| Ya it seemed like the guy hasn't moved on but the girl did. I was hoping he would end up with Sumida. But totally worth a watch. 8/10 |
| I was just reading the director's comments included in the international edition blu-ray and Shinkai described the movie as "a story where nothing happens". He stated that he was trying to depict events as realistically as possible and his goal with the movie was to portray the beauty in every day life. I can honestly say that watching this movie has taught me to appreciate the beauty of the mundane everyday occurrences in life. I'm so glad I've seen this movie! |
| Although everything was really well done, as we've all noticed it lacks some kind of real closure to it. Call me mainstream or whatever, but I do enjoy stories that are finished more. Liked this, though. |
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| Poor Takaki... T___T |
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| aww :(( That ending hurt my soul however this was truly masterpiece ! One of the series I'll never forget. |
| Beautiful anime movie........ animation was great........music was great really loved it really beautiful love story but only if takaki and akari would have ended up together as well i loved the feeling and emotions i got while watching this movie... |
| In other words... Nothing happened and everything was forgotten. Damn. Childhood friend never wins. TBH: I hated the voice acting in this anime. They always sounded so dead. Maybe that is just symbolism of how they are all just dying inside, but it didn't make the show very engaging in that respect. |
nep-nepNov 11, 2014 12:37 AM
| Akari actually moved on and as time passed, she forgot about him little by little it seems and met someone knew. or when she met someone new, she forgot about him little by little until the letter she got and she remember everything. While Takaki still remembers her as he trys to forget about her. Felt so bad for the guy since I know how it feels in a way. When they was walking by each other i was lost for words. unsatisfied ending since they were perfect for each other by they never happened. |
| Meh, nothing new. Visuals were very good so +1 for that. 4/10 |
AizixDec 1, 2014 10:03 AM
| I thought there's something more after the ending song, but no T_T I like the song though Honestly, I like this movie, its just that the ending ruined it. I guess the ending kinda fits the movie, but I don't like the way they end it, its like they rushed it. |
| While i really want to like this a lot i cant bring myself to. To me it only showed the "distance" between Takaki and Akari, and i know this movie is to express the distance between the two, i still wanted some screen time of the two together, the only time we see them actually together were as kids, and when they met up after they were teenagers. Then comes the 3rd chapter which felt rushed, and i really wished i couldve gotten to see them "make up" or something like that, all we really got to see was Akari have a ring and assume she isnt marrying Takaki, and see Takaki all sad and depressed and Akari livin the life, but we get some resolution towards the end, not really sure what happened. While this movie seems very realistic, it only showed the bad side of having a distance relationship, the two shouldve still ended up together, i for one think that. But im glad there was some resolution, as i said earlier. Enjoyed it overall (although the 2nd chapter was a little irrelevant, and shouldve been more focused on Akari and Takaki) Overall a good movie 7/10 |
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| This movie was really depressing not to mention disappointing . It seems the goal was to make a pretty bland story have a impact on the viewers through a sad ending or something . Well i despise endings like this. The animation and sound were good though. 7/10 |
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