Orange: Mirai

Twenty-six-year-old Hiroto Suwa; his wife, Naho; and their old high school classmates—Takako Chino, Azusa Murasaka, and Saku Hagita—visit Mt. Koubou to view the cherry blossoms together. While watching the setting sun, they reminisce about Kakeru Naruse, their friend who died 10 years ago. Mourning for him, they decide to visit Kakeru's old home, where they learn the secret of his death from his grandmother.

Filled with regret, Suwa and his friends decide to write letters to their 16-year-old past selves to set their hearts at rest. With the knowledge contained in the letter from his future self, 16-year-old Suwa has the chance to rewrite the future. What choices will he make? What will happen in this new future?

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Suwa, Hiroto Main

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Naruse, Kakeru Main

Yamashita, Seiichirou Japanese

Takamiya, Naho Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Hagita, Saku Main

Okitsu, Kazuyuki Japanese

Murasaka, Azusa Main

Takamori, Natsumi Japanese

Chino, Takako Main

Kinugawa, Rika Japanese

Haru Supporting

Aizawa, Saya Japanese

Hamasaki, Hiroshi Director

Nakayama, Naomi Director

Nagasaki, Yukio Sound Director

Kobukuro Theme Song Performance

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May 27, 2024

patkarunungan

Recommended

I was so disappointed with the anime that I cannot recommend it in general, or at least recommend it to some. Imagine my surprise that I like this movie so much that I can safely recommend this over the anime.

*The animation quality is definitely of higher quality. After all, this is a movie and that is to be expected.

*It is technically a sequel as it is said to cover parts of volume 6 of the manga. But much of it is recycled scenes from the anime series without the annoying and boring parts. Since that is the case, even if you didn't watch the ... anime series, you can still watch and enjoy this movie. You can watch it before or after, but you may or may not like it.

*If most of the scenes in the anime series are viewed from the perspective of Naho, this one takes place from the perspective of Suwa. You might gain some appreciation of the events thanks to this, which is another reason I did not find the recycled scenes repetitive.

*The scenes that take place after the anime only start at the 40-minute mark. Understandably, some people may dislike this fact. But I reckon that the execution is good enough.

In fact, this movie has salvaged the story for me. The anime felt meh, but this one is more enjoyable to watch.

*If in the anime series, the word orange had a sad meaning, it has a more positive connotation in this movie. I won't spoil it. Just watch it.

*The reason why I cannot possibly rate it much higher than 7 is that the mechanics of how the letters travelled from the future to the past is ridiculous. If you're just watching it for the feels, you can safely ignore this aspect but some people don't.

Also, I wish it could be longer because there are only 20 minutes of new scenes. Sure, I think the studio did a great job in this movie, but there are some people who will feel short-changed.

Conclusion:

I like this Orange movie, and can even recommend it as the only Orange media you watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 23, 2020

lilkraken

Mixed Feelings

*review contain spoilers*

So, if you really want to know what I think about Orange, please refer to my review of the anime. I am not even going to get into details, because more than 50% of the movie was basically a recap of the anime and things we already knew. I was expecting more of what happens after the anime, either on the real world or the parallel world. We do get to see some glimpse of what happened in the parallel world (with Kakeru being alive, married to Naho, even having a baby with her and Suwa being the favorite uncle), but that scene ... alone, as good as it was, does not make up for the waste of time the whole movie is, if you already watched the anime. I am going to say though, that I am going to keep preferring the parallel world (even though Suwa is a great person).

It is not a bad movie, but I would recommend that if you did watch the anime, start the movie at least half way through and save you some time.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 2, 2020

i_have_scurvy

Not Recommended

I skipped the first 35 minutes because it just a recap of the anime which I watched a few minutes prior to the movie so I didn't need it.

When the original part of the movie starts it very slow and just gives a different perceptive on what we already knew with new story or information, it doesn't add to the overall story of Orange.

The story continues down the main storyline from the Orange anime and believe it or not it is exactly what you expected would happen. It feels like a bad attempt to bring everything to happy ending but we already had our happy ... ending. Tried to pull off a Clannad After Story but failed horribly

Story ignoring the anime story is pretty bad, nothing happens. 4/10

Art and Animation is slightly better in the movie over the anime. 7/10

The music is pretty basic and generic. 6/10

They messed around with the characters and characters like Suwa are way too self centered and Naho is strangely ignorant of everyone else only thinking about her relation with Kakeru. Although it was nice to confirm Azu and Hagito got together. 4/10

Enjoyment? A waste of time, end it at the anime. There is no need to watch this. Basically a recap. 3/10

So overall? 4/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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