Gotou ni Naritai.

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Synonyms: 5-tou ni Naritai.

Japanese: ５等になりたい。

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 10, 1995

Producers: Tama Production

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: None found, add some

Source: Original

Genres: Slice of Life, School, Drama

Duration: 1 hr. 15 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 7.17¹ (scored by 620 users)

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Ranked: #3082²

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Members: 1,792

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Story of a girl born with a bad leg. Ritsuko longs to go to school and make lots of friends but it is not so easy. Her mother is very protective of her and at school she is teased by her classmates for her strange way of walking. Will she manage to keep her smile?

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Hanauchi, Ritsuko

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Mitarai, Rika
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Ishibashi-sensei

Supporting

Mikiko

Supporting

Seino, Yumi
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Oka, Sakiko

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Nakatake, Kanako
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Oshima, Michiru

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Jizoumoto, Takuji

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Jun 6, 2012

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Firechick12012 (All reviews)

14 people found this review helpful

Just when I thought all hope was lost for the three "disability movies" which I like to call them, I randomly come across the fact that Evetaku just fansubbed this...months ago! Whoa! When I saw that on MAL, I rushed over to the site to confirm it, and there it was, right on the bottom of the front page! I immediately downloaded it and watched it right after I got home from school. Thank GOD this thing got subbed! Maybe there's some hope for Happy Birthday: Inochi Kagayaku Toki and Momoko: Kaeru no Uta ga Kikoeru yo after all in terms of the fansubbing department!

Considering that this was made in 1995, the animation is clearly rather sub-par, at best. However, the animators did a great job at giving every single character a distinct look and, once again, giving them physical flaws, such as obesity and small eyes and big teeth. One problem I notice in a lot of new anime nowadays is that everyone doesn't have their own distinct look. Everyone looks the same, except with different hair styles, hair colors, and eye colors, which is especially apparent in a lot of harem and moe anime. Not only that, they're so obsessed with beauty that they have no physical flaws, like big teeth or braces or acne or anything else like that! Even American shows feature characters with those peculiarities and insecurities! What is it with Japan and making everyone look impossibly beautiful and flawless?! Thank God this anime subverted that trope awesomely! The soundtrack isn't memorable, really. I don't remember any of it.

Again, like with the other two disability movies, its characters are awesome, realistic, and wonderfully developed. While they look and act slightly generic, they're not flat-out stereotypes either, and there's always a reason behind their actions. Heck, later on in the movie, the two main bullies who pick on Ritsuko have their reasons for being so cruel. The movie addresses the issue of love, hate, jealousy (NOT romantic jealousy, mind you), and acceptance, and it follows through its themes wonderfully. They're all great and perfectly normal characters. The adults are good too, even though some of them may be a little weird.

If I had to name some problems this movie has, one notable one would be that at times, it gets a little too melodramatic, particularly with Ritsuko's mother and how she reacts to the bullies. But in this case, it's justified because Ritsuko's mother is portrayed as an overprotective person, and Ritsuko is embarrassed by her reckless actions (Hey, what kid ISN'T embarrassed by the things their parents do at one point?), so I can let it slide. Also, while I do like Ritsuko's doctor for being so supportive of her, I'm really confused: are blind people even allowed to be doctors? Or is he just a therapist? I have no idea, even with the subs! Are blind people allowed to be therapists?

Well, even with it's glaringly obvious flaws, I still liked this movie. Unfortunately, the two other disability movies trump it, though it definitely shouldn't be so neglected.

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Dec 9, 2012

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 10

koro_una (All reviews)

11 people found this review helpful

This is my very first review so if it's not that awesome, I apologize.

I'm usually not a fan of old anime, but it's not like I never give them a chance. This was also an exception, and oh how glad I am it was.

Ritsuko has trouble walking, she's been ill since birth, but did her best to keep up with the others, to be able to walk like the others.

If I really don't want to spoiler anything, I better not write anything, because that's the way I watched this too. I barely knew anything about what would happen.

The art is of course old, but not read more

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