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| I thought it was a great movie, The Music, Art, Realism. I mean come on in those circumstances they probably would have let go of each other way earlier than they actually did. Yes the ending was terrible i agree but i loved it and hated it because of its realism and tragedy. AND yes wtf happened to the surfer chick in the second episode?! |
| Really liked this movie because it showed how humans have the will to move on with their lives. However, I did not like the MC. He was so unrealistically developed. Not one person will stay glued to his or her past. People learn to move on to better things and mature as a person. Kanae did that. Hell, even Akari did it, considering she was about to get married. MC was in a bad depression over Akari, to the point where he quit his job. It's kind of sad, but I hope that the little smile he makes at the end of the movie after seeing Akari keep walking and not looking back, is a sign that the MC will also learn to move on with his life. I really liked the message of this movie. You have to move on with your life and on to better things. Keep pushing forward and somehow find your own happiness. |
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| this movie has now made me depressed. i had so much i wanted to write, but i can't even think of anything rite now, my mind is all blank. alli know is that reality is hardly ever kind to ppl, but we have to make the most of it, weather its moving on, taking chances, ect. Sky-kun said: I really liked the message of this movie. You have to move on with your life and on to better things. Keep pushing forward and somehow find your own happiness. i think one of the bad parts about that is that sometimes people don't even know how to find that happiness. but i still like what you said, ppl should follow this thinking IMO. |
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| I ABSOLUTELY love this anime. Is one of my favorites. I re-watched it so many times - it feels good everytime, I don't know why, I just love this story, it seems so sad and deep to me that I can't get enough of it. I don't think the story is really complex, it could've been better, also the graphics... but, even so, I enjoyed it so much that I wanted to re-watch it over and over again ( and this is no USUAL thing, not for me at least ). There are no "characters" for me to mention as favorites or whatever, is only the story and the soundtrack that killed me ( well, not "literally" but spiritually at least ) and all the atmosphere, the facts, the idea, the lost love, the love, the kiss... the trains? all the motives from the anime movie are worth to be mentioned. I just find myself loving this thing so much that I feel like re-watching it right now, again * laughs* which is no good thing because I've no time to fool around right now and watch anime, it's pretty late over here and I have school tomorrow and I should be focused on studying. Either way, I don't say this is a masterpiece, I say I consider it a masterpiece because, subjectively speaking, I simply LOVE it - by all means. |
| 鳥はとぶ時 つばさでとぶが あなたはとぶ時 何でとぶのですか？ Terayama Shuji |
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| Every frame is a gorgeous piece of art. |
| There's no words in this world to explain how I feel after watching the 3 episodes... The only thing i can say is... ... ...sorry, I can't... |
| T_T NOOOOOOO!!!!! TRUE LOVE!!!!! D,:< I kinda felt like several drinks after I watched this because the film depressed me. Its a great film; romatic in a realistic way, albeit depressing (why you become NEET Takaki?). While the end was open ended, I think it was a fitting end to the movie. Other anime/ manga, where everything is resolved and there's a big great ending are typical and rather over done. Whilst fufilling, it is quite unrealistic because, life goes on. |
ayayayayaDec 16, 2011 10:27 PM
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| I'm confused whether to love or to hate it it just ends like that, I mean it's not a happy or sad ending. It's just "finished" and that's all |
| Well that was pretty disappointing. I expected so much after all the hype and recieved so little... The story started really good. I could really feel the power of their friendship/love in the first part and when they finally met, it was very beautifully done. Throughout the second part I was like "Okay, there's this girl who loves Takaki. He doesn't really like her back, I know, life is a b.tch, but where is Akari?" I just didn't really care about Kanae as much as Akari and Takaki's realtionship. I felt sad for her of course and I felt like her before, but I felt that this didn't really fit in the story. It should have been only about Takaki and Akari. Third part. Are you seriously telling me that they never contacted each other ever after? I mean they had cell phones and they were at the same place again, weren't they? If they loved each other so much why haven't they tried to meet again? Akari have even married someone... This could have been such a beautiful story if they continued the first part a bit differently. I get that this was trying to show that happy endings don't always happen, but it just seemed unrealistic that they didn't really try to actually meet later. Takaki was very dumb for not texting her/sending her letters. I just can't believe their love for each other, it felt so fake and empty :/ I'm sorry, but as much as I liked the first part and the art style (which was fascinating) I can only give this movie a 5/10 :( |
RazielZeroApr 14, 2012 7:46 AM
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| After watching all three movies I have to say that I'm really impressed. The story was fairly simple, the main theme of the story was love after all but it didn't even need to be anything more. While a happy end would have been more appreciated by the common audience the ending felt quite realistic. Takaki could have turned around in this particulat moment but I can understand him. After all these years I wouldn't have been sure about such a relationship either. It's only natural to have doubt in such a situation and as seen in the second movie Takaki got used not to send the mails he intended to write for Akira. From this point on I knew they have grown away from each other. While his feeling were still there the object of his love has moved beyond reach with him realizing it only at the very end. Their relationship apperently had a bigger inpact on him than on her. Once again Makoto Shinkai managed to evoke this sensation in me like he did before in his two short productions "She and Her Cat" and "Tooi Sekai" I've watched before this. The art consistently looked great as well. |
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| Episode 1: 10/10 Episode 2: 8/10 Episode 3: 7/10 This story is amazing. The first episode was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Animation, art, music, characters. Everything I want. The drama was there, the emotion was there. Truly a beautiful masterpiece. Second episode: I felt sad for the other girl. It can be tough when your love interest isn't interested in you. The art, animation etc. was still top notch. Episode 3: Okay then. Who is Akari marrying? Who was the girl texting Tohno? Did they see eachother at the end. Only questions and no answers. -_-' Still everything else was good. I will give this a 9. Because I loved the first part to death. Might drop it to an 8 in the future though. |
| I gave this a 10/10. From what i can see, most people seem to complain about the ending, saying it doesn't really end and gives no closure. But i think the end was perfect, it had closure, but also was open to interpretation. For example it ends on Tohno passing by Akari and Tohno is the only one to look back. At this point, after all this time, he still hasn't manged to move on, always looking back to his past. On the other hand Akari doesn't even take the time to look back, not even a fleeting moment, she has moved on with her life. This is built up from Act 2 onwards. The film focuses on Tohno almost exclusively from then on. Suggesting that by this time Akira was already moving on, which could also partially be symbloised by the shuttle launch during this act. The ending offers hope, indicated by Tohno's smile they he has possible moved on now aswell, realising the fleeting moment he had with Akari, has now long passed, due to their lack of communication and realisation that she has moved on. I think this film ultimately tries to show quite a few messages. The main one being, as many people have mentioned, that as time passes and distanced increases, people ultimately lose contact, change and move on with their lives. It also suggests that dwelling on the past is only going to be detrimental to yourself, and the people around you, as symbloised by Sumida and that woman in the last act. Tohno has had plenty of oppitunites for happiness at this point, but because of his obsesstion with Akari he has suffered, wherehas she hasn't, as she only sees the past with tohno as a fond childhood memory, as highlighted by the nostalgia she has when she finds the letter, that she never gave to Tohno. She is now getting married, whereas Tohno has let many relationships suffer. This also highlights another important message i think the film is trying to portray. Although Tohno and Akari are separated by time and space, it is ultimately their lack of communication which causes them to drift apart so much. This is particularly highlighted in Act 2, when Tohno is constantly writing messages he wants to send to Akari, but never does so. Also the letters they never give to each other, confirming their feelings. If they had both kept in contact, maybe things would have turned out differently. I think this film deliveres on almost all fronts, be it, animation, art, sound or plot. The only main weakness i can see, is the films characters. Maybe they weren't as developed as they could be. Althought this could be used to project ourselves and our own similar situations, onto the characters, making it personalised to ourselves. So overall while the story remains simple, it is truely deep, and highlights so much, about are relations with others, and how our outlook on our pasts and current events, shapes our lives to a massive extent. |
| Very sad, but the message is amazing. |
| Amazing. Simply amazing. I'm never going to leave a love unspoken ever again. 9/10 |
| Just finished watching the movie in english... I will throw out some positives first. Loved the art! It displayed some of the most beautiful scenes I've ever seen in an anime. Loved the music! I felt the music resonate through my body and really highlighted the emotions being felt by the characters. About the story... I originally thought it was just a insight into two people clearly in love being torn apart, and (in my opinion) how to make the wrong decisions in dealing with such a dilemma. Takaki was making all kinds of bad decisions which inevitably left him, working, smoking and drinking himself to death, sad and alone. His love for Akari was there, but obviously not enough to do anything about it. I feel there is an important underlying message in this piece. Love is good, great... hell Love is amazing! But... If you aren't going to do anything about it, don't let it cloud your mind wondering "what if" because you will miss countless opportunities just begging for you to take them until you grow old and die miserably alone. I feel the reason Kanae was thrown into the story was to emphasize this point. It was obvious Takaki felt sorry for himself and took up bad habits such as smoking, drinking and working a job he hates to numb himself and take his mind off this pointless day dreaming of Akari. If only Takaki realised His feelings for Akari were pointless unless he actually put a solid plan into action to be with her (which he didnt) then he would of noticed Kanae... lived a full, rich and happy life together and more than likely wouldn't of taken up self destructive habits and turning into a depressed zombie. So I in my opinion 5 cm per second is the perfect portrayal of what not to do when in Love and the consequences of such decisions! Regardless of whether you agree or disagree I'd love to hear your thoughts <3 |
| Man, I'm writing just to make sure I unload everything that I have in my head and heart that bothering me after watching this movie, so that I don't have any regret. First of all, My God, so damn depressing! I just kind of couldn't understand why two people who are obviously love each other (and they knew that) couldn't kept the distance in they heart to still close. I mean, they at least had phones there and still could sending letter to each other like what they did when the first time they apart, right? So, why didn't they do that? Was the last time Takaki and Akari saw each other at the station and saying they will be alright is the sign that they're "give up" on each other? F*ck, I'm pretty rare to says bad word, but this movie, ah.. f*ck! I don't care about the beautiful drawing, good music that fit the movie, or anything else that positive about this movie if they had to put that kind of ending. Or maybe what bothers me most isn't the ending itself, but the fact that Takaki and Akari didn't even try, Goddamnit! |
| Not my kind of romance/drama. I felt nothing for the characters and I wasn't touched at all. The MC felt as if he was far too obsessed/depressed for over a decade. The message of the movie was nice, but it was just far too melodramatic. If they truly loved each other, why didn't they keep in touch with letters like they used to? Just because the guy was moving doesn't mean he shouldn't have given her his address so they could keep writing each other. It felt like the writers forced the MC to be depressed when they easily could have kept in touch with one another. There are better ways of showing characters moving on from a past/first love. This just didn't do it for me. I mean.. if they truly loved each other they'd try their damn best to keep in touch. That's what parents, phones, and letters were for back then! ( And still today! ) |
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ddust said: Man, I'm writing just to make sure I unload everything that I have in my head and heart that bothering me after watching this movie, so that I don't have any regret. First of all, My God, so damn depressing! I just kind of couldn't understand why two people who are obviously love each other (and they knew that) couldn't kept the distance in they heart to still close. I mean, they at least had phones there and still could sending letter to each other like what they did when the first time they apart, right? So, why didn't they do that? Was the last time Takaki and Akari saw each other at the station and saying they will be alright is the sign that they're "give up" on each other? F*ck, I'm pretty rare to says bad word, but this movie, ah.. f*ck! I don't care about the beautiful drawing, good music that fit the movie, or anything else that positive about this movie if they had to put that kind of ending. Or maybe what bothers me most isn't the ending itself, but the fact that Takaki and Akari didn't even try, Goddamnit! but thats how life is. just cuz we got the technology (which in their case, was still very new and had yet to be actually used normally) a lot of things stop us from doing it. fear, regret, anxiety, etc. besides, you, as the viewer might notice both love each other, but lots of times those people are never sure if their love interest is interested in them hence the hesitation. this is reality, if we don't like it, we should do something about it, but its easier said than done... |
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| @supermegasonic Thanks to you I cut my bedtime to think deeper about this movie, trying to find the answer to my question though I know trying to understand something that I don't have experience with it would be quite a task, in this case, why Takaki & Akari hold themself to tell each other about their feeling, and why they didn't try to contact each other again after that parting? I rethink about what happened in this movie, rewatch some scene, and reading the movie-novel comparison in the link that WilsonYu343 showed (thank you so much, Wilson) These sentences of yours,.. supermegasonic said: but thats how life is. just cuz we got the technology (which in their case, was still very new and had yet to be actually used normally) a lot of things stop us from doing it. fear, regret, anxiety, etc. made me even more curious about the reason behind Takaki and Akari actions. What made them hesitated to say their feeling (love) to each other when the last time they met? What made them gave up on each other? I tried to understand by imagining it on my mind. Fear? Anxiety? Is that really the answer? I don't know but I still not satisfied.. Just like Yvese said: Yvese said: If they truly loved each other, why didn't they keep in touch with letters like they used to? Just because the guy was moving doesn't mean he shouldn't have given her his address so they could keep writing each other. ... I mean.. if they truly loved each other they'd try their damn best to keep in touch. That's what parents, phones, and letters were for back then! ( And still today! ) Is it something that had to do with their age? Because they are still young, first grade junior high? But, heck, what's the unspoken words that I failed to get here? supermegasonic said: besides, you, as the viewer might notice both love each other, but lots of times those people are never sure if their love interest is interested in them hence the hesitation. ^And this last one sure are confusing.. @_@ When did they're not sure? They even kissing! |
Rid4Smart said: Agreed.My only problem with the movie is that the premise doesn't make sense. It's fairly obvious they're weren't living in the stone ages. And with Japan being a technologically advanced country, you shouldn't really completely lose contact with a person if you really care about him/her. So here's the thing; from the emotional anguish portrayed between the main characters, it should have made at least one of them give up their work to go meet up with the other. In real life if you don't go for a girl, sooner or later she's going to be taken by someone else. It's a miracle already that the female protagonist waited for so long without having another guy. So, this movie shows that either their love wasn't strong enough and the emotional scenes were exaggerated; or we're being shown what an indecisive and lame of a male protagonist this series has and that he suffered the consequences. The artwork, sound and everything else made sense up to episode 2. We're shown that the characters were separated and since they are still children, it makes sense you can't really ditch school and go find the other. But seriously, after getting a job and clearly upset about not being able to see the love of your life, why not do something about it? To me, it seems like the author ran out of ideas of how to make audiences cry and pulled a cheap move. But anyone with a clear chain of thought would have problems perceiving how this could possibly happen in real life. ANYONE with a BIT of control over your life would not find yourself in the horrible situation portrayed in the movie. Seriously, would anyone just sulk for a few years about a person yet NOT try to make contact? How does it even make sense. It was just too melodramatic and felt way forced. There was absolutely nothing stopping them from continuing to write to each other after their last meeting at the train station. The show doesn't even tell the viewer why the male lead didn't give her his address before he left the station. This movie failed to show their 'love'. All it showed were two kids that clearly failed to understand how to keep in touch. Heck, we only saw Akari in the first ep and only saw her again at the last ep with her being engaged. It's not like the two were in different countries like in REAL long distance relationships/loves. They were still in Japan and could take a train for a few hours to meet each other in the summer if they asked their parents. Instead, the male lead decides to be stubborn and depressed to the point where he quits his job a decade or so later, with the chick from highschool still being obsessed with him. Just... meh. |
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moozooh said: I hope I'm allowed to quote spoilers. Anyway, I totally agree with this. I cried pretty hard in the second episode (since I've been through a similar thing recently) and was looking forward to something more heart wrenching in the third but didn't get it which left a sour taste in my mouth. |
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| I was hoping for a generic ending where the guy ends up with the girl even after they've been separated for so long... But it looks like I'm wrong. It seems that Akari has moved on from the past and seeing her ring, she even got engaged? While Takaki is living life on his own, drinking beer and smoking... a real shadow of his former self. He even ignores the calls and text from his ex? Overall, I found this anime really touching and really emotional. But I only really liked the 1st and 2nd story... the 3rd story felt really weird for me. |
| I mainly see the animes... so don't blame me for not knowing about the Manga/LN |
| Wh.. What did I just watch? ..It's.. It doesn't have a typical happy ending. It fits so well, you love it. But it's not what you want as an ending. ..Damn. |
| First off let me just say that this movie is beautiful. Incredible soundtrack and art/animation, but man was that ending depressing. Tohno just became this depressed man who never moved forward in time from his first love. He never moved on from her and was stuck in time ever since he could no longer see akari. He was never really happy with life and was just going through the motions. Idk if I will ever love someone like that, but if this movie has taught me anything, it's to take action with a girl that you truly love or you could live in regret. I never want to think of what if, especially when it comes to girls that I take a liking to, but sometimes that's just the way life goes . Idk if I'd ever end up like Tohno if I lost my chance with someone that I really liked, but it's a scary thought and is not too impossible to imagine me like him. Well, kind of went off on a tangent here, but I'm going to give this movie a 9/10, very close to a 10/10. For now I'll say that the only thing I would like to see added to this movie is a little more closure. I want to know if how tohno dealt with his life after he quit his job. |
| Watched it twice now and wow, what a masterpiece! It is done in an exellent way, they do not leave out details, and details is what this movie is all about, details in words, graphics, sound, etc. And it's really easy to... connect to, the feelings, the atmosphere, everything. I'm glad I watched it, and I will try to show it to as many people as possibly! |
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| A very fitting end to a beautiful story. Despite the fact the two lovers couldn't be together, they ironically fulfilled their childhood promise to watch the sakura pedals fall at 5 cm/sec, after many years of separation. Whether they will ever meet up again sometime after is completely up to the viewer's imagination. |
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HalcyonDays23 said: While it was a very sad ending, there was a hint of optimism. In the end, Takaki and Akari finally do fulfill their childhood wish: to be together when the cherry blossoms fall. Agreed. The fact that they fulfilled their childhood promise to see the cherry blossoms fall again is an optimistic idea. I consider the ending to be at worst bittersweet, don't consider it tragic since the protagonist was able to finally move on with his regrets lifted. |
DashiawiaOct 29, 2012 5:13 PM
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| I wish more Makoto Shinkai films had happy endings like in The Place Promised in Our Early Days... damn this realistic sad endings >_<' After watching it for the 3rd time I finally understood the entire story (yeah.. maybe I'm dumb) In the ending of 1st chapter, they both knew their love wouldn't go further due to their distance, they knew it would be difficult for them to keep in touch (almost impossible). Cellphones were just "invented" in the 2~3 chapter, and it is useless to write letters if you don't know the other person's adress. I don't picture Takaki as a lazy bum who can't express his feeling, he tried but once again the problem was the hundred of kilometers between them and lack of information. In the end I got the feeling they were both moving on with their lifes... Takaki seems a little more depressed, regreting the circunstances he'd been through. Akari was (aparently) happy, although she was also reminiscing her good old days. When they "meet" at the same road they used to walk down, both knew that the past 10 years had driven them far away from each other, and they probably didn't have anything in common anymore. So for them, there was no point in waiting for the trains to pass. They had a beautiful love, just with tragic circumstances. (sorry for my bad eng) |
| Aw, the piano music in the end got me. |
Aurorae said: Aw, the piano music in the end got me. this. it really hits you hard. as sad as this movie feels looking at it logically it really was more of a happy ending, takaki finally learns to move on, he got to see the cherry blossoms again with akari (and if you read the manga that explains both of their unopened letters, the last lines of takakis say something along the lines of so he kinda got to do that as well. the manga also wraps up kanaes story in quite a nice way too |
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| The one time I want a happy ending it doesnt happen. Oh well it was still good |
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LancelotTypeZero said: The one time I want a happy ending it doesnt happen. Oh well it was still good it really depends how you interpret the ending scene, refer to my post above yours for insight |
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| That is an amazing piece of work. Amazing art. Amazing music. Amazing story. I loved every scene with the amazing scenery and skies and such. The soundtrack was also the best for this. The only thing I did not like was that there were the other two girls who didn't seem to play much of a role, especially Mizuno. I also think that I was very anxious to see them see each other, yet it never happened (and she didn't wait after the train passed by). In a way I like that they were so close yet never met again, yet of course it still feels unsatisfactory. I also really like the different ages that are in each episode and how life unfolded for them. Anyway, amazing movie (especially in HD), I hope to keep it forever. 5/5. |
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| Anybody know if the international edition (pink box) blu ray has the Bandai dub or the ADV dub? It was released after the Bandai one was made so it could be either but I can't seem to find the info. I haven't heard the bandai dub but I doubt any dubbing could be better than the ADV one so I'd have to hear it before wanting to shell out the cash that international release costs. |
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