Reviews

When you were a kid, did you or your best friend move away? Although you promised you'd be friends forever, distance and time kept getting in the way, right? That is what 5 Centimeters Per Second is about- the youthful longing for the universe to stay inert so you may be with the ones you love forever. The presentation is beautiful, with special attention paid to lighting and the smallest of details of the frame.

This anime manages to squeeze so much into a short sixty-minute runtime, and although it is a complete story, part of me wishes it was longer. On the other hand, the final (and best) sequence combined with the lyrics of the closing song sums up the entire movie; I feel the whole anime could have been condensed into a powerful 6-8 minute film. Either way, I enjoyed this film.

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