Hey Guys! What’s up! So today I'm going to be talking about a 39 minute anime movie called Summer Ghost which is a slice of life,supernatural,drama about Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo who are high school students who met through the Internet. The urban legend of the Summer Ghost is that it is a ghost of a young woman who appears when fireworks are lit. Tomoya is unable to step out into the life he wants. Aoi is unable to find her place in the world. Ryo's bright future is suddenly closed to him. Each of them has their own reasons for meeting the Summer Ghost. On a summer night when life and death intersect, where will each of their thoughts go?
So, with the synopsis out of the way let’s just get started!
So, The Story was pretty decent and i still can’t say that the story was exactly great or unique but this story did a great job of making as connect with all of the main characters of the story in such a short runtime, Speaking of the short runtime the of this movie is only 39 minutes long which is very short for a movie and this lead to the movie and it’s story feeling quite rushed and hollow in a sense, though the story does have some flaws here and there it is ultimately a story that has a simple concept and point to make and it is also a story that is more focused on the characters and the relationship between each of them, Speaking of the characters.
So, The characters were pretty nice and well written, these characters don’t really have a distinct vide that separates them to much from each other which is one of the problems i have with these characters and the second problem which is also the last problem that i have with these characters is that the backstory,personality and even their character designs don’t feel different or distinct at all, otherwise these are pretty decent characters that somehow actually work hand in hand with the simple but emotional and thought provoking story of this movie.
So, The Art and Animation of this movie is actually pretty good but i do think that some scenes were a little janky looking with the character proportions looking a little bit off but it’s just a minor nit-pick as the art does looks very beautiful at times, the animation is also pretty good and there are some scenes which could have definitely been animated better but it does make up for it with some scenes that just look absolutely stunning.
So, The Voice acting was pretty average but still satisfying and I think that the best performance in this movie was done by the voice actor of Ryo, whose name is Shimazaki Nobunaga.
So, Overall i think that this was a very nice but sad,emotional and thought provoking anime movie that you guys should definitely watch if you guys have the free time to do so! I’m sorry that I wasn't able to make a longer review of this movie as this movie honestly doesn’t have that much to talk about to be honest.
