[Warning - Spoilers Ahead]
My favorite anime/movie of all time is and probably always will be 5 Centimeters Per Second.
You guys must’ve heard of this anime, who hasn’t?
The movie consists of three short stories that follows the main character Takaki Tono throughout his life (he is older with each consecutive story). As the distance grows between Takaki and his childhood sweet heart Akari their communication is cut short, to the point where they no longer talk or E-Mail or send letters to each other.
Do you guys have someone whom you lost connection with but still think about all the time? Does this hinder your everyday life?
During the second story a girl finds herself infatuated with Takaki, but she soon realizes that Takaki has no interest in “here and now,” all Takaki could think about is moving foward. It’s interesting to view this kind of teenage love from a girls perspective. And no, Shojo girl surrounded by pretty boys perspective doesn’t count I don’t think, lol.
The third story illustrates the modern person who goes to work and comes home, rinse and repeat. It explores this phenomena with a profound question of where did such a thought come from? When did one stop caring about anything else but going to work and trying to become successful? I’m sure there are a lot of cases in the world where this statement holds true; if any of you readers out there can relate feel free to express.
The director Makoto Shinkai is already being hailed as the next Miyazaki (director of Spirited Away and Ponyo Over the Cliff by the Sea), but I don’t think this mainstream success is what draws me to this movie. I think what really gets my attention is the realistic feel of the film. There’s not always going to be a fairy tale ending, in fact most of the time there isn’t. The ending of 5cm is a bitter sweet one that makes me wish that Takaki had gotten in touch with Akari and lived happily ever after, but also it makes me acknoledge that fact that this would ruin the realism of the movie, which I think is the magic to its success.
Happy endings are nice but sometimes it just doesn’t fit; what do you guys think? Are you guys for happy endings or for bitter ones? Maybe a good mix of both? Or you just don’t give a #$%!?
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I never watched any Makoto Shinkai films except for Mizu no Kotoba and some of his short films. I want to love him as a director but cant because Im not really in to hardcore drama and romance anime (Correct me if I am wrong).
I tried watching this movie but it bored me.
edit: Oh hey, the current banner is also 5 Centimeters per Second. Oh wow.
how can one know without watching first?
“I tried watching this movie” Did you even read my comment?
did you finish it?
No. The very first of it bored me.
Then does your judgment apply only to the first of it or the entire film?
I judge anime by the first impressions. If my first impression is bad, then probably I wouldnt like it until the end. And Im not into the genres of 5 cms. Per Second.
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In my opinion, it was more that Takaki was stuck thinking about the past while he was doing things like dealing with Kanae from story two, or in his endless, boring, frustrating cycle of days in story three. It wasn’t like Takaki wanted to be productive, but more that he wanted to do anything trying not to think about his past, but he can’t.
5cm is the best.
it was good, nostalgic but not the best. Must be top 5 or so though.