For the most part I pretty much have liked most Anime I have watched, except school days ending. So it really hurts that I have found an Anime I don’t like. At this point I have watched 95 days worth of Anime so that is a lot to get through and to like them all, but I guess it was inevitable.
The anime,as you can tell from the title, I didn’t like was 5 Centimeters per Second.
It isn’t that it is a “bad” Anime as a lot of people like it. My problem was i spent most of the time going “wtf”. I honestly did not get what was going on and I have re-watched it a couple of times. I would honestly have to say I think it is because of the pretty significant time jump between the episodes there is a lot to fill in that is hard to figure out while watching it which takes away from what you are watching.
As far as the animation style I thought it was awesome and wish I knew more about style’s so I could find similar Anime to watch.
NOTE: I posted this on my first attempt at a blog, only got one post on it, almost exactly one year ago. I figured I should go ahead and bring it over, so please excuse how poorly it is written and I updated a couple of the numbers because it is still relivent.
What the hell is hard to understand? In part one, the guy and girl are in love, but he has to move away. In part 2, he’s living somewhere else, and there’s this girl who likes him, but she realizes that he is still in love with someone else and she gives up. In part 3, the guy moves back to the place he used to live, but life has already moved on and the two never meet each-other again.
That’s it. That’s everything that happens.
Really… the level of intelligence across the world is dropping to fast… I think it’s true what is been said about people from america… You’re a laughing stock in Europe with you inability to read maps and vice president who doesn’t know who is the PM in spain…
In order not to understand the plot or time gab you have to be either under 12yr or a bakayaro.
LOL, I think I problem was I either wasn’t paying enough attention or trying to hard. I watched this over a year ago so I have no idea what state of mind I was in when I watched it. And yeah I can be an idiot at times.
If I recall correctly there wasn’t a whole lot of dialog and that might have been my problem I get bored if there isn’t dialog and my mind starts to wonder which can lead to me not paying much attention.
As for being an idiot all the time. heh, far from it.
Thanks for the comments guys.
I watched this recently, and I found it quite moving.
The contrast in the effect of the relationship has over time is outstanding!
I really liked “The Girl who Lept Through Time” it was really good. I will have to check out Paprika.
@PhantomOtaku – thanks for those recommendation I am going to watch them and see if it is the director that I don’t like or the show specifically.
I think that this story is made all the more sorrowful by the irony in the third part and the fact that they met one last time in the first part of the movie. As Touno passes by the train tracks he thinks to himself, “If I look back I can imagine her looking back as well,” or something to that effect. This affirms that nothing in life is permanent, you don’t know how much something is worth until it’s gone and everything is fleeting. One minute you could be surrounded by all that you love and enjoy and still not be satiated. The next moment you could look away and turn back to see that everything is gone. Truly and eye opener if anything else. As for the dialogue, I agree that there was little interaction in the movie and that there was somethings that flashed on the screen. Things like empty areas which added to the depressing scene of the story. I think it was very well done and would like to see it as a live action version. There’s no real attachment to the characters, I find, but more of an attachment to the story and struggle of the characters that make it so easy to relate to. The writing was truly a work of art. I don’t understand your dislike of this movie but everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Post again after you’ve seen the movie again and maybe your opinion will change.
I finally got around to watching this, and I was really disappointed. The animation was beautiful to watch, and the sorrowful scenes and anime “cinematography” was amazing as well… but in the end the heart wrenching story just ended up feeling like a gimmick or a cop out: an easy way to get an emotional response from the audience without tying anything up at the end. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t expect a soppy happy ending, but something a little more unique would have been welcome. Also the last song was… annoying… *sigh*
I watched “The Place Promised in Our Early Days” the night before it, and enjoyed it a lot more. Character development was much better, animation was equally amazing and I actually cared about the players in the movie. I highly recommend it.
Also the antiAmerican comment above? Seriously? Grow up man/lady, you are just making the rest of the world look bad with such a volatile response. No matter how “ignorant” Americans may appear, you just one upped them with a display of “pompous ignorance”… and granted English is most likely your second language, the combination of your angry content against stupidity and your plethora of grammatical errors is still really entertaining.
I so agree with Pete. Nothing's permanent. The key to happiness? Its with us the whole time. Live life without hesitations… At least, you can easily move on into the future and live your life without regrets. So sad. :C
And I think the script, dialogues and err… lack of dialogues add to the whole melancholic effect of this movie. Unfortunately, it's making me feel crappy now. *sobs*
I watched this almost purely for the animation… it's some of the best I've ever seen. Rivals Disney in every way except fluidity of motion.
makoto shinkai is a genius and he proves this yet again with this movie
yeah this movie was awesome, check out my review:
http://japancinema.net/2009/04/08/5-centimeters-p...
The problem isn't the movie, it's your tiny, tiny brain.
This movie is so good it costs $150 most places.
I have to say that is the most unique comment I have ever read. congrats.
Lol…… if someone starts saying shit about Americans, and you respond like you did your proving what they said is true….. ….
The truth however is if your reading this then you are an idiot ALL the time and should slit your stomach..
Your small contribution will help prevent the "level of intelligence across the world is dropping"…. so go… now…. die… and save the world! it is your duty as an otaku….
Uh…this is a very simple film to understand. it's not at all complex or confuseing.I'm not sure how thsi could ever confuse someone really… Perhaps you are overthinking it? The first poster got it right. Re-read what he wrote, then go back and give this another watch. This is a mature, slow paced, and emotional movie. It's very smart, and very heart felt. You can tell Shinkai really put a lot of work and love into this, it's dripping with emotion. Yes it's not a fast paced film, but it's not meant to be. Slow pacing can sometimes be a good thing, if you are patient. I find the better movies (A Wind Named Amnesia, this, Sky Crawlers) are very slow paced, but they are incredbly powerful films. While I'd never call this a masterpiece, and it;s not a favorite of mine, I really enjoyed this immensely. As for other movies that have artwork/animation that look like this try Shinkai's other movies, namely "Voices of a Distant Star" and "The Place Promised in Our Early Days". As for non Shinkai anime that look like this, try "Time of Eve", and "Pale Cocoon" (both from Yoshiura).
Like I noted on twitter this was a blog post from almost 2 years ago now on a former blog.
I honestly had to go back and re-read the blog post and realize it was a horrible blog post with no actually explanation of anything at all.
As i can recall I was so bored watching it I wasn't paying to much attention to what was going on. Some slow shows keep you interested long enough to watch it. I do remember this was a problem with this show. I was bored while watching it. I wasn't to much of a fan of Skycrawlers, but even though it was slow at times it held my interest long enough to watch the while thing without getting bored.
As for opinions now they have changed a bit. Reading the comments have actually made me care more since of the storyline. Now my general problem is it was too slow in general.
I think this anime should be watched as 3 seperate episodes like it was made. I think people should take some time between each episode for digestion sake. This was presented to me as one long show and not 3 seperate episodes, didn't know until later it wasn't one solid show. That in mind would probably have made it a bit better for me.
Dismissing, circumstance as a problem for liking it. The idea of the movie I have a general problem with that it was inevitable for him to miss the girl and not get with her. I If someone wants something bad enough nothing is stopping them if he truly wanted her he should have gone and gotten her when he was able and not let anything stop him.
So it mostly comes down to difference of opinion and me being a horrible writer as to the problems here. lol.
The general idea of the movie is something that touched me deeply because I can relate to it very well. Almost the exact same thing had happened to me in the past, long ago. I still think about it quite often. People meet each other, become good friends, and maybe even fall in love. But "life" happens, and they drift apart. It's happened countless times to countless people around the world, I'm sure. It happened to me sadly. Sure it's easy to say "ah but he coulda just stayed in touch", "ah he shoulda tried harder to get back with her" etc etc, but life is life, and that's easier said then done. "things" happen, that get in the way. Sure they could be dropped, sure you COULD go around them, but you don't, for whatever reason. Sure there's nothing "stopping them", but that's why it's so sad. Despite the fact that there's no huge obstacle here keeping these two apart, the modern world by just existing, makes things difficult. Sure it be nice to watch a fantasy where the two lovers get back together or something, but this is meant to be realistic. And sadly in life, things like this happen all the time. It's quite rare for the other thing to happen. This is life, and this is what the film is showing us. And as another poster said, you don' tunderstand what happiness is, until it's long gone. That's very true. This film has a lot there, right beneath the surface….Very compelling film.
I really understand what you are saying. I really really do. Its just a difference of opinion. Maybe in 10 years my opinion will change its been known to happen.
"life is life",don't give me that pitiful excuse.My aunt who has no money,no power,nothing,and she,on my advice,tried her best to find her daughter who ran away from home.It took her nearly a year and in the end she's found her daughter in Oklahoma,all the way from California.Sure not everyone is lucky but it'd have been forgiveable if Takaki has at least tried his best to stay in touch and find Akari but he did nothing!Nothing! And then he lost his love and goes into emo mode,quit his job,reduced into a Neet.Do you want me to shed tears to that pathetic excuse of a human being?Sorry but it's like asking me to shed to for a man who died from hunger because he's too lazy to work,and I really can't do that.
seriously? u didn't understand it? wow u're an idiot.
Watch It like Studying Poetry Then You'll Understand