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The Place Promised In Our Early Days [2004]

directed by: Makoto Shinkai

Release Date October 16, 2006
Ok lets list some anime conventions; insipid male leads with about as much personality as a bowl of rice, all the female characters are snivelling drips, banal supporting cast, glorious childhood memories, some promise or other that needs fulfilment and dialogue that would make a Furby wince etc etc. Behold "The Place Promised in our Early Days" delivering each in spades. The animation is very well done but is "over done" with every scene seeped in sepias, moonlight etc which I found soon got tiresome. The sci-fi plot is a strange mix of quantum mechanical dream state mumbo jumbo and parallel universes; which while rather silly (sorry all you parapsychologists) is at least quasi-interesting. The musak is dreadful fluffy garbage. I think this ... Read More:

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Voices Of A Distant Star [2002]

starring: Mika Shinohara, Cynthia Martinez, Makoto Shinkai, Sumi Mutoh, Adam Conlon
directed by: Makoto Shinkai, Steven Foster

Release Date November 17, 2003
I am sorry but this film is:

pointless
poorly animated
CG effects are primitive
story is at best over-boring

good luck for people who purchased it like me.

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5 Centimeters Per Second [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue, Risa Mizuno
directed by: Makoto Shinkai

Release Date March 04, 2008
Well, I'll keep this simple...this was a beautiful movie and I highly recommend that you buy it. This movie has 2 Titles; '5 Centimeters per Second', which I think is the European title, and 'A Chain of Short Stories About Their Distance', which is the Asia-Pacific title I think.

I bought this movie in China recently and was overwhelmed at how amazing it was. The animation is outstanding (NOT CGI, this is *real* animation) and the soundtrack is so moving...If you want a faced-paced action block-buster, then this is definitely NOT for you. However, if you want a movie that you actually have to think about during the film and afterwards or a movie that will move you, then this IS for you.

Replay value; high!

Buy this now, ... Read More:

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The Place Promised in Our Early Days [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara, Yuka Nanri, Unshô Ishizuka, Kazuhiko Inoue
directed by: Makoto Shinkai

Release Date July 12, 2005
At first, when I saw the title for this film, I was thinking "oh my god" how sad will this be. But because of increasing boredom at the time I decided to go ahead and watch it.
This anime was not sad at all and I regret thinking that at the start. It is truly an amazing piece with a beautifully done and very detailed landscape that will take your breath away and make you wish you lived there.

A must watch film.