[Anime] 5cm per second, a chain of short stories about their distance...

Well, glad I finally checked this out. The visuals were awesome indeed!! o_O

I downloaded KissSub's version just an hour ago and it was a great watch, I swear this guy's visual presentation is just great. The story was simple and yet totally enjoyable without being wishy-washy. I really can't wait for the other chapters to be released!

Are the other chapters related to each other in terms of the characters or are they completely different stories?

Good show!




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Goddamn it!

I finally got to see the DVD here in HK (AVP-Asia Video ~ English/Chinese subtitles) and I am pissed. The artwork is staggeringly awesome (don't know if watching it on my PS3 and HDTV had anything to do with that) and as previously mentioned, bittersweet in terms of the story.

I just hate the end, it literally had me going WTF?!

spoilers, man....

Spoiler:

I really thought that Takaki and Akari would get back together in the end. I was fucking wishing it to happen every inch of the way as soon as chapter one came to a close. Instead I see Akari engaged and returning to Tokyo to be with her fiancee and what seems to be Takaki's life literally going down the toilet. Man, Makoto Shinkai seriously smacked me in the head with that one...

The images that accompanied the song was beautiful though. At least we see how each got on with their lives since they parted ways at the end of chapter one. Seeing how they couldn't keep up with their letter-writing had me feeling some sense of inevitability, but I still had to force myself to believe that they pretty much broke away from each other...

Akari was left happy but Takaki was lost. That last part where they almost meet at the train crossing tore my heart out. Shit....

......depressed.......LOL....

It was an awesome movie though. I truly loved the artwork, it was so beautiful. Too bad the interview wasn't subtitled though, I would've liked to have known how he felt about doing such moving stories.

Anybody else love it? Hate it?




There's nowhere I can't reach.

Here's a video I found on youtube, it's the song from 5cm per second, One More Time, One More Chance.

The video is a little different from the actual footage in the third part of the movie: for one it's much longer; and the ending is different and uses footage not in the film (at least I don't remember that part ever being in the movie).

Heh, kind'a got my hopes up for an alternate ending or something....

YouTube Video

Might be spoilerific for those who haven't seen the movie.

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Here's a question for you guys. Just wondering what your opinions could be regarding this other small thing that bothered me about the ending....

Spoiler:

.....did Akari deliberately not stick around at the end? Seems kind'a fucked up to suggest this I know, but hear me out....

The first time that scene plays, when Takaki and the then unknown woman pass each other by on the train tracks, you only see Takaki have a reaction. When the trains have passed and you see no one on the other side, you too are left wondering if that woman could possibly have been Akari (at this point we weren't aware of Akari's whereabouts until a little later).

The second time that scene plays during the song, One More Time, One More Chance, you know the woman is Akari as you see her on the balcony watering her plants, seeing the cherry blossoms flying in the wind, then leaving her home to go to the place she used to frequent with Takaki. When they pass each other at the tracks, you see them both have a reaction when passing....

However, only Takaki stayed to see if the woman was Akari or not. Just as the trains approached, you can see that Akari also started to turn towards Takaki - so I'm sure she wanted to see who he was. Why did she suddenly decide not to bother? Could she have been afraid that it was him, and didn't know how she should react? Could she have thought that suddenly having him back in her life could jeopardise the happy life she's built for herself? What do you all think?

Would like to hear your opinions if you have any. Of course, the movie was great and I suppose there's no need to ruin it with silly needs of justification on character's behaviours and whatnot.....still.....it bugs me.....




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Interesting thoughts there. I like the way you guys think. Incidently, are there any girls here? I wonder if we would share the same sentiments regarding this movie...

About Takaki...

Spoiler:

....when he smiled at the end, I was kind'a thinking he too had smiled only because of the nostalgia. Maybe he thought it was her but seeing no one there at the end, thought it was just his imagination and turned around and walked on. I'd like to think that just thinking about it made him a little happier. Of course he didn't know if it was really her or not, only we the audience knew for a fact. Thinking about the ending now makes it a little less depressing I guess.

Nonetheless, a great movie. I wonder when the manga and novel mentioned earlier will be released? Would love to get a look at those.




I was speaking idiomatically.