A. 求解这部动漫的名称~~~！！！
【秒速五厘米】
人物：远野贵树（男主）
《秒速5厘米》是日本导演新海诚于2007年发布的动画电影。在2007年亚洲太平洋电影奖中获得最佳长篇动画电影奖。
中文名：秒速5厘米外文名：5 Centimeters per Second其它译名：秒速5公分出品公司：CoMix Wave导演：新海诚编剧：新海诚制片人：西村贵世类型：爱情主演：水桥研二，近藤好美，尾上绫华，花村怜美，中村优子片长：63分钟上映时间：2007年3月3日色彩：彩色美术：丹治匠、马岛亮子音乐：天门主要奖项：2007最佳长篇动画电影奖故事梗概
时间是1990年的日本，远野贵树与篠原明里原本是同班同学的好朋友，并且都对对方有朦胧的爱意。自从小学毕业之后，两人入读了不同的初中。分隔两地的两个人，靠着书信往来保持联络，直到贵树知道即将跟随家人搬到
鹿儿岛，距离明里更远的地方，于是两人约定了再见面的时间。计划好的行程，却遇上了暴风雪，电车在漫天飞舞的雪夜，走走停停，贵树的心，也在细微的变化……
满意请采纳O(∩_∩)O哈！
B. 求 新海诚 全部作品名称列表。
1996年 《英雄传说4—朱红血》 Documentation新海诚签名照
1997年 《七星魔法使》 Documentation / 宣传
1998年 《永远的Ys1》 Documentation
1998年 《Brandish4》Documentation
1999年 《新英雄传说3—白发魔女》 Documentation / 宣传
1999年 《英雄传说5—海之槛歌》 片头动画作画 / 场景作画
2000年 《永远的Ys2》 片头动画
2001年 《新英雄传说4—朱红血》 Documentation / 宣传
2001年 《Ys1&2完全版》 片头动画
2001年 《Zwei!!》Art&Graphics
2001年《Bitterweet Fools》OP MOVIE
2002年《Wind-a breath of heart-》OP MOVIE
2003年 《笑颜》MTV
2004年《はるのあしおと》OP
2006年《ef - a fairy tale of the two.》OP
2007年《信浓每日新闻》CM
2007 年《明日の君と逢うために》OP
2007年《猫的集会》CM
2008年《ef - the latter tale》DEMO.MOVIE
【个人重要作品一览】
《遥远世界》
陈旧的老电影效果，飞向白云的纸飞机，热恋中的男女，平凡的生活画面，电车，地铁，拥抱，细语，爱抚。以及贯穿始终的忧郁的蓝调钢琴曲。
全片实验动画的感觉非常重，铅笔速写调子与2D3D交替变换的场景，切换不定的镜头，似乎在讲述一个若即若离的爱情故事。
《包围的世界》
音乐：天门
1998年，新海氏用一周的时间制作的30秒全3D短片，使用Lightwave3D与PhotoShop制作。
灵感来自村上春树的《世界尽头与冷酷仙镜》。
《少女和她的猫》
音乐：天门 / 声优出演：新海诚、篠原美香
短片由琐碎的生活场景展开，美丽的长发少女和她超级卡通的小猫，全片以少女的情感为主题，讲述了漠然的生活，心灵伤痛与慰藉。场景的运用恰倒好处地切入了影片情感的表述。1999-2000年间制作的5分钟黑白动画短片。新海先生的2D动画风格在这部作品中已经成熟。
《星之声》（ほしのこえ）
2002年2月《星之声》（星辰细语）
日文原名：ほしのこえ (Ho shi no ko e)
英文名：The voice of a distant star
导演/动画制作：新海诚 音乐：天门 声优：新海诚、筱原美香 主题曲：Low
本作获得 第1届新世纪美术协会东京国际动画片展销会 / 第7届神户动画 / 第6届文化厅媒体艺术节 / 第8届AMD AWARD数字内容大奖 等奖项
2002年2月，一部25分钟的单集CG动画《星之声》在日本悄然问世。随后便在日本业界激起了不小的波澜——优美伤感的意境与雅丽眩目的视觉效果自然不必冗谈，更加令人惊诧的是：除了配乐与声优以外，全片的制作人员仅有一人——新海诚。以及他的一台电脑。在开始全篇之前，还不得不提一下被戏称为人才培养学校的Falcom。
《永远的Ys2》的OP动画
对于Falcom玩家而言应该记忆犹新。绚丽的2D动画效果配合近乎完美的节奏感，给人以强烈的感官震撼。这就是新海诚在职F社5年间的代表作之一
1996年，新海诚在大学结业后加入日本Falcom游戏会社（通常在相关仕事中以新津诚名义出现），负责程序、美工、动画与宣传影片制作。
在职Falcom期间，新海诚开始了个人动画短片创作。包括1997年的黑白短片《遥远世界》（1分30秒）、1998年的3D短片《被包围的世界》（30秒）、1999-2000年的黑白短片《她和她的猫》（5分钟）。2000年初夏，新海诚开始制作个人映像动画《星之声》。但由于工作的繁忙，导致《星之声》一度停滞不前。2001年5月，新海诚向Falcom提交辞职。之后《星之声》的制作步上正轨，2002年1月宣告完工，历时共计7个月。 另外，新海诚也曾外注参与制作Minori游戏会社游戏《Bitterweet Fools》（2001）、《Wind·a breath of heart》（2002）片头动画。
个性而不张扬的创作理念与深厚的创作实力，使得新海氏的动画风格性格彰显，却又平和亲近。看似平凡琐碎的场景物件设定，却处处透着作者巧妙的安排，光线的大量运用更是在画面的和谐中平添了几分灵气。
新海诚继《星之声》后的又一部力作，全片长50分钟，2003年发售"云之彼端约定的地方"
《星之声》简介:
美加子说：“也许，我们是被宇宙拆散的第一对恋人。”阿升说：“也许，思念可以超越时间与距离。”
星之声，完全使用2D和3D的数字动画，讲述一个男孩和女孩被时空隔离，用短信互通消息的爱情故事。
背景设定：2039年，地球的调查队曾在火星上遭到Tarsian的袭击而导致全灭的命运。而7年以后的2046年，地球人已经利用从Tarsian手中得来的科技建立起了强大的宇宙军，初步在近地球圈打败了Tarsian，保住了地球的安全并开始组织远征军反攻转入状态。
一般来说动画都是由一个动画公司制作并得到商业投资才能做出来的，不过这部《星之声》是个例外，他是日本独立动画制作人新海诚的个人作品。从2000年初夏开始，新海诚利用工作空余在一台400Mhz的G4苹果机上制作，直到2002年1月才完成了这部25分钟的作品。除了音乐以外，都是他一个人独立完成的。
《云之彼端约定的地方》简介：
音乐：天门 / 作画：田泽潮
本片获得《每日新闻》第59届每日映画Concours最佳动画电影奖
在日本战后被分割统治的另一个世界里，1996年夏，位于联邦国统治下的北海道的神秘巨塔工程悄然开始了。而在美国占领的本州，这个塔真正建设目的却无人知晓。
那塔是一座隔着津轻海峡也可以清楚看到的庞然大物。两个15岁的少年：藤泽浩纪和白川拓也，对它有着不知道是敬畏还是憧憬的奇妙感情。他们利用军需废品，在山上的废弃小站里组装了一架名为ヴェラシーラ的小飞机。两个男孩同时喜欢着班上的泽渡佐由理。无论是佐由理还是“塔”，对他们而言都是一种象征，现在无法触即，将来一定会接近的事物。
但是，佐由理在中学三年级时，突然得了原因不明的记忆障碍症，转学去了东京。在无可名状的虚脱感中，两个少年渐渐停止了对飞机的制造，走上了不同的道路。
在2001年的东京，已经是大学生的浩纪和拓也再次相会。得知佐由理依然身陷病中，常年沉睡。二人想要把她解救出来。在这个过程中，他们不知不觉的接近了“塔”和这个世界的本质，以及佐由理隐藏的秘密。
《秒速5cm》 简介：
整部影片分为：
第一话《樱花抄》讲两个人互相表露心意及对未来的迷茫。
第二话《宇航员》讲的是没有明里时，男主角贵树安静而孤独的生活。同时借另一个女孩子的描述，也可以看出贵树对明里的思念。
第三话《秒速五厘米》讲的是已成年的男女主角过着基本不相干的日子。从男女主角交错的对白中，向我们讲述了人生的变化无常及我们力量的渺小。
由三个故事组成的《秒速5厘米》抛弃了悬念，回归生活，大量的现实取景，用接近写实的动画向人讲述因为小学毕业而离别的远野贵树和筱原明里两人，对相互抱有好感而时时记挂在心。但由于分别的阻隔只能把这份特别的感情寄予在别处。随着时间的流逝，终于有一天贵树在一个大雪天里决定去找明里，表白自己的内心……
动画三部分，分别是描写贵树与明里再会的《樱花抄》，以旁人的视点表现的《宇航员》，以及表现两人精神上彷徨的标题短篇《秒速5厘米》（电影副标题为“a chain of short stories about their distance”）意为：有关他们之间的距离的连续短篇故事。
《秒速5厘米》已于2007年11月16日推出小说版，同样由新海诚执笔。
STAFF&主题曲：
原作·脚本·监督：新海诚
角色设定·作画监督：西村贵世
美术监督：丹治匠·马岛亮子
音乐：天门
主题歌：山崎まさよし《One more time, One more chance》
CAST：
远野贵树：水桥研二
篠原明里（第1话 “樱花抄”）：近藤好美
篠原明里（第3话 “秒速5厘米”）：尾上绫华
澄田花苗：花村怜美
【名家评说】
大冢英志（评论家）：第一次，在心中隐隐出现了超越这一时代的感觉。
藤岛康介（漫画家）：这是一部仅用计算机和极少数人参与制作成的作品。与很多人预料的相反，其作品的成熟度和细节的描述使得整部作品成为极为成功的典范。
富野由悠季（高达之父）：建议目前动画界的导演和制作人员都能去看看《星之声》，实在是太好了。
高桥望（《猫的报恩》制作人）：完成度极高的作品，对新海导演用尖端技术所表现的手法留下了深刻印象。
由水桂（日本数码视觉偶像创始人）：新海诚是现在最应受注意的CG艺术家之一，对于给予观众共鸣与兴奋方面，他有天生的素质。
结合资料...把没用的删了...希望帮得到楼主...
C. 一部日本电影，忘了叫什么...
四月物语
简 介
每年樱花飘飞的四月，是日本大学开学的日子。与父母家人告别后，北海道少女榆野卯月只身来到东京武藏野大学开始了新的生活。陌生的城市、崭新的环境以及新结识的同学和邻居都有点让她不知所措。班里组织新生作自我介绍，当被人问到为何选择武藏野大学时，榆野卯月突然表现得十分紧张。原来高中时代的榆野卯月一直暗恋着比自己大一届的同学山崎，正是由于山崎去年到武藏野大学上学，卯月才追随而来的。卯月经常怀着着份暗恋之情前往山崎打工的武藏野书店，最后她哪樱租终于在一个雨天与山崎进行了交谈。离开书店后，卯月在雨中突然想到成绩不佳的自己竟然通过努力考到了著名的武藏野大学颂中，这真堪称爱的奇迹。
◎片 名 四月物语
◎英文名称 Apirl Story
◎年 代 1998
◎国 家 日本
◎类 别 爱情
◎导 演 岩井俊李兆二
◎语言 日语
◎主 演
松隆子
田边诚一
石井龙也
江口洋介
D. 求用英文翻译这篇《秒速五厘米》的影评~
真是一项严峻的工程啊，呼呼，终于翻好了。。。有些地方是意译，不完全跟中文一致。
希望能帮到你O(∩_∩)O~
"I hear that It has a speed of 5 cm per second."
"Hmm,what?"
"Cherry blossom falls at a speet of 5 cm per second."
Standing at a crossing under the sun,Takaki Tōno stared at the high-speed train before him.It seemed that he had seen a shadowy figure of Akari Shinohara through the train window that flashes, who stood right in front with a pink umbrella.The cherry blossoms were flying indistinctly and slowly, just like the dessert after drinking tea, which tastes sweet in the bitter.
That year, Takak was ten.
Her lips are warm and soft which nearly melt his heart. Original surprise and subsequent hesitation are succeeded by a feeling of comforting peace. Just like fingers ran gently over the petals, warmth full of my heart. Neither The sound of snow falling from trees nor the whisper of the wind pass by makes the boy open his eyes. It’s the very place where his heart, spirit and all other deepest sentiment live. He believes that even if the long awful time and space, nothing could separate him from this place.
That year, Takak was thirteen.
The fury of the roar, the towering clouds of water vapor column, even the thunder fires used by gods to tear the canopy could be inferior. Takak keeps looking up at the sky, fascinated, paying no attention to the soreness of his neck and the girl by him who nearly dropped a tear. Oh ,that is a distant journey which has to be told in light years, a lonely journey that will never meet a hydrogen atom. Long enough just like thousands if nights when I’m alone, the Deer Island is as bright as the sky of city with colorful lights while glow-worm light r of phone screen in contrast. Messages without a receiver have not been seen or been heard of, like the sick letter which missed in the cold wind at the year of 13 and words that haven’t been told to the girl who is about to go in a leaving train.
That year, Takak was 17.
Standing at a crossing under the sun, Takaki Tōno stared at the high-speed train before him.It seemed that he had seen a shadowy figure of Akari Shinohara through the train window that flashes, who stood right in front with a pink umbrella.The cherry blossoms were flying indistinctly and slowly, just like the dessert after drinking tea, which tastes sweet in the bitter. All of this, with how is similar what happened at the year of 13. Not until the airflow lifted up by train disappears, he found nobody in the other side of the crossroad.
That year, Takak was 27.
That’s the story Xin Haicheng shared with us in A chain stories about distance, which tells the growth of a boy, much like our own memories hidden inside. As Xin said in the interview, we try our best to play the common life and less dramaticism. It also shows the different emotions of the earth ,and the beauty of the world. We record the real scenes with cartridges so as to make it look more realistic. Each of us once was Takak,or Akari more or less. Part of our experience become lively to be Takak and Akari on the screen.
The film has a subtitle A chain stories about distanc. Our life inevitably faces distance of time and space and the following distance of emotion. Ruthless time and space will
consistently rece our efforts or possibility on strive to break the distance and when we get used to the distance, we are part of it. After finishing watching the film for the first time, I map the sad feelings into a coincidence,such as Takak ‘s letter taken by the wind,or the untimely train at the end. And combined with the subtitles, we can find that they are all metaphorical carrier for"distance" by Xin. Both the emotion which can only be held by thin writing paper,and meeting that cut off by passing train are paper ships drifting in the long river of time. They can temporarily floating on the surface of the water, toward the distant sea, but eventually will be dispersed in the chaos of the water.
We know the fact well, but could do nothing. We want to fight against only find all these efforts are in vain just like Florida’s endless slavery. Thouth we cannot escape from the passage of time, we can remember something. We want to tell people that they arehere, and shouting in the fact that I do here. This is the reason why the film moves us. In front of the problems that cannot be resolved, we have to make such a fantasy to keep living.
Maybe living with a speed of five cm per second, I will meet you again.
E. 秒速五厘米英文简介
Shinkai Makoto is a real visionary. His ability to construct such rich and detailed artistic presentations is phenomenal. Anime has several directors that are talented and evidently passionate about constructing a stimulating visual effort pulsating with detail and motion and irregular, yet controlled camera movements that keep the audience on their toes, including Ishihara Tatsuya, Shinbo Akiyuki, Satoshi Kon and, of course, Miyazaki Hayao, but I’d willingly make the argument that none has the ability to manipulate complex and dynamic interactions of light and shadow, reflection, colour and bloom as perfectly as Shinkai does. It’s not that Shinkai creates perfectly realistic visual environments; he’s more than willing to take artistic liberties with the laws of physics if it means enhancing the atmosphere or subtly pushing a visual motif. Specular reflections may have the intensity of laser light, and the reflection from a rear view mirror will focus exactly onto the camera from several hundred meters away. Strands of grass dance independently in the wind and the distant sea shimmers like a starry night. Shinkai’s works have backgrounds that are alive.
It’s easy enough to wax on and on about how good the art and animation in 5 Centimeters Per Second is, and while it is an achievement worthy of a massive amount of acclaim, what ultimately defines a film is its story. And while I was left in awe at the artistic component of 5 Centimeters Per Second, the story-telling isn’t quite on the same level as the visuals. Shinkai again deals with what appear to be his pet themes of distance between love and coping with separation, but does so this time without introcing a prominent sci-fi element as was the case with Voices of a Distant Star and The Place Promised in Our Early Days. 5 Centimeters Per Second is divided into three chapters, each analyzing the relationship between the two leads at different points of their lives. The problem is that the latter two chapters simply aren’t as absorbing and touching as the first, which shows a heart-warming and tender display of love almost guaranteed to move almost anyone inclined towards anime romances. The second chapter lacks the emotional impact of the first, even though it does provide some intriguing character analyses, but the third chapter is uncharacteristically cynical and pessimistic from Shinkai.
While the change in tone is jarring, this I’m not opposed to in itself, since it avoids the cliches of the “Pure Love” genre. What I didn’t approve of was the fact that the ending offered no real resolution. There’s simply no solid denouement; the film shows a montage (which is, in my opinion, one of the laziest story-telling techniques in cinema) and then cuts to the credits.
5 Centimeters Per Second is worth watching for the art alone. But, to add a bit of cake to the icing, the first chapter is also outstanding, presenting a touching and innocent romance filled with powerful gestures and heart-warming moments. Unfortunately, the highlight of the film is over after twenty-five minutes, and the story slowly becomes less and less emotionally engaging, ultimately leading to a disappointing non-ending. This is still better than most other anime you’ll see this year, but don’t let the Shinkai-hype overwhelm you; this isn’t his best work and he’s not as good at crafting a story as Miyazaki… just yet.
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Takaki and Akari attended elementary school together, where a mutual interest in the library led them to become good friends. Their parents' work situation ultimately foiled their plans to attend the same middle school, but they kept in contact by mail. One snowy night, shortly before another move takes him too far away for an easy visit, Takaki hops on a train to visit Akari one last time. Years later, in high school on Kagoshima, a girl named Kanae finds herself smitten with archery-minded Takaki, but her struggles to summon enough courage to confess her feelings are mirrored by her difficulty properly catching a wave in her surfing hobby. And it always seems like Takaki is messaging someone. . . Further years pass and Takaki finds himself working in Tokyo, where a chance encounter just might change his life.
Makoto Shinkai has been hailed by some as “the next Miyazaki,” but such praise is premature at best and hyperbole at worst. While this newest project confirms the remarkable talent he displayed in his previous efforts, he has yet to show any range or variety. Like Voices of a Distant Star and Place Promised in Our Earlier Days (and, for that matter, his first short She and Her Cat, too), Five Centimeters Per Second is a story about longing, about the isolating feeling of loneliness and the desire to make and maintain connections. But though it may not differ much in style, tone, sound, or look from his other proctions, you will not find another anime director better at hitting just the right note, and using just the right combination of lines and visuals, to much such stories work.
Shinkai's previous projects have shown that his storytelling style is best-suited to shorter, more intimate works, so he tackles this 62-minute feature by breaking it down into three sequential parts showing chief protagonist Takaki at different stages of his life; the first in middle school, the second in high school, and the third as an alt. The first part, with Takaki striving to meet Akari despite weather that seems determined to thwart him, is the strongest and the one most able to stand on its own. It offers such a beautiful and delicate look at the development and exercise of young love that it can appeal to a viewer's emotions without being sappy. The second part, where Takaki becomes a supporting character while the focus falls on Kanae, is more an exercise in unrequited love, with an unusual (and in some senses unsettling) twist late in its run. The third and by far shortest piece, where Takaki splits feature time with Akari, has a “moving forward with your lives” element to it and is the part least likely to match with viewer expectations.
Taken indivially, the parts offer nice little vignettes, but taken as a whole they paint a broader picture about the progression of life and love. The ending, which is where this work differs most from Shinkai's previous efforts, will doubtless be controversial and may leave some fans unsatisfied, as it opens itself to multiple interpretations. Some may feel as if it just ends without resolving anything, but if one considers Takaki's few lines of narration in part two, how that part ends, and how everything fits together, it becomes clearer that actually resolving things was never the point. Whereas Voices was about trying to maintain a connection and Place Promised was about reestablishing one, Five Centimeters is ultimately about moving on from past connections instead of just living in the past, about finding a way to become happy in the present rather than just pining for what has been lost over time. In that sense Five Centimeters is Shinkai's most mature and complicated work yet.
As with Place Promised, Shinkai was directly involved in nearly every aspect of this proction, which leaves his stamp on this work as indelibly as Miyazaki does on any of his movies. (This is the one place where comparisons between the two are justifiable.) All of the elements seen in his previous works are here: extensive use of in-character narration, nearly photorealistic recreations of actual real-world settings, impressive use of lighting effects, scene selections chosen with an eye to establishing and enhancing mood, occasionally dazzling vistas, and carefully-crafted, precisely-worded dialog which avoids any extraneous comment and invariably contributes to the overall feel of the work. Striking, as always, is his vivid use of color, although it seems a bit brighter and glossier here than in his previous work. His character designs have improved markedly since his work on Voices but are still the weak point of the artistry, as is the character animation; scenes of moving clouds and vehicles, blowing snow and grass, crossing gates, even birds – really, he excels in animating everything except people, and his scene selections strongly suggest that he realizes that.
Tenmon, the artist who did the music for Voices, returns for this project, and indeed his score for the first part is only a minor stylistic variation on the light piano numbers used in Voices. Large sections of the second part pass without any score, and the bits that do have it offer a similar blend of poignant, low-key piano numbers mixed with light orchestration. Part 3 lacks a score until the background song “One More Time, One More Chance” takes over; though it may be a little too loud, it fits quite well in both lyrics and tone. The proction also excels in its use of sound effects, especially in the bow-shooting scenes in Part 2.
The Japanese b uses a different seiyuu for Akari between Parts 1 and 3, while the English b uses Hilary Haag passably well at both ages. David Matranga, as Takaki, strains a bit when attempting to voice a very young version of his character but otherwise does a fine job, and Serena Varghese hits the mark just right as Kanae. Because so much of the dialog is narration, the English script varies very little from the subtitles, although in many places the English spoken lines and Japanese spoken lines have somewhat different timing. (This is not easily noticeable unless you listen to the English b with the subtitles on, however.)
Amongst the Extras on the disc are a photo montage of setting scouting for the movie that can make a viewer appreciate exactly how accurately detailed some of the background animation really is. Also included are two interviews: one with Shinkai and the other with members of the Japanese cast. Although ADV's proction lists the three parts as if they were episodes on the menu, it uses no chapter breaks within a part.
The question that will inevitably get asked is where this work stands compared to Shinkai's previous efforts. It is his best effort to date, or his worst? The answer depends heavily on what you are expecting to get out of it. Evaluated purely on technical merits, the overall artistry is a very slight step down from Place Promised, but the timing and pacing of its storytelling is better. It has better character designs and more complexity than Voices, but not as broad an appeal nor as poignant and heartfelt an ending. It achieves the same degree of elegance and eloquence in storytelling, so the decision largely comes down to a matter of personal preference. From this reviewer's perspective, Voices is the true masterpiece of the lot, but this one works just fine, as long as you can come to terms with the ending.
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Tohno Takaki and Shinohara Akari are two classmates in an elementary school. During their time together they have become close friends. Their relationship is tested when Akari transfers to another city because of her parents' jobs. Both of them struggle to keep their friendship alive as time and distance slowly pulls them apart. When Takaki finds out that he is moving farther away, he decides to visit Akari one last time.
The movie is a collection of three stories; the first episode, Oukashou, shows the day of their reunion. The next episode, Cosmonaut, follows the story about Takaki after the reunion takes place from the viewpoint of another person. The last episode, Byousoku 5 Centimeter, clips out the movements of their thoughts.
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"5 Centimeters Per Second" is a one hour Japanese animated feature film with drama and romance. This movie looks to be pure drama as it revolves around several characters. There is no fantasy or science fiction present as it looks to present the actual world from a different perspective.
This movie is to be a perspective of everyday life through the eyes of director and writer Makoto Shinkai. The name comes from the cherry blossom which is a national symbol of Japan. The rate in which a petal falls from a cherry blossom tree is five centimeters per second. It looks to be the most realistic and humanistic animated movie that I have ever seen.
Mainly, all of the segments focus on a boy named Takaki Tono. The three episodes that make up the movie are labeled as: "Okasho" which is Cherry Blssom Extract in Japanese, "Cosmonaut", and "Byosoku Centimeter." Each section details the life of Takaki at different points. The first section takes place around 1990 where Takaki had graated from elementary school as he and his close friend Akari Shinohara have drifted apart. Akari moved because her parents had gotten a job transfer. Akari goes to middle school in Tokyo.
5 Centimeters Per Second details Takaki's life as he has to move very often e to his parents' jobs. This makes it hard for a person to make friends let alone get into a relationship. In short, it shows that you really cannot have a steady personal life if your parents are moving to another place for a year and then move somewhere else for another year.
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For quite some time now those in the know have been declaring Makoto Shinkai the next Hayao Miyazaki. Starting with short films animated purely by himself on his home computer Shinkai has steadily built a fiercely loyal following around the globe, his fans drawn by his clean lines, attention to detail and willingness to let his character's breathe. Shinkai, like Miyazaki, is one of those very rare film makers - even more rare in the animation world - who understands that less can often be more, that the quiet moments often tell us more than any amount of action or dialog ever could, and he has an uncanny knack for capturing the pregnant pauses that open the souls of his characters. While Shinkai's latest, a triptych of interconnected stories titled 5 Centimeters Per Second, does not quite raise him to the current level of the great master it definitely represents a huge step forward and is exactly the sort of film that you would expect to come out of Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli on one of their better days. Yes, though the film has its weaknesses, Shinkai really is that good.
5 Centimeters Per Second - named for the speed at which cherry blossoms fall to the ground - is made up of three stories surrounding Takaki, a Japanese boy, at three different stages of his life. We meet him when he is young, just in junior high and coping with the departure of Akari - his closest friend, a girl for whom he has developed feelings he cannot express - the year before while also preparing for his own move away from Tokyo and to a remoter part of the country. We then move to Takaki at the final stages of high school, preparing to move on to the next stage of his life and completely, blissfully ignorant of the feelings Kanae, a girl in his class has for him. Finally, we meet Takaki again as a young alt, twenty six and giving in to disillusionment.
The first two segments of the film - titled Cherry Blossom Story and Cosmonaut, respectively, provide the real meat to the affair with the final section, 5 Centimeters Per Second, feeling sadly like a perfunctory and unfinished coda. The closing act leaves you wishing that it had been something more but for the first two acts - self contained shorts, both of them - Shinkai proves to be pure gold. His animation is stunning, beautifully detailed and impeccably framed with Shinkai showing a masterful ability to mirror the emotion of his human players in his shot selections and pacing. His characters ring startlingly true, the emotional core so strong, their relationships sketched out so simply yet effectively that it could be used as a textbook example of how to show an audience your characters while actually telling them very little. Cherry Blossom Story, in particular, also shows a remarkable grasp of the editing process, Shinkai nimbly cutting between perspectives and time periods to gracefully sketch out the relationship between Takaki and Akari.
Through the first two segments of the film Shinkai's grasp is remarkable he manages the difficult feat of capturing both the flush and excitement of young love along with the nervousness and fear that it brings all the while shooting it through with the sort of wistful melancholy that comes from knowing that you can never have what you most want. It's a complex bit of work that Shinkai makes seem simple and effortless and that, in and of itself, is the mark of a true master storyteller. The final third, however, feels only half done. Akari is engaged to marry someone else and seems a little apprehensive, Takaki is aimless and drinks too much unsure of his place in the world and purpose in life. Shinkai sets this segment up very well indeed and seems poised to go some interesting, challenging and unexpected places with his characters but then, inexplicably, he opts to instead cut it into a flashback laden romantic music video. Literally. It's a bizarre decision that really takes the heart out of this section but the first two segments are so flawlessly strong that the overall experience is still a very strong success. Keep an eye on Shinkai, he is poised to become a true giant in the animation world in the very near future.
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With 5 Centimeters per Second, Shinkai Makoto has polished the elements that made his previous anime so heartbreakingly poignant and proced a wonderful work. If the film did not have a disappointing third arc, this would be his best work thus far and probably the best of the year.
5 cm’s story will feel warmly familiar to those who have already had the pleasure of watching the director’s work. Makoto is still very much obsessed with capturing the sheer, unrivaled beauty of an impossible love. No matter how cruelly fate intervenes, his protagonists cling desperately and determinedly to their love, as if it were a lone piece of driftwood amidst an angry and roiling ocean. These themes are no less powerful here than they were when Makoto first explored them, and should strike a chord in all but the most hyperactive viewers.
While 5 cm foregoes the science-fiction elements that Makoto is usually known for, the down-to-earth, slice-of-life story is never boring. If Makoto’s first two major stories had anything wrong with them at all, it was that Voices of a Distant Star was too simplistic and The Place Promised in Our Early Days had too much excess baggage. In 5 cm, however, Makoto finds the perfect mix; the film manages to be wonderfully rich without having a trace of unnecessary plotting. For the first two parts of the film, 5 cm meets and even exceeds Makoto’s former material.
Only the third and decidedly imperfect act prevents me from scoring 5 cm as highly as Makoto’s first two works. Sadly, I can’t help but believe that Makoto ran out of either time or funding, because the final arc is rushed and sloppy. For one, the episode makes a key mistake of introcing a new character and then doing almost nothing with her. Even more disastrously, the haphazard pacing actually serves to undermine the message that I think Makoto is going for. As a result, the final proct feels positively amputated.
As a whole, however, 5 cm is still a heartrendingly powerful work. As Makoto continues to release these somber masterpieces, the fact that they must be partially autobiographical becomes increasingly clear. Makoto’s raw and heartbreaking material feels so personal and intimate that he could only be drawing from his own bittersweet memory.