This afternoon, I came across this 1 hour movie from animenewsnetwork and decided to watch it. The movie is entitled 秒速5センチメートル (Byousoku 5 centimeters), which means 5 centimeters Per Second. The story revolves around 3 characters, Tohno Takaki, Shinohara Akari and Sumita Kanae. Also, the movie was divided into 3 parts: 桜花抄 (Okasho), コスモナウト (Cosmonaut) and 秒速5センチメートル (Byousoku 5 centimeters).
The story portrayed the life of Tohno Takaki, from a kid to a teenager, and finally, to an adult. He had a very close friend, Akari, they walked together to school and played together everyday. However, they were forced to leave each other when Akari's parents were moving away due to their jobs. From then on, they kept in contact by sending each other letters. As time passes by, the sending of letters became less frequent and eventually stopped.
Sumita Kanae came into the story during Takaki's high school days. It was love at first sight, when Kanae met Takaki. She was always trying to find ways to get close to him. However, she realised that she was unable to connect his heart no matter what she do, as Takaki always look as if he already had someone in his mind...
The movie ended quite abruptly, I think. Did he met Akari at the crossroad?
A penny for thoughts...
By the way, the movie theme song is "One more time, one more chance"; quite a nice song that fits perfectly into the movie. To my fellow anime fans out there, you should go check out the movie.
Rating: 4/5
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