Byosoku 5 centimeter by Masayoshi Yamazaki, is a Japanese Anime DVD Movie which I had bought recently. It also goes by the title : [秒速5センチメートル(Jap title)/ 秒速五厘米 (Chinese title) ]
The anime artwork was so beautifully drawn, I would think it could be said to be breathe-takingly stunning. The director left no details uncovered from the cherry trees, to the snowstorm to the reflections along the streets. Accordingly, all the visual sceneries in the anime were drawn based real sites in Japan. The creater and team went to the train stations etc and took thousand of pictures and drew them as it was. The idea was to trigger an emotional attachment, a sense of familiarity with the Japanese audience who were already familiar with the places.
The anime is of 3 short interconnected stories linked into one theme. Its plot centers mostly around lost, unrequited love & how life goes on and people drift apart- never to see each other again yet retaining cherished & precious memories of the time they had spent together.
The director, during the interview, said that the movie is named "5 Centimeters Per Second" for the speed at which cherry blossom petals fall, petals being a metaphorical representation of humans, reminiscent of the slowness of life and how people often start together but slowly drift into their separate ways.
The ending left me alittle bit sad simply because it is so real, so in tune with our own lives that your heart will understand and render to the direction of it its impending inevitable ending.
As the story unfolds, you connect with it immediately as if it was your own. You understand that meetings and partings are evidently inescapably so in our life. The stories are a lesson in themselves, that we cannot stubbornly cling on to to our past or our life will be nothing but consumed by misery (*spoiler - as seen in the story). It is important to understand that everyone around you will eventually drift apart from each other, or even forget... It's near impossible to maintain constant contact & be as close as you once were with those people - and so in the end, what you’re left with to treasure, are wonderful memories of the times you once shared together. You just have to let go. Basically, just moving on with your path.
I absolutely love the ending theme song "One more time, one more chance". It was chosen so aptly that the whole song fitted the storyline so perfectly, which was so haunting mingled with a tinge of sadness and feeling of loss...
While the song was already terrific on its own, yet I think for those who had seen the anime movie, the song sounds incredibly more moving as scenes in the last chapter flashes passed on the screen as the lead character's life condenses before us.
So to those who have reach this far down, here's the sharing with the anime as the MV.
The anime artwork was so beautifully drawn, I would think it could be said to be breathe-takingly stunning. The director left no details uncovered from the cherry trees, to the snowstorm to the reflections along the streets. Accordingly, all the visual sceneries in the anime were drawn based real sites in Japan. The creater and team went to the train stations etc and took thousand of pictures and drew them as it was. The idea was to trigger an emotional attachment, a sense of familiarity with the Japanese audience who were already familiar with the places.
The anime is of 3 short interconnected stories linked into one theme. Its plot centers mostly around lost, unrequited love & how life goes on and people drift apart- never to see each other again yet retaining cherished & precious memories of the time they had spent together.
The director, during the interview, said that the movie is named "5 Centimeters Per Second" for the speed at which cherry blossom petals fall, petals being a metaphorical representation of humans, reminiscent of the slowness of life and how people often start together but slowly drift into their separate ways.
The ending left me alittle bit sad simply because it is so real, so in tune with our own lives that your heart will understand and render to the direction of it its impending inevitable ending.
As the story unfolds, you connect with it immediately as if it was your own. You understand that meetings and partings are evidently inescapably so in our life. The stories are a lesson in themselves, that we cannot stubbornly cling on to to our past or our life will be nothing but consumed by misery (*spoiler - as seen in the story). It is important to understand that everyone around you will eventually drift apart from each other, or even forget... It's near impossible to maintain constant contact & be as close as you once were with those people - and so in the end, what you’re left with to treasure, are wonderful memories of the times you once shared together. You just have to let go. Basically, just moving on with your path.
I absolutely love the ending theme song "One more time, one more chance". It was chosen so aptly that the whole song fitted the storyline so perfectly, which was so haunting mingled with a tinge of sadness and feeling of loss...
While the song was already terrific on its own, yet I think for those who had seen the anime movie, the song sounds incredibly more moving as scenes in the last chapter flashes passed on the screen as the lead character's life condenses before us.
So to those who have reach this far down, here's the sharing with the anime as the MV.
