5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)
- Original title
- 秒速5センチメートル
- Directed by
- Makoto Shinkai
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, drama anime and manga, coming-of-age film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 03m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 2,181 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Takaki Tono, a boy growing up in Japan, forms deep connections with girls over the years. The movie follows his life in three separate segments, showing how distance and time affect these relationships.
melancholicnostalgicslow-burnintrospectivepoignantgentlebittersweetvisually lush
What happens
5 Centimeters per Second (Japanese: 秒速5センチメートル, Hepburn: Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru) is a 2007 Japanese animated coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. The film consists of three segments in triptych style, each following a period in the life of the protagonist Takaki Tōno and his relationships with the girls around him. It theatrically premiered in Japan on 3 March 2007. The film was awarded Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. It received a novelization in November 2007 and a manga adaptation illustrated by Seike Yukiko in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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