Underplayed Gems

Bubble (2022)

Bubble poster
Original title
バブル
Directed by
Tetsurō Araki
Genre
post-apocalyptic anime, Romance, Sci-Fi, Sports, Supernatural
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 483 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man with extraordinary parkour skills lives in a Tokyo transformed by mysterious floating bubbles. He meets a girl with strange powers and they form a bond as they race through the city.

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What happens

Bubble (Japanese: バブル, Hepburn: Baburu) is a 2022 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic film produced by Wit Studio. It was directed by Tetsurō Araki and written by Gen Urobuchi with character designs by Takeshi Obata and music composed by Hiroyuki Sawano. The film had early screenings at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2022. It was followed by its worldwide release on Netflix on April 28, 2022, before it was released theatrically in Japan in May. A manga adaptation of the film by Erubo Hijihara was serialized in Shōnen Jump+ from April 22 to May 23, 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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