Comments on: Byousoku 5 Centimeter: Part 1

By: Lost-Wisdom

Lost-Wisdom — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:43:02 +0000

I’ve watched all 3 parts and I have to agree with you on this one. The story was brilliant, the backgrounds were flawless and beautiful and the pacing of the movie was excellent.

All I can say is all positives because this can really relate to reality.

By: WoooW

WoooW — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:15:18 +0000

I’ve watched the entire movie and I must say, I was touched. Personally, I loved the music. The simple and yet emotional piano melody was used perfectly. The art is a given, but one criticism for this movie is the story line. The story line could’ve been made stronger, but otherwise it’s a must-see.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:02:44 +0000

Please tell me what you use to get screenshots!!!

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:03:08 +0000

I completely agree with you guys on the animation. It’s truly one of a kind. However, I do not thing it is as “flawed” as some of you might put it. True, Voices of a Distant Star was much more powerful in respect to the actual distance. I look at 5CM as a story much more realistic and tangible than Shinkai’s previous works. This situation to me is much more “real” in terms of the feelings conveyed.

By: hyperion2010

hyperion2010 — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:14:55 +0000

Too bad the currently available versions do not do the artwork justice. A release at the resolution of the trailers would be amazing.

By: Tabi Karasu

Tabi Karasu — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:43:13 +0000

Like you said a must see!

By: naga_jahat

naga_jahat — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:23:31 +0000

got to wait the dvd released to get better quality lol …
nice story
awesome animation

By: dadada

dadada — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:06:45 +0000

@RunningKind

I personally liked Beyond the Clouds more than 5cm, and while I’m comparing those two, I noticed blatant similarities such as the themes and motifs, like the train station and the classroom situation.

But I think for the most part, I fell in love with the background themesong (piano version of “1 more time 1 more chance”), the song itself has been played many times on my iTunes :p

By: Shirukii

Shirukii — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:05:21 +0000

Completely agree about the quality, far beyond your average anime. But then again, compared to a normal episode of anime, Byousoku has MUCH more time per episode spent perfecting the quality.

As for the story…while touching, I think it’s fundamentally flawed. Shinkai does a good job emphasizing the distance through the numerous train delays and relatively short time the two spent together. However, if you consider the fact that had there not been a blizzard, the trip might have taken about two and a half hours, the drama is kind of lost.

I understand that they’re young, unsure about their futures and probably poor, but waiting a year to make a two and half hour train ride to meet someone that you identify so well with…I’m not convinced.

By contrast, the distance in hoshi no koe was much more powerful. Not only could the protagonists not see each other, an “instant message” took years to be delivered.

A beautiful work of art and a touching story, but critically flawed in the main point it tried to convey. But I still loved it and can’t wait for the next episode.

Oh, and if I misinterpreted anything, let me know T_T I watched it RAW

By: FlameStrike

FlameStrike — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:51:44 +0000

Damit I REALLY want to see this!!! The quality looks really really really damn good, better than Kyoani’s!! I was a big fan of Makoto’s other works too and this looks awesome just from screen caps heh >