Masterful Movie

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The film is about two characters, Takaki and Akari. One day, Akari is forced to move away, so the two try really hard to stay connected with each other as they live their own lives. I sight this film to be my favorite anime film EVER. And it's not just because of the visuals, which are beautiful in their own right. This film explores a realistic approach of romance and, especially, first/young love. And this film hits HARD. The reasoning is because of how relatable some of the scenarios are. And some scenes can make you sad beyond belief, whether it be a specific moment that is too uncomfortably true to life events; or it's just a scene that hits the sadness button. Whatever the magic is, this film is a sad one, and one that more people need to see. Not to make them sad, but to just see how two people move on. And that's one of the main ideas: to move on.Thank you for listening to my inconsistent rambling about a film I love SO much I can't describe it into words.

5 Centimeters Per Second contains three short stories, connected by the main character and his childhood love-interest, essentially following their grow up. As many others already marked, the animation is simply gorgeous, and I can't add any more to this - Makoto Shinkai is indubitably one of the greatest animation geniuses of all time.While the visuals are superb, the plot is mediocre at best. I'm an otherwise emotionally sturdy, level-headed guy, but I'm also an absolute sucker for romantic tragedys. This stuff - even the cheesier ones - can make my eyes wet like putting my head in a bucket full of red onion. With 5CPS however, my eyes remained dry and my heart remained... err... unbroken? Each sequence is overshadowed by the immense despair of Takaki, longing for his never-fulfilled love to Akari. In the first episode, Cherryblossoms, it works well: my suspense built with Takakis during the train scene, and I felt soooo relieved when Akari was still at the station. It was sweet. During the sad goodbye, I was sure they were going to meet again, and that we're going towards a happy end. The second sequence then broke this expectation of mine. Instead of searching ways to stay in contact, Takaki goes full hopeless, writing emo messages to himself, while completely ignoring Sumida, a girl who fell in love with him. I GET THE VERY BLATANT MESSAGE, MR. SHINKAI! But come on: Takaki were in his 17-18's at the time. When did Takaki and Akari stopped sending mails to eachother? Why didn't they change numbers? And if Takaki was so goddamn in love, couldn't he visit Akari... like in the summer? If their love was truly impossible to be fulfilled, then this desperation of Takaki were justified. But I feel like it wasnt, and otherwise real and deep emotions regarding love felt like teenage angst and self-pitying. This organically carried on to the third sequence. Thats where realism finally kicked in: while Takaki was still deep in depression, Akari lived her life on, getting engaged and stuff. And when they met again at the intersection, I was so glad Takaki didn't run after Akari, but let her go - the only sensible thing he had done since sequence one.Overall it's a good one-hour movie, and a must-see for the visuals. The plot however is very lacking in some aspects, making very hard to live up to the emotions 5CPS intended to induce.

part 1 : shows us a pretty nice connection between two kids growing up with each other and despite their increasing distance their love for each other never looses and at the end of the day they'll always find each other.part 2 : introduces this new girl who is madly in love with the boy but never confesses herself to him at that time . even tho he acknowledges her interests he couldn't find himself to move forward from his past (which was very nicely done hats off ) even if he wanted he is still attached to something part 3 : it just nothing i imagined i don't know what to say the movie is filled with beautiful scenes very very beautiful story was like all over the place some times i took few minutes to get things straight seriously hated the way everything ended i just not right. after all this is life nothing end the way we want it be very good movie highly recommend it

I can only assume "5 Centimeters Per Second" was designed explicitly to teens and pre-teens. Therefore, my dislike of the film should be taken with a grain of salt, as I am a 53 year-old guy who likes anime movies, though I don't love ALL anime. For me, the film, though beautiful to look at, was very tough going.The story is about a romance between two classmates, Akari and Takaki. She is a rather simpering and uncertain young lady and she is attracted to Takaki because he's a silent, brooding, poetic sort of guy (the sort of guy most adults would think is incredibly pretentious). However, when he moves away, they promise to remain close and write to each other. Can their perfect, undying love stand the test of time and distance? Or, are they just two teens who need to let go and get on with their lives?The biggest problem with this film is the god-awful dialog. It makes me cringe about that period in my own life...a period I would just as soon forget because I thought everything was so gosh-darned profound and important. Now, with time, I find teens who talk like a dying, misunderstood poet to be annoying and hate that I can remember a bit of that in my teen self! All in all, a gorgeously animated film (better than many of the Ghibli films) but also one that has very, very limited appeal and rather annoying characters. Even though the film has some dubious messages for kids, I'd give this one a 7 for teenage girls, a 1 for adults and a 4 for teenage boys who will most likely want to punch Takaki and tell him to shape up!