5 Centimeters Per Second
Released By: Manga Entertainment
Rating: U
Running Time: 59 mins
Aspect Ratio: 16.9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Truehd/ Japanese 2.0 Dolby Truehd
Release Date: 29/10/2018
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes
The movie's title is a reference to the rate at which cherry
blossoms fall to the ground during the spring period in Japan . Cherry
blossoms are also to do with the time spent by romantic couples during the
cherry viewing of the month, though if Japanese period dramas are anything to go by, to the samurai they also signified the heartache they would go through in life through to death.
In this case, two childhood friends write to each
other as they have found themselves separated since being young kids at school.
Now Takaki is a freshman and he feels lonely not being around her, growing up
slowly but unhappy. After all the writing, Akari to Takaki and back again, she
gives him the opportunity to meet her. She organises
for him to come to Tokyo
and he is anxious at how she will look when he finally meets her, and
isn't prepared for the long, tiring journey ahead.
Back in the past, Takaki hoped that Akari would be
transferred to his school - she was, but only for a brief period before she
became relocated to Tokyo .
Even then they were the dearest of friends, Akari knows that at some time Takaki
is moving far away and thus it might be the only chance they will see each
other at all.
The movie is split into three different sections;
Act 1 - Cherry Blossoms
Act 2 - Cosmonaut
Act 3 - 5 Centimeters Per Second
The first has the two of them when they knew each other as
kids at school, and started to grow up, the second one has them growing up even
more so as Takaki has to think of his future and whether it means going to
University or getting a job, but all he can think of is Akari and how her life
must be without him, while part three is the conclusion.
This is the story of two lovers who occasionally meet,
mostly write to each other, and take life one step at a time. It is a slow
moving anime that touches at the heartstrings of the viewer. The story is more
a case of when they will meet again as opposed to they will never meet at all.
Akari and Takaki were made for each other in every way, but can she tell him
how she really feels? The third part could go either way as they might be
together, or perhaps live their lives apart. This is a slow movie to sit in
front of for 62 minutes and if you like fast-moving anime they you might not
enjoy this at all. It is definitely a girl's type of movie, full of regret,
love, romance and tearful letters going back and forth.
Summary: This is a wonderful tale of how first love blossoms, and the awful reality of loss becomes everlasting.
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