Comments on: 5 cm per second: gather up our hearts and go

By: ghostlightning

ghostlightning — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:54:47 +0000

Good stuff here, I wish I read this sooner. I was flipping channels today and caught the ending of Wall-E and I broke down like a silly child.

This is why just perceiving Shinkai’s artwork is emotionally taxing in and of itself, because it serves to be the interpreter of all the things that are too shameful or embarrassing or too heavy to be said out loud.

So bad melodrama (or storytelling for that matter) would spell these heavy things out?

By: camille bianca

camille bianca — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:35:15 +0000

such a marvelous anime with outstanding background and music as well as the characters that left me feeling the emotional catharsis of life. The anime’s ending was a cliche of some hollywood movies that we had come to love but it still brought me to tears and buckets of beer.

space and time are really one of the factors that made life a bittersweet flavor.

By: eddie

eddie — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:29:50 +0000

This is what I call a quality piece of work. Its not just big eyes, big tits and big robots. This anime is art at its purest form, not shrouded by financial constraint bullshit and what production companies decides best for the market. The rendering is so beautifully done, with camera angles excelling live action movies. I could say if it were to be made into a live-action movie, it’s gonna be a big flop.The emotional effect just wouldn’t be the same.

And for anyone who doesn’t like the ending, all I have to say is “welcome back to the real world,kids!”

By: biankita

biankita — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:37:00 +0000

i didn’t like the ending *cries!* it broke my shoujo anime-loving heart… but i must say that i love the animation and the story was very good. i just ot frustrated with the ending. -_-’

By: double

double — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:28:05 +0000

You should really get started on writing your own book with that life story of yours. If people liked Byousoku 5cm, I’m sure your story will be well received too.

As for me, I never really felt the true emotions one would feel when watching Byousoku 5cm on my first watch. It was only after certain events, and when I rewatched the movie once again, I cried.