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5 Centimeters Per Second (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)  ~ Shinkai Makoto
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| Since the release of his award-winning short Voices From a Distant Star in 2002, visionary animator Shinkai Makoto has been earmarked as the future of Japanese animation, the next Miyazaki. Though these are no easy expectations to live up to, Shinkai has shown that the hype is well deserved with his 2004 follow-up The Place Promised Our Early Days and now 5 Centimeters Per Second, a.k.a. a chain of short stories about their distance. The title refers to the speed at which cherry blossoms fall to the ground, a fitting image of the film's delicate, lyrical splendor. 5 Centimeters Per Second continues with the soft, dreamy aesthetic and bittersweet adolescent sentiments of Shinkai's previous works, but this time he moves away from the sci-fi themes, reveling in the lingering beauty of the everyday.
Split into three episodes, 5 Centimenters Per Second follows the tender romance and coming-of-age of Takaki and Akari. They first meet as fourth-graders, lonely souls who love the same books and become the best of friends. When Takaki moves far away, it marks the end of his childhood and an unforgettable friendship. In his high school years, he becomes the object of affection for a young surfer girl named Kanae. As adults, Takaki and Akari watch the cherry blossoms fall, alone in their memories. 5 Centimeters Per Second does not tell so much a story, but a feeling, a portrait of life and longing captured by a distant train, a melting snowflake, a falling blossom.
This edition comes with interview with director and theatrical trailer. |
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| | Product Title | : | 5 Centimeters Per Second (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) | | Region Code | : | (What is it?) | | Picture Format | : |  (What is it?) | | Artist Name(s) | : | Shinkai Makoto | | Release Date | : | November 15, 2007 | | Language | : | Cantonese, Japanese | | Subtitle | : | English, Traditional Chinese | | Duration | : | 63 Minutes | | Rating | : | I | | Package Weight | : | 180 g | | Publisher | : | Asia Video (HK) | | YesAsia Catalog No. | : | 1005118197 | | Shipment Unit | : | 1 (What is it?) |
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For quite some time now, those in the know have been declaring Makoto Shinkai the next Hayao Miyazaki. Starting with short films animated purely by himself on his home computer, Shinkai has steadily built a fiercely loyal following around the globe, his fans drawn by his clean lines, attention to detail and willingness to let his character's breathe. Shinkai, like Miyazaki, is one of those very rare film makers - even more rare in the animation world - who understands that less can often be more, that the quiet moments often tell us more than any amount of action or dialog ever could, and he has an uncanny knack for capturing the pregnant pauses that open the souls of his characters. While Shinkai's latest, a triptych of interconnected stories titled 5 Centimeters Per Second, does not quite raise him to the current level of the great master, it definitely represents a huge step forward and is exactly the sort of film that you would expect to come out of Miyazaki's Studio Ghib... [Read more]
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