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t-rexx-568-196825 The visuals are second to none for an anime. The amount of work, the attention to details, the color spectrum used in this anime are absolutely mesmerizing, a real tribute to and a reminder of the seemingly endless finesse of Japanese art. Alas, I have found the narrative and the story line too lightly treated to provide the sense of cohesion which would have made it a true masterpiece. Too many flashbacks, not enough time for the viewer to properly handle the various aspects of a given action development... But like I said earlier, the visuals are a real sight to see.

deathsunglasses Super-Minor Spoilers (in the form of the synopsis you can just read on the box of the DVD, so nothing obvious)Here Goes:The film itself is aesthetically pleasing and the voice acting is spot on, but that is about as far as this film goes regarding what it truly has to offer.The pacing starts off much too convoluted and quickly in order to get to the part where the protagonist can do the thing suggested in the title of the movie. Afterwards it slows down to a crawl in which the whole point of the story seems to be heavy on high school dating, which would be absolutely FINE in the realm of coming-of-age stories if it weren't for the fact that you really don't get an opportunity to feel pathos for any of the characters. There is so much potential there, but for the most-part there are no real dynamics within the interactions or relationships. Also, you get the strong vibe that if you say no to a boy when he asks you to date, you are too picky (just say yes to whomever demands it, I guess), so I don't see how this movie would also be good to show preteens/teens/children.This becomes another time-traveling movie where the protagonist has fun with their newfound ability at the beginning but then confronts consequences surrounding said fun, and there is nothing wrong with that. Unfortunately it is also a film where the character could have easily solved all of the problems that are beginning to form just by going back to the beginning and not messing around with anything.Also, the last 30 minutes of the film seem very phoned in. As if the writer looked back and said "Huh, this really isn't going anywhere, let's see if we can just throw in some obvious tropes." Just when you think it is all going to speed up and go somewhere, it really doesn't. Every action within this film just seems like a ploy to suck the viewer in with no real sense of finalized answers. Specific plot holes, and just blatantly overlooked explanations we would have liked to have known would have been nice to put in this review, but that would be hard to do without giving major spoilers. Trust me though, there are SO many holes and little things that a character could have simply done to solve this that, if you actually care about these kind of things in storytelling, would frustrate the heck out of you.Not recommended. It's OK, but nothing to write home about whatsoever. Definitely over-hyped.

joshuafagan-64214 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is not the best animated movie ever made, or even the best time travel movie ever made. But it is amazing, enrapturing, and one of the best animated movies of this century.It centers around a teenage girl named Makoto Konno and her two friends, Kousuke Tsuda and Chiaki Mamiya, the latter of which has a crush of her. The three of them play baseball in the park every day after school. Makoto has had a bad day, making all sorts of stupid mistakes and even falling onto a small walnut-shaped item in her chemistry room. But none of that compares to what happens next: while riding her bike on her way to see her aunt, the train passes through the street. She tries to stop in time to avoid it, but she is hit, dying. But then she wakes up where she was five minutes ago. She has gone back in time.I was immediately drawn in.This films is fascinating on so many levels. It never goes quite where you expect it to go. It is not deliberately subversive, but it is clear that is telling its own story, using tropes and clichés instead of falling back on them. The twist they throw in at the halfway mark is clever and smart, and it really adds to the experience, making the movie as a whole even more rewarding than it otherwise would have been.To call the direction inventive would be an understatement. Every artistic decision is the right one. For example, look back at the title of the film. That is not metaphorical. Makoto literally leaps through time. Her powers activate because she flies through the air upon being hit, and whenever she wants to jump through time, she has to jump from high up. When she arrives at her new temporal destination, she is on the ground, rolling. That is so smart and innovative. Time travel as an idea has been around for hundreds of years, and it has been done to death. To bring something new and different to the equation is difficult, if not impossible. But Hosoda managed to pull it off.This is very much a high school supernatural drama. There is everything from teenage awkwardness to teenage indecisiveness to teenage anxiety. But it is done well. I felt like I was seeing the first teenage drama ever made. There is a sense of energy to every second of the film. Things like seeing someone trip and fall were ten times funnier than they otherwise would be thanks to the time and effort put in my the animation team. Animation allows for more energetic expression, something this movie takes full advantage of without making it seem like too much.Makoto is the highlight of the film. The animation on her is fluid and sharp and hyper, and the English dub voice actor does a great job of matching it. She captures every scene of the film. It's enough to almost make me wish there was no time travel element, and the whole story was just her journey through high school.Hasodo's first major project was directing the first two Digimon movies (or, if you're a Westerner, the first two-thirds of the Digimon movie). I was surprised by this, but it makes sense. Those movies were way better than they should have been thanks to two things: one, its ability to make it's human characters interesting to watch and listen to even when they're not doing much; and two, its ability to make a low budget sing. Those two elements are apparent here. Not a lot of extraordinary, jaw-dropping things happen- except in the middle third- but the feel of the movie, that of a hot, past-its-prime summer day, more than makes up for it.As for the 'low-budget' thing: this film has far more money than any of the Digimon movies, but it did not have enough money to go for the big guns on every shot, like a Miyazaki movie could. There is an almost tangible desire of this film to conserve the money for the spectacular shots. And there are a lot spectacular shots. The animation of her going through time is a showstopper. It's like she's traveling through a giant watch.All in all, it feels somewhat like the animated equivalent of an artsy indie movie. There are all the ingredients: young, brilliant director, low budget, adding new twists to old mechanics. It's a unique experience.But that does not mean it does not remind me of things. The first thing that came to mind was the fantastic episodic video game Life is Strange. Some elements of that were clearly lifted from this and given a hipstery, sepia-toned makeover. But as it war on, it started to remind me of a mix of Inception and Run Lola Run. Obviously, the tone is different, but it has a quality of etherealness and visual inventiveness that reminds me of the former and a quality of experimentation and videogameiness that reminds me of the latter.There are a few things that stop this movie from measuring up to the great Miyazaki films. Though the pacing is almost absurdly good, it still doesn't give off as much narrative heft as it wants to. And while there are no characters I find unbearable, I wish the other characters were as interesting to watch as Makoto. But these are minor gripes. This is the sort of film you feel bad for not giving a perfect score. It's powerful, evocative, and innovative. These are the kind of films we need more of. Hosoda may be no Miyazaki, but with luck, he could usurp Miyazaki's crown. If that happens- and it looks like it is- the future of Japanese animation looks bright.

goc6283 The film premise is excellent, a young teenager able to go back in time and fix what is wrong. I mean, what is the worst that can happen? Well some of the worst does.The actress portraying Makoto does a great job with her role and the film does a good job itself showing a high-school kid's life. However, things become magical when she realizes the power of time travel and tries to fix the wrong in her life. However, she fixes what possibly should have not been fixed and puts a strain on both her and her friends.It gets a little too complex for it's own good, especially around 3/4ths of the way thorough the film. Sub-plots should have been explained a bit longer and the pace should have probably been slowed down just a little bit. The audience almost expected for something to go wrong and that is potentially a bad thing here as it feels like it weighs down the plot and makes the revelations either arbitrary or more of a Deus ex machina.7.4