Comments on: Byousoku 5 Centimeter #2 and #3: Summary and First Impression

By: Cabasho

Cabasho — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:32:08 +0000

well, i saw it on a fansub, and… the story is beautiful… but the ending is too much realistic for my taste

what i saw in cosmonaut is that takaki says something like “when did i started writting messages that i wouldnt send”, and also during the song at the end it is shown how both stop sending and reciving mail, so it kind of tell us “they slowly stopped talking to each other”, just as normal people stop talking to people that they no longer see… its sad… very sad and too realistic for my taste (yeah, i prefer all those “happy fantastic ending” and “they lived happily thereafter” XD)

well i wanted to pinpoint that two little details that might help to ” tie the loose end here”. it is not a great explanation but i belive this anime is the “art and beauty of the sad reality”, as an artist i understand it, but as a otaku… it is not my taste

By: Silverwolf1492

Silverwolf1492 — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:16:45 +0000

I watched it yesturday and i was so absorbed in the movie. I’ve watched the other movie of Makino Shinkai but this one was just the Best one. The landscape was so beautiful they really did an awesome job! the soundtrack by Tenmon like almost every makoto movie was awesome as well. The ending song let me felt some dramatic, sadness and beautiful feeling.I had cry in the end(T_T). I think the story in general is great, good “way” of thinking about life an all those events who happen randomly in everyone’s life. I think… Akari and Takaki were two great character even if we didn’t saw akari that much after the first chapter of the story…(that was a thing i didn’t like ). Konoe was also an important character in this story, she was one who think in another point of view of Takaki and Akari’s “little” world. Finally, in the end i was a little bit frustred that these two weren’t together… but it seem that is the way of thinking that mr Shinkai want to show to us.” Life isn’t perfect…time and space change our dream…we can live in the past… life “got to” goes on.”(life must goes on).

Anyway, I absolutly love this movie ^^

By: Defaye

Defaye — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:33:51 +0000

I have just seen the fansub version. I have to say, I thought it was a sad ending. Abrupt, incomplete and unsatisfying. It was visually stunning however, but it did not make my heart float as well. Like the person above said..

..I am left wondering how Akari and Takaki split, after being seemingly in love with each other? Oh well… I just wish it was a happy ending.

By: willem

willem — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:30:21 +0000

well… mmh I really hope the story won’t be so sad (it seems it will be anyway). Reminds me bad things. I would have prefered Takaki and Akari to end together. After all, life’s enough hard to point realities of our world. I was really rather looking to that movie for an temp. escape (of how could things might have been in a more wonderful world of our). We’ll see then…
That aside, I don’t really know if it’s worse or not to have such a love experience (and learn from it) but it can be quite hard to move on (especially with a long relationship).
Nice overwiew btw.

By: EnriqueTNT

EnriqueTNT — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:51:04 +0000

i already saw it and im still picking up my jaw from the floor, i thought that the last one (beyond the clouds…) was beautiful but this is poetry in motion, yes the ending IS abrupt, and the story has loose ends and plotholes everywhere but the art is SOOOO beautiful that you dont care im seeing it again tomorrow, highly recomended to anyone whit two eyes (even one is good too)

By: augis

augis — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:45:10 +0000

2karolina: vertina vertina ir Lietuvoj =)

By: karolina

karolina — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:23:32 +0000

first part can be downloadet from emule, but now you can surely watch the first episode on youtube, and also there is a wonderful clip of one more time one more chance, wich is made with all parts of the movie, and you can imagine how the end will look.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jHaUdpxeME
yep lietuvoj nieko panasaus i tai tikrai neimanoma gauti, tai tenka siustis, ot gaila kad taip nevertina tokiu geru dalyku:(…

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By: cherylline

cherylline — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:01:11 +0000

Nice review. I’m sure you managed to get the main parts of the story right. I’m just wondering about that last episode, whether Akari and Takaki actually do *almost* see each other. Probably it’s for the best if they don’t, because, knowing their attraction for each other, it’d probably interrupt all the plans they’ve made since parting. And I agree with Kim Carl, it’s just like in reality – fairytale endings don’t happen all that often. Especially not in a film that tries to show the effect of distance on a relationship :/ isn’t it beautiful?

By: Taikun

Taikun — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:47:01 +0000

Thanks for such great review, I got one question for you
Can I download anywhere those movies?
I am from Lithuania and it’s hard to get such thing because they don’t sell it here. :( If you got any info please contact me via e-mail.