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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Makoto Shinkai |
| MANUFACTURER: | A.D. Vision |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Animated, Color, Dolby |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 702727127724 |
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Customer Reviews of The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Interesting, but slow-moving After watching the preview on the Anime Network, I decided to try out this title. Usually not being a fan of most anime movies (I'm more interesting in on-going series), I was surprised that this title appealed to me. I was a little disappointed, however, after watching the film. <
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>The artwork and animation is beautiful, and the music is also wonderful. But for the most part, the movie is just pretty quiet and peaceful as it follows the lives of the three main characters. The story is thought-provoking and interesting, but it seemed like I was always waiting for something big to happen. The plot was a little slow, and sometimes I didn't quite understand the reasons behind some of the things that happened. <
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>Overall it's a good movie, and definitely worth watching. It's just a bit slow-moving, and the action isn't on a very high-scale.
A Promise Kept
I wanted to see this ever since I heard that it was done by the same director who created Voices of a Distant Star, and I have to say that it lived up to my expectations.
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>Every single frame of this piece looks as though it could be framed on the wall as art. It looks amazing. The attention to detail is astonishing.
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>But Promise is not just eye-candy. There is a story, told in subdued tones, and supported by a rich, lovely score.
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>A complex blend of romance, drama, and science-fiction, the narration on both the Japanese and English tracks is perfect.
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>This is a film that will change anime the same way that Akira did, but for vastly different reasons.
Excellent
After seeing the trailer at the ADV website, and knowing it was another Shinkai movie, I had to see this one, and it was just as good as I thought it would be. Hell, I'm almost willing to call it the best I've seen in the last few years. I can see now why some call Shinkai the next Miyazaki...if you think that is blasphemous to say, you ought to check out his works before judging that for yourself.
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>As much as I enjoyed Voices of A Distant Star (Hoshi no Koe), I found it too short. His animation style, the colors, the computer effects were all amazing...and even more so that he did the whole thing by himself.
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>Then he comes up with this masterpiece. Voices had an okay plot, but wasn't too terribly developed or interesting. This one is spectacular. It everything that Voices should have been...full length, proffessional looking, same beautiful use of computers to enhance colors, Shinkai's little trick of using real places in Japan to draw out buildings...it just blew me away.
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>Any anime fan looking for something fresh and beautiful should check this out, it is well worth the small amount of cash it will cost you. And if you are fortunate enough to live in one of the cities where its being shown in the theaters, I highly encourage you to see it there on the big screen.
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>The story is about three children and their quest to greater know the world they live in. This alternate universe takes place after WWII, except here the island of Honshu (the main island of Japan) and all southern islands came under US occupation, and the northern most island Hokaido came under control of the mysterious "Union", who in 1974 erected an enourmous tower for an unknown purpose. The two boys, and the one girl they both loved, Sayuri, promised each other that some day they would fly to that tower in the plane they built.
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>But then Sayuri falls into a mysterious coma, and the promise is delayed... I won't spoil the story, but needless to say its quite terrific and the ending quite satisfying.
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>Enjoy this one for yourself, trust me when I say its worth every penny.