<The Girl Who Leapt Through Time>------Youth is the best thing we could have in our life.
Directed by :Mamoru Hosoda
Produced by :Takashi Watanabe
Yuichiro Saito
Written by :Satoko Okudera
Based on :he Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Starring :
Riisa Naka
Takuya Ishida
Mitsutaka Itakura
Sachie Hara
Mitsuki Tanimura
Music by :Kiyoshi Yoshida
Cinematography :Yoshihiro Tomita
Editing by :Shigeru Nishiyama
Studio :Madhouse
Distributed by :Kadokawa Herald Pictures
Release date(s) :July 15, 2006
Running time :98 minutes
Country :Japan
Language :Japanese
Seventeen-year-old Makoto Konno lives with her family in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo, Japan. One day, when Makoto is on duty,she inadvertently falls upon a mysterious, walnut-shaped object and then got the power for time-leap. At first, Makoto uses her power extravagantly to avoid being late, to get perfect grades on tests, and even relive a single karaoke session for an entire hour, but Makoto soon discovers that her actions can adversely affect others.
Makoto ends up using up most of her leaps frivolously, to prevent undesirable situations from happening, including an awkward love confession from her best friend. Makoto eventually discovers a numbered tattoo indicating that she can only time leap a limited number of times. Using her remaining time leaps, Makoto attempts to make things right for everyone. Makoto impulsively uses her final leap to prevent a phone call from Chiaki asking if she knows about time-leaping. Due to this, she arrives too late to prevent her friend Kōsuke Tsuda and his new girlfriend from being struck by a train when they borrow her faulty bike. However, time suddenly freezes and Makoto discovers Chiaki nearby.
Chiaki confesses that he is from the future, the walnut-shaped object is a time-traveling device and he used it to leap through time to see a painting that is being restored by Kazuko, as it has been destroyed in the future. While walking with Makoto in the frozen city, Chiaki explains that he stayed longer in her time frame than he originally planned. He admits to using his final leap to prevent Kōsuke's accident and has stopped time only to explain to Makoto what the consequences will be. Having revealed his origins, the nature of the item that allowed Makoto to leap through time and being unable to return to his time period, Chiaki must disappear. Makoto realizes too late that she loves him...
Like most youth theme anime film, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is very successful in shaping a imagine of young girl and describing the inner world with mixed feelings of seventeen-year-old. Although usually what attracts people is time leap, but what the movie really wants to say is love, love between families,friends, schoolmates etc.Time leap is just a good tool to show it, so it's unwise for some audiences who blame the logic of the time leap to entangled in the exact rules for this magic power.
What impresses me a lot in this movie? Makoto almost loses Chiaki because of not making the decision being the GF of Chiaki in time. Sometimes, when you have to make choice, running away doesn't help to make the choice later. When you choose to run away, the have already make your choice and lose your chance to make it in a more reasonable way. So why not calm down and face the choice instead of escaping? After all,whatever you do, being brave is better than running away.
Based on :he Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Starring :
Riisa Naka
Takuya Ishida
Mitsutaka Itakura
Sachie Hara
Mitsuki Tanimura
Music by :Kiyoshi Yoshida
Cinematography :Yoshihiro Tomita
Editing by :Shigeru Nishiyama
Studio :Madhouse
Distributed by :Kadokawa Herald Pictures
Release date(s) :July 15, 2006
Running time :98 minutes
Country :Japan
Language :Japanese
Seventeen-year-old Makoto Konno lives with her family in the Shitamachi area of Tokyo, Japan. One day, when Makoto is on duty,she inadvertently falls upon a mysterious, walnut-shaped object and then got the power for time-leap. At first, Makoto uses her power extravagantly to avoid being late, to get perfect grades on tests, and even relive a single karaoke session for an entire hour, but Makoto soon discovers that her actions can adversely affect others.
Makoto ends up using up most of her leaps frivolously, to prevent undesirable situations from happening, including an awkward love confession from her best friend. Makoto eventually discovers a numbered tattoo indicating that she can only time leap a limited number of times. Using her remaining time leaps, Makoto attempts to make things right for everyone. Makoto impulsively uses her final leap to prevent a phone call from Chiaki asking if she knows about time-leaping. Due to this, she arrives too late to prevent her friend Kōsuke Tsuda and his new girlfriend from being struck by a train when they borrow her faulty bike. However, time suddenly freezes and Makoto discovers Chiaki nearby.
Chiaki confesses that he is from the future, the walnut-shaped object is a time-traveling device and he used it to leap through time to see a painting that is being restored by Kazuko, as it has been destroyed in the future. While walking with Makoto in the frozen city, Chiaki explains that he stayed longer in her time frame than he originally planned. He admits to using his final leap to prevent Kōsuke's accident and has stopped time only to explain to Makoto what the consequences will be. Having revealed his origins, the nature of the item that allowed Makoto to leap through time and being unable to return to his time period, Chiaki must disappear. Makoto realizes too late that she loves him...
Like most youth theme anime film, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is very successful in shaping a imagine of young girl and describing the inner world with mixed feelings of seventeen-year-old. Although usually what attracts people is time leap, but what the movie really wants to say is love, love between families,friends, schoolmates etc.Time leap is just a good tool to show it, so it's unwise for some audiences who blame the logic of the time leap to entangled in the exact rules for this magic power.
What impresses me a lot in this movie? Makoto almost loses Chiaki because of not making the decision being the GF of Chiaki in time. Sometimes, when you have to make choice, running away doesn't help to make the choice later. When you choose to run away, the have already make your choice and lose your chance to make it in a more reasonable way. So why not calm down and face the choice instead of escaping? After all,whatever you do, being brave is better than running away.
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