Posts Tagged “tokikake”

For the second in a series of twelve anime things I’ll remember from 2007, I’m going to discuss Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo, a film I saw back in July that took me on an emotional journey. It started out with mundaneity, expanded with childlike optimism, and then gradually decayed into gloominess and desperation until it reached an acceptance of life’s unforgiving realities. All of those were projected by a combination of great looking visuals, framing, and voice acting.

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I just finished watching “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo), a movie I had been wanting to see but hadn’t gotten around it until tonight because a friend bringing it up a couple days ago reminded me about it. TokiKake was a very touching film – made me cry a couple times. My brain is still trying to think about deeper meanings while my hands are typing this so I’m not going to attempt a detailed analysis. (Besides, that would spoil it for those who haven’t seen it, right?)
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