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Thursday, July 05, 2007

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Hello!

Happy Birthday Shou!!!
Today is Shou's birthday!!! ^_^ He's the vocalist of alice nine.^_^ I've no idea how old he is [unlike darling ol' Gackt] but I'm sure he ain't that old.xD

Also, I'd like to introduce a new food blog by Wendy and I!

Spoonerisms Inc.=) So from now on, I'll TRY my best not to flood this with food related posts and post there instead! You can visit it by clicking HERE.^_^

Anyway. As I mentioned yesterday, we went to watch The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (時をかける少女, Toki o Kakeru Shōjo). It was produced by Madhouse and released in Japan last year in July. The DVD is already out in Japan but hey. I suppose they needed time to put in subtitles.O__o This film also won a few awards! Like: Best Animated Film in the ANIMA'T category at the thirty-ninth Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia, the first annual Animation of the Year prize at the thirtieth Japan Academy Prize and was recognized as "Animation of the Year" at the sixth annual Tokyo International Anime Fair.

Overall Impression:
Not bad I suppose and it built up a bit slowly. I thought the ending was terrible though and there were too many repetitions.

Storyline:
Konno Makoto is the protagonist of this story and she's a high school student in one of the old parts of Tokyo. She's really good friends with 2 guys, Kousuke and Chiaki, as well as her female classmate, Kazuko who is in love with Chiaki. Everything starts out normal until one day, when Makoto lost control of her bike and almost crashed into the subway train at a train crossing, she realised that she had actually leapt backwards in time to avoid that happening. The story thus follows Makoto as she experiments with her powers on petty things like getting a good grade on her test. Eventually however, she learns of how her actions can adversely affect others.

Animation:
Old school anime. Really. No fancy moves, no funny stunts. Just plain old animation without any weird deformities like anime. So kudos to them for consistency!

Voice-acting:
I don't know. Maybe it was the sound system but this was a little weird. Still, I think since it didn't jar my nerves, it was all good.=D

Music:
NICE.^_^ As usual, I loved the movie soundtrack. Hehe. I loved the song, I loved the music... It was all appropriate..^_^ Great stuff.

Characterisation:
Hmm. I suppose they did develop their characters pretty well, so much so that all of us got extremely annoyed when they tried to do self-denial things like, avoiding their feelings.

Overall?
This wasn't a pointless show. But I can't say I'd vote for it to be "Best Anime Movie of the Year". I think after watching so much Studio Ghibli movies, this one is just a teensy bit.. Hmm. They didn't really tie every knot together and left strings hanging all over the place. Unexplained strings. And that really annoyed me.-_-"

Oh! And today I've been watching House Season 3 which is great! Except for this really annoying detective. *nods*

And I also watched Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Hmm.. It moved along e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y slowly.-_________-" I fell asleep twice. Literally. It also had that Studio Ghibli flavour to it except it a more raw form. That is not unpleasant I suppose but after watching films like Mononoke Hime, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, it's a little bland. And it wasn't cute like Tonari no Totoro. Plus, the animation isn't fantastic but it WAS made in 1984 so I can forgive it.^_^" O well. I'll plow my way through the Studio Ghibli archives. And then I'll see what gems they really have.

In other news.. I really should clean up my room. *looks at the mess* Urm. Maybe tomorrow..

cheers
*[-witchstone-]*

[music : RETURNER~Yami no Shuuen~ Gackt + Mugen no hana alice nine.]
[mood : house! house! house!]
[food : --]

Labels: alice nine, birthday, food blog, House TV, movie review, Nausicaa, Studio Ghibli, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

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