Japan anime w/d Makoto Shinkai
Short (46 min) move up from manga to exploring human relationships in an adult manner.
The film shares his trademark beauty with all his others - in particular his mastery of water imagery and accompanying sounds. His characters here were interesting and complicated...for the first half hour. He then moved the story into high school which removed it from the adult world and brought it down to being just another cartoon.
This was as visually striking as 5 Centimeters Per Second but lacked the emotional punch. It's clear he is progressing. If he ever marries his eye with a satisfying story he'll take anime up a level.
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