Once reunited, Akari and the warmth she gives Takaki is visualized in the fireplace she huddles near. This train ride to a ghost town and the travel time which continually lengthens beyond his control represents the unknown of his future.
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Greater still though is the animation which seeks to highlight the solitary details: the slow vacancy of the train, the chill that encases the windows as the storm picks up, Takaki’s slow defeat as he stops checking his watch in fear he’ll arrive on time. Part of the pain comes through recognizing the endurance test of public transport. This is best depicted through a painful train ride Takaki takes to visit a childhood friend, Akari, a childhood friend. Distilling that reverence for childhood, Shinkai captures endless youth when looking ahead, and the melancholy of looking back. “Cherry Blossom” is the film’s most potent story.
Background artists Takumi Tanji and Ryoko Majima marry photo-realism with fantasy, vivid and tangible scenery given an extra spark, elevating it to something otherworldly. A rocket launch is drawn to split the world in two.
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The world is big, bigger still when we’re young, brought to life by sunsets and fireworks, the sun breaking free after a long rainy day, and the sleepy gaze of watching the receding skyline in a rearview mirror. Shinkai loves the impossible and the inevitable, and the world gives him plenty of subject material. Memories inspire nostalgia, melancholy, regret even, and 5 Centimeters Per Second captures that. From snowflakes and cherry blossoms to starry nights and limitless oceans, Shinkai puts to film how we recollect with distinctive graininess. The environmental imagery, again that universal, greater-than-us sensation, isn’t used solely for the sake of the inherent beauty, but is informed by the tone. The facial features are flat, but the emotions connect because every other artistic choice moves to replicate what Takaki isn’t saying as he grows from a hopeful adolescent to a depressed adult. The patience of the story, the slow burn ache of adolescence, ignites. This focus on impossible connections and circumstances, compounded by the inevitably of the characters’ journey, comes to life with greater gravity here. His most consistent attribute as a storyteller, beyond the visuals, is his dedication to a story where two characters are seismically linked. The romantic drama follows Takaki from adolescence to young adulthood, all the while honing in on the intrinsic yearning that thematically links so many of Shinkai’s films. All three follow protagonist Takaki’s life through his relationships with the women in his life. Only an hour long, Shinkai’s 5 Centimeters Per Second is broken into three vignettes. 5 Centimeters Per Second, prior to his work in Your Name and beyond, is Shinkai at his most visually defined as a singular filmmaker. In his early career, Hayao Miyazaki was a clear inspiration, particularly in Children Who Chase Lost Voices. Shinkai’s career has been an exercise in establishing tone and finding a voice that doesn’t utilize tricks and tools of greater directors. The striking lack of grandeur, prominent composure, and smaller scale production result in a more lasting and impactful story. 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007) remains a notable turning point in his career following The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004,) and between lesser efforts Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011) and The Garden of Words (2013). His most effective work, and greatest achievement in artistry and writing, is one of his shortest. Similarly to the teenagers fronting his stories, the films ask us to feel, and to feel a lot.
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Between the beautiful and detailed animation (countless drops of rain drawn in so many iterations) plus characters facing perilous, immeasurable odds, his films deliver on a disproportionate level of emotional magnitude. In his recent films, Your Name (2016) and Weathering With You (2019), the director’s vision has erred in favor of grandeur and the effect is palpable.
Director Makoto Shinkai operates in creating spectacle.
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