maehara
03-02-2011, 07:44 AM
http://cdn-www.mania.com/content_pics/000006/61/64/301deba3ef24aebd_thumb.jpgReview by Bryan Morton (http://www.mania.com/5-centimeters-per-second_article_128764.html).
5 Centimeters per Second
Mania Grade: A
Age Rating: 13 and Up
Region: 2 - Europe/Japan
Released By: Manga UK
MSRP: £17.99
Running time: 69
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Disc Resolution: 480i/p
Disc Encoding: MPEG-2
It's very easy to dismiss this as just another rehash of the same old theme, another shameless attempt to pull on the heartstrings to get an emotional response (and yes, I may have brushed a dust speck or two out of my eyes during Kanae's segment), but that's doing it a dis-service - yes, Shinkai is guilty of rehashing and yes, he really should get a new theme to work with, but he's shown with 5 Centimeters per Second that there was enough left in the theme for one last hurrah, and it has turned out, against my expectations, to be another thoroughly worthwhile piece of work. Extremely well done, and absolutely worth seeing.
5 Centimeters per Second
Mania Grade: A
Age Rating: 13 and Up
Region: 2 - Europe/Japan
Released By: Manga UK
MSRP: £17.99
Running time: 69
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Disc Resolution: 480i/p
Disc Encoding: MPEG-2
It's very easy to dismiss this as just another rehash of the same old theme, another shameless attempt to pull on the heartstrings to get an emotional response (and yes, I may have brushed a dust speck or two out of my eyes during Kanae's segment), but that's doing it a dis-service - yes, Shinkai is guilty of rehashing and yes, he really should get a new theme to work with, but he's shown with 5 Centimeters per Second that there was enough left in the theme for one last hurrah, and it has turned out, against my expectations, to be another thoroughly worthwhile piece of work. Extremely well done, and absolutely worth seeing.