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Summary
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 77GoodWatch 76
Audience score87%
IMDb7.4
Letterboxd · 180 K ratings3.5/5
Box office
11%of its budget back
- Budget
- $5 M
- Worldwide
- $548 K
Worldwide it made back $548 K of the $5 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 3 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 animated movies, −26 min on the typical 89
typical 8963Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries, rent or buy in 14 more
Released
2007
March 3, 2007
19 years ago
Genres
AnimationRomanceDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
- PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-Provoking20 of 20
Kenji MizuhashiTakaki Tohno (voice)
Yoshimi KondouYoung Akari Shinohara (voice)
Satomi HanamuraKanae Sumida (voice)
Risa MizunoKanae's Sister (voice)
Ayaka OnoueAkari Shinohara (voice)
Yuka Terasaki(voice)
Yuko Nakamura(voice)
Masami Iwasaki(voice)
Ryou Naitou(voice)
Hiroshi Shimozaki(voice)
Takahiro HiranoRailwayman (voice)
Akira Nakagawa(voice)
Yoshiko Iseki(voice)
Suguru Inoue(voice)- LKLion Kako(voice)
- RNRika Nakamura(voice)
Miki Suga(voice)
Mika Sakenobe(voice)- YAYumiko Atashika(voice)
- YSYukako Saito(voice)
Directing · 1
- Makoto Shinkai Director, Screenplay, Original Story, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Director, Storyboard Artist, Background Designer, Art Direction, Color Designer, Character Designer
Production · 7
- John Ledford Executive Producer
- Joey Goubeaud Executive Producer
- Chung Jin-ho Producer
- Makoto Matsuda Casting
- Sawako Todoroki Casting
- Noritaka Kawaguchi Line Producer
Camera · 2
- Saiko Mikami Assistant Camera
- Akinori Kawakami Assistant Camera
Editing · 5
- Yuji Mitsuya Other
- Yoshinari Yamzaki Other
- Nozomi Takeuchi Other
- Yuko Shimura Other
- Daisuke Atsumi Other
Sound · 14
- Tenmon Original Music Composer
- Mikio Mori Dolby Consultant
- Tsutomu Kawahigashi Dolby Consultant
- Masayoshi Yamazaki Theme Song Performance
- Shoji Kato Sound Effects
- Tatsuhiro Amano Sound Mixer
Art · 8
- Shingo Kanai Background Designer
- Takumi Tanji Background Designer
- Akiko Majima Background Designer
- Yoshitaka Takeuchi Background Designer, CG Artist
- Akira Hirosawa Background Designer
- Yumi Ishii Background Designer
Visual Effects · 10
- Masaru Ohshiro Key Animation
- Ushio Tazawa Key Animation
- Kazuyuki Ueda Key Animation
- Takayo Nishimura Animation Director, Key Animation, Character Designer
- Naoto Hosoda Key Animation
- Nozomu Fujii Key Animation
Other crew · 1
- Chieko Misaka Thanks
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