Trailer
Summary
Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+10)
Critics 43Audiences 53GoodWatch 49
Tomatometer45%
Metascore40
Audience score60%
IMDb5.6
Letterboxd · 19 K ratings2.6/5
User score4.5
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for animated movies
typical 8990Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries, rent or buy in 22 more
Released
2017
August 18, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
AnimationRomanceFantasyDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
- PG-13United States
Yes: it's rated PG-13 in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
22 of 22
Suzu HiroseNazuna Oikawa (voice)
Masaki SudaNorimichi Shimada (voice)
Mamoru MiyanoYūsuke Azumi (voice)
Shintaro AsanumaJun'ichi (voice)
Toshiyuki ToyonagaKazuhiro (voice)
Yuki KajiMinoru (voice)
Shin-ichiro MikiNazuna's Mother's Fiancé (voice)
Kana HanazawaTeacher Miura (voice)
Takahiro SakuraiTeacher Mitsuishi (voice)
Michiko NeyaNorimichi's Mother (voice)
Nobuo TobitaNorimichi's Father (voice)
Mitsuru MiyamotoYūsuke's Father (voice)
Fumihiko TachikiPyrotechnician (voice)
Takako MatsuNazuna's Mother (voice)
Jun InoueAnnouncer (voice)
Tarusuke ShingakiFood Stall Owner (voice)
Chiwa SaitoNurse (voice)
Yu ShimamuraNurse (voice)
Atsumi TanezakiReporter (voice)
Yuumi HirotaStudent (voice)
Konomi KoharaStudent (voice)
Shuichi UchidaStudent (voice)
Directing · 3
- Akiyuki Shinbo Director, Co-Director
- Nobuyuki Takeuchi Director, Storyboard Artist, Production Design
- Seimei Kidokoro Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Hitoshi One Screenplay
- Shunji Iwai Original Film Writer
Production · 15
- Keiji Ota Executive Producer
- Atsuhiro Iwakami Executive Producer
- Yoshihiro Furusawa Executive Producer
- Minami Ichikawa Executive Producer
- Mitsutoshi Kubota Executive Producer
- Genki Kawamura Producer
Camera · 3
- Rei Egami Director of Photography, Compositing Artist
- Tasuku Ozu Director of Photography, Compositing Artist
- Takayuki Aizu Director of Photography, Compositing Artist
Editing · 6
- Rie Matsubara Editor
- Moe Suzuki Online Editor
- Akane Shiraishi Assistant Editor
- Hiromi Sasaki Assistant Editor
- Jin Hon'ami Online Editor
- Wakana Murata Assistant Editor
Sound · 9
- Satoru Kosaki Original Music Composer
- Kenshi Yonezu Theme Song Performance
- Yota Tsuruoka Sound Director
- Yoshiki Kobayashi Music Producer
- Masataka Mikami Music Producer
- Hidemi Tanaka Sound Effects
Art · 58
- Takuya Ebisawa Background Designer
- Yuji Kaneko Background Designer
- Naoya Tanaka Art Designer
- Tomoko Zama Background Designer
- Rie Oda Background Designer
- Mayuko Rokuro Background Designer
Visual Effects · 110
- Yasuomi Umetsu Key Animation
- Susumu Mitsunaka Key Animation
- Hiromi Niwa Key Animation
- Takashi Hashimoto Key Animation
- Naoyuki Asano Key Animation
- Yuuya Kumagai Key Animation
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GoodWatch score 60Film 10
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GoodWatch score 69Film 11
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