Dareka no manazashi

Someone's Gaze hearkens back to Makota Shinkai's earlier films like 5 Centimeters Per Second that were essentially illustrated radio plays. Over the years Shinkai had increasingly learned how to tell a story visually rather than entirely through dialogue, so I'm surprised he still likes to do something like this. For those who like a story told through dialogue and illustrated with animated visuals, well, you'll probably like this. But I'm just surprised he was making something like this the same year he made the lovely Garden of Words.