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The plot had some pacing and character development issues but I still bawled like a baby. The idea is fresh and rid of clichés. Overall a decent movie.

Thank god the script writer avoids all the common cliche from a Japanese anime. It's a sincere and touching story, worth the time.

When I first watched the film, I thought the pacing was way too quick for me to actually understand what was going on. Although I will say that the fire fighter scenes were pretty intense regardless if they were only training or had to attend buildings that were on fire due to fireworks.

I understood this films backdrop involving the feeling of losing someone through drowning and honestly the ending was a near hard hitter for me. However I would have liked if the couples experience together was more in depth because as I said yet again, it was rather rushed. It didn't give much in depth either with the other guy who had a crush on her or if he was going for someone else. Since I'm not gonna say spoilers to telling you who's who, it's best to watch the film.

Animation wise, it was pretty alright. Not amazeballs but it was easy on the eyes at least.

As much as the film did offer a bit of emotion, it's not the ultimate worse or disappointment I've ever seen. However room for improvement is what it definitely definitely needs in terms of story pace development.......

Just surfing through life.

A romance anime that I found on HBO Max.

The animation for this movie was gorgeous and cute. The look of the ocean and waves were so refreshing. It just made me feel relaxed and happy watching this animation.

This movie had a one of those montages of a couple that would make you feel sad that you're single. The romance was cute and I enjoyed watching the relationship.

As for the story, something major happened midway that required the main character to move on. There's a big element of fantasy, but not one that I haven't seen before. The plot was pretty typical of a drama dealing with death and moving on, so there wasn't too many surprises. Also, the emotion wasn't as high as I wanted, probably because of the typical storyline and the light tone.

The characters were pretty okay and not unexpected. The main characters were focused mostly, and the two side characters wasn't delved into as much.

Overall, beautiful and refreshing animation made for a pretty enjoyable romance drama. 7.5/10.

I've been putting this movie on my to watch list ever since I watch the trailer, it seems very well animated and the colour just pop out and looking soo interesting. But, I've been reluctant on watching it since the story seems too lovey dovey and too sweet for my taste. I'm quite familiar with manga that dabble in the same area and I've avoiding those kind.

But oh boy oh boy, this one is good. Sure at first it felt like that, a couple start too fall in love and it's very romanticized. The good thing is the female and male lead sold it off very well and the voice actor really did a good job on building the chemistry between each other. So, instead of feeling cringe, i start to having fun too watching them.

I give it quite a high rating because I didn't expect much from the plot. But, this movie prove me wrong. Sure, the story is still chokefull of cliche. But, the movie make it feel fun and i know i probably not the main audience for this kind of movie, so to me it's all right. Also, like I said the animation is very beautiful. The colour is very vibrant, and the way they use colour to accentuate characters and the scenery is very on point. It's quite an eyegasm.

Recommend if you feel in the mood for some light hearted bittersweet romance.

This movie, without giving away any spoilers, was amazing. I loved the story. I've seen where people say it was predictable or just another love story. I have to both agree and disagree. Yes, there were aspects of "your standard love story" that made parts of this "predictable", but it was truly SO much more than that. This movie had me laughing, smiling, and crying by time it was over. The feels are definitely there. You can add in the fact that "Brand New Story" (the leading song) is sung by the main characters actual voice actors, the leading male voice actor being part of the band that wrote the song originally. This adds plenty of depth and connection that you wouldn't get if it was just a background song. With that last part being said, this movie may not work out as well being dubbed. I feel that the two characters singing the song really helps establish a connection that wouldn't be there other wise. It makes it specifically, "Their Song."

In the end, I find this movie to be phenomenal and remarkable on plenty of levels, and would be interested in watching it dubbed in my native tongue to see if the connection i mentioned earlier is still there.

Animation was pretty solid, story was pretty good. Predictable but good.

I was calling out predictions from the start and they all came true. Still, knowing what would happen didn't stop this hardened rock of a man from shedding a buttload of tears, and you should've seen my girlfriend

She sounded like she was laughing, I looked over and she was hysterically crying in some parts, so I told her "stop laughing, this is a sad part" which made her laugh cry and then it was fun for me, as I only watched it because of Valentine's Day.

Still, in the end, it wasn't bad and I know she loved it.

If you like shoujo anime and bittersweet feels, this is probably one you'll enjoy.

I watched this movie without watching a trailer or even reading what it was about and I loved it alot. It caught me off guard and became one of my new favorite anime movies. The animation style was unique and the story was really cute. The English dub was really solid matched the characters perfectly. Give it a watch!

The Masaaki Yuasa films I've seen before were a good deal more out-there and comedic than Ride Your Wave. After the first act, there are some fantastical elements introduced, but I feel like they happen a little too late in the film to discuss without running the risk of ruining things.

Basically, to try and stay vague, it's a fairly light and even sappy romance, and then things take a slightly stranger turn, but it never goes all out with the craziness like Mind Game and Night Is Short, Walk On Girl both did. I think I prefer those, even though Ride Your Wave has moments that hit harder emotionally and it feels more moving because it's quite grounded.

It looks great throughout. Again, without too many crazy moments, the visuals aren't as stylized as one might be used to with Masaaki Yuasa, but it's a good-looking movie and it still has a nice (downplayed) style, to some extent.

The final act is a bit weird. Things move away from the main character(s) a little, and then back again, and the side characters never fully fit into the story; not when they were sort of there in the background in the movie's first half, and not when they were kind of between foreground and background in the second half. I did also think Ride Your Wave was aggressively sappy for a while near the start, but the tone/vibe it has in the first half-hour or so does get changed up in interesting ways during the final hour.

It's not a seamless or perfectly executed anime movie, but it's a nice watch. Some moments work really well, there are a few bits that don't quite pay off, and then the rest of the film's fairly solid, if not quite amazing or anything. I think that overall, it's pretty good. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Cute, loving and touching. The graphics are good and original! In my opinion it is underestimated... For those who love anime films of youthful loves must watch it!

The thing is when people are watching anime movies, they usually do not expect that it could be extremely touching and really intense. This is what exactly happened to me though, I was recommended to watch "Ride your wave" thousands of times, however, having come across some short videos on Tik Tok really got me interested!

Even though the story might seem a bit tacky, the plot itself and the portrayal of the characters is undeniably stunning! Sure, it had me crying out loud, especially at the end of the film. Never have I ever seen such a strong bond with a beloved one in an animated movie that could intrigue you over the course of the film.

This was one of those movies that my friend recommended to me, saying that it made her cry so hard, telling me to watch it, and me agreeing knowing that I had no intention of actually doing so. Until I did. I wasn't expecting a lot from it but I did get the plot twist spoiled for me when I googled the movie :( it's okay though becuase when I was watching it all I could focus on was the gorgeous animation, the beautiful music, and the romantic love story being told. The music, art, and overall vibe reminded me of ghibli movies, specifically ponyo tehe! UGHHH but I just cried sooooo hard. I literally almost threw up (yes it's that sad). Honestly I would recommend this movie to ANYONE- period. It's romantic, beautiful, funny, cozy, and tragic- so basically the best movie ever duh. So basically in a nutshell thank you Elizabeth for making me watch this movie I will NEVER be the same again and my standards for romance are THROUGH THE ROOF now!!!

Same japanese romantic movie, nothing really special. Skip it.