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A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations total
Rina Kawaei
- Hinako Mukaimizu
- (voice)
Kentarô Itô
- Wasabi Kawamura
- (voice)
- (as Kentaro Ito)
You Taichi
- Junko
- (voice)
Mai Nishikawa
- Ai
- (voice)
Kenji Sugimura
- Leader
- (voice)
Kunihiro Kawamoto
- Commander
- (voice)
Shigeo Kiyama
- Captain
- (voice)
Kento Hama
- Man A
- (voice)
Haruki Ishiya
- Man B
- (voice)
Satoshi Yamazaki
- Young Minato
- (voice)
Hina Kino
- Young Hinako
- (voice)
Serika Hiromatsu
- Woman A
- (voice)
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- Writer
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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.
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 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!
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.......
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.......
Did you know
- TriviaThe café branch in the film is named Seiren. In Masaaki Yuasa's previous film, Lu Over the Wall, the main character Kai and his friends had a band named Seiren.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Ride Your Wave (2019)
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- Also known as
- Kimito Namini Noretara
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $332,432
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,643
- Feb 23, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $4,048,748
- Runtime
- 1h 35m(95 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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