Place Promised in Our Early Days, The

Japan 2004, 90 minutes
Dir. Makoto Shinkai
Rating: [M]
Genres: Science Fiction / Anime

Aroview: Evocative and measured anime, which bases its sci-fi storyline around a future Japan divided by civil war into two islands separated by sea.

Three children growing up on one island ponder a lofty tower they can see far in the distance and plan to build a flying machine to investigate it. Years later, they resume this pledge as war again breaks out... Mature in tone and supported by lovingly animated imagery, the maker of VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR here fulfils his potential.

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3 stars (Good Enough) The attraction was not in the characters but in the animation of railway carriages etc. and the landscapes. The sci-fi aspect of the screenplay has some strength and was well written. ~Tubbs