5 Centimeters per Second
秒速５センチメートル
Tohno Takaki and Shinohara Akari, two very close friends and classmates, are torn apart when Akari's family is transferred to another region of Japan due to her family's job. Despite separation, they continue to keep in touch through mail. When Takaki finds out that his family is also moving, he decides to meet with Akari one last time. As years pass by, they continue down their own paths, their distance slowly growing wider and their contact with one another fades. Yet, they keep remembering one another and the times they have shared together, wondering if they will have the chance to meet once again.
5 Centimeters per Second is a movie with 3 episodes, from Winter 2007, produced by CoMix Wave, rated 7.2/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Tohno Takaki and Shinohara Akari, two very close friends and classmates, are torn apart when Akari's family is transferred to another region of Japan due to her family's job. Despite separation, they continue to keep in touch through mail. When Takaki finds out that his family is also moving, he decides to meet with Akari one last time. As years pass by, they continue down their own paths, their distance slowly growing wider and their contact with one another fades. Yet, they keep remembering one another and the times they have shared together, wondering if they will have the chance to meet once again.
Main Characters
Tags
- Coming of Age — Centers around a character's transition from childhood to adulthood.
- Heterosexual — Prominently features a romance between a man and a woman, not inherently sexual.
- Unrequited Love — One or more characters are experiencing an unrequited love that may or may not be reciprocated.
- Time Skip — Features a gap in time used to advance the story.
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Denpa — Works that feature themes of social dissociation, delusions, and other issues like suicide, bullying, self-isolation, paranoia, and technological necessity in daily lives. Classic iconography: telephone poles, rooftops, and trains.
- Travel — Centers around character(s) moving between places a significant distance apart.
- Trains — Prominently features trains.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- School — Partly or completely set in a primary or secondary educational institution.
- Surfing — Centers around surfing as a sport.