The Place Promised in Our Early Days
| The Place Promised in Our Early Days | |
|---|---|
 Film poster. | |
| Director | Makoto Shinkai |
| Format | Anime (Movie) |
| Made By | CoMix Wave Inc. |
| Running Time | 91 minutes |
Contents
Genre
Sum it up in a Sentence
A girl tries to keep in touch with her childhood friend and love interest through cell phone messages as she is vaulted farther and farther into space on a mission as a fighter pilot.
Main Description
By the year 2046 a war has begun between Earth and an alien race known as the Tarsians. Before long, humanity recovers enough technology from the Tarsians to make a series of warps out to their homeworld in a counter-offensive. A young girl named Mikako joins the Space Army as a mech pilot, leaving her boyfriend behind on earth, able to communicate with him with light speed emails as she ventures far beyond our solar system.
Characters
- Nagamine Mikako - A junior high student who joins the UN Space Army as a mech pilot during a war against an alien race known as the Tarsians.
- Terao Noboru - Mikako's boyfriend. Noboru remains behind on Earth as she ventures into space, as his grades didn't make the cut to be a pilot alongside her. As he grows older on Earth, the wait between young Mikako's emails becomes longer and longer as she makes warp jumps farther and farther away from Earth.
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Personal Opinions
Grenadier
Probably the weaker of the three films Shinkai's put out, it's still pretty darn good. Expect wonky character designs on gorgeous backgrounds and a solid emotional story.
