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==Sum it up in a Sentence==
 
==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.
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Boy builds a plane to impress a girl.
  
 
==Main Description==
 
==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.
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In an alternate timeline, Japan was divided after losing World War II: Hokkaido was annexed by "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands were under US sovereignty. A gigantic yet mysterious tower was constructed at Hokkaido and could be seen clearly from Aomori (the northernmost prefecture of Honshu) across Tsugaru Strait. In the summer of 1996, three 9th-graders had made a promise that one day they'll build an aircraft and unravel the tower's mystery, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, began experiencing sleeping sickness and transferred to Tokyo for better treatment. Three years later, Hiroki Fujisawa accidentally found out that Sayuri had been in coma since then, and he asked Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to revive her. What they don't know yet is that Sayuri's unconsciousness is somehow linked with secrets of the tower and the world.
  
 
===Characters===
 
===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.
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*''Hiroki Fujisawa''
*''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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*''Takuya Shirakawa''
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*''Sayuri Sawatari''
  
 
==If You Liked This, You Might Like...==
 
==If You Liked This, You Might Like...==

Revision as of 22:26, 24 May 2009

The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Hey look at this pretty poster art. Wow cool.
Film poster.
Director Makoto Shinkai
Format Anime (Movie)
Made By CoMix Wave Inc.
Running Time 91 minutes

Genre

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Sum it up in a Sentence

Boy builds a plane to impress a girl.

Main Description

In an alternate timeline, Japan was divided after losing World War II: Hokkaido was annexed by "Union" while Honshu and other southern islands were under US sovereignty. A gigantic yet mysterious tower was constructed at Hokkaido and could be seen clearly from Aomori (the northernmost prefecture of Honshu) across Tsugaru Strait. In the summer of 1996, three 9th-graders had made a promise that one day they'll build an aircraft and unravel the tower's mystery, but their project was abandoned after the girl, Sayuri Sawatari, began experiencing sleeping sickness and transferred to Tokyo for better treatment. Three years later, Hiroki Fujisawa accidentally found out that Sayuri had been in coma since then, and he asked Takuya Shirakawa to help him finding a way to revive her. What they don't know yet is that Sayuri's unconsciousness is somehow linked with secrets of the tower and the world.

Characters

  • Hiroki Fujisawa
  • Takuya Shirakawa
  • Sayuri Sawatari

If You Liked This, You Might Like...

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.

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