The Girl Who Leapt Through Time ( 時をかける少女 )

"Time waits for no one"

Synopsis :
Makoto Konno, a girl attending high school in Tokyo's Shitamachi, realizes she has the power to go back in time and re-do things (called a "time-leap") when she impossibly avoids a fatal accident at a train crossing one day.
Bewildered, she consults throughout the film with her 'Auntie Witch', who is implied to be Kazuko Yoshiyama, the protagonist of the original novel. At first, Makoto uses her power extravagantly to avoid being tardy. Things begin to turn bad as she discovers how her actions can adversely affect others.
Makoto ends up using up more of her leaps to recklessly prevent undesirable situations from happening, including an awkward confession of love from her best friend Chiaki Mamiya. Eventually she discovers a numbered tattoo on her arm which counts down with each leap. She determines that the tattoo indicates that she can only leap through time a limited number of times. With only a few time leaps left, she attempts to make things right for everyone, but impulsively uses her final leap to prevent a phone call from Chiaki asking if she knows about time-leaping. As a result, she is unable to prevent her friend Kōsuke Tsuda and his new girlfriend, Kaho, from being killed in the accident at the train crossing that Makoto was originally involved in. As Makoto watches the accident in horror, time suddenly stops.
Chiaki reveals that he is a traveller from the future and leapt through time in order to see a painting being restored by Makoto's aunt, as it has been destroyed in the future. While walking in the frozen city, Chiaki hints that his original era occurs after a world wide catastrophe decimates mankind. He reveals that he has used his final leap to prevent Kōsuke's accident and has stopped time only to explain to Makoto what the consequences will be. Having revealed his origins and the source of the item that allowed Makoto to leap through time, and being unable to return to his time period, Chiaki must disappear. Makoto realizes too late that she loves him as well.
True to his words, Chiaki disappears when time begins again and Makoto is upset. As she tries to come to terms with losing him, she discovers that Chiaki's time-leap had inadvertently restored one time-leap to her: Chiaki had leapt back to before Makoto used her last leap. Makoto now leaps to the moment when she gained her powers, at which point Chiaki still has one remaining time-leap. She reveals everything that he told her in the future concerning who he is, the ability to leap through time, and his reasons for extending his stay in her time frame. Makoto promises to make sure the painting stays safe so Chiaki can see it in his time. As Chiaki leaves, he tells Makoto he will be waiting for her in the future, which Makoto responds that she will run towards it. ( http://en.wikipedia.org )

This movie is directed by Mamoru Hosoda, and based on a novel  Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo by Yasutaka Tsutsui. The movie itself is released on 2006, while the novel first published is on 1967.

Review :
What i can say is : Incredible ! . I never seen such a love story like this before~ u wouldnt thought that it could be that shocking. The love between Chiaki and Makoto is being realized how much important it is by Makoto, through her leaping time. She realized that she had wasted the love from Chiaki by ignoring him through the leaping time. She tries to get it back at the time that she barely cant use her leaping time again cuz it has reach the limit. This is a story of how much you try to realized a love that you have wasted before. And you try to get it back after. Through leaping the time.. Makoto tries to reach back Chiaki.
It also tells a story of a friendship between Chikai, Makoto, and Kousuke. When Kousuke is in danger~ Makoto helplessly failed to rescue him. Then finally being saved by Chiaki, that finally knew that she was leaping through the time.. just like as he always did.
My point is : This movie is winning such a lot of award~ which is means.. it is a really worth to watch !. This is a perfect movie for your sad night. The story is just so wonderful.

Makoto and Chiaki

 

This is the theme song of the movie, which given you some scenes of it. I really love the theme song so i will give you the link to listen and to see it :D

Overall :
Storyline   : ★★★★,75 (4.75) of 5
Animation : ★★★,5 (3.5) of 5


Trailer :

 

Ikigami

It went scary when the goverments have putted your limit of time (or means : your time to death)

Synopsis

A place, somewhere, that bears a strong resemblance in history and environment to Japan. Its return to prosperity after defeat in war is due to a certain law, a pillar of the state. This is the Special Law for the Maintenance of National Prosperity. 24 hours before this capsule is to bring about death, an official of the Ministry of Health and Welfare brings a letter announcing impending death, an ikigami. Those who receive this ikigami letter have 24 hours of absolute freedom to do anything and everything they want. Kengo Fujimoto has made his way through university and taken a job with the Ministry. His work now is delivering these ikigami letters.

Dear Citizen: Thank you for your loyalty. You've no doubt noticed that the world is a troubled place. People are apathetic, lazy, unmotivated. You've probably asked yourself

WHY ISN"T ANYTHING BEING DONE TO STOP THIS SYSTEMATIC DECLINE?

Rest assured that measures are being taken. Beginning immediately, we will randomly select a different citizen each who will be killed within 24 hours of notification. We believe this will help remind all people how precious life is and how important it is to be a productive, active member of society.

Thank you for your continued attention and your cooperation and participation... (source : http://asianmediawiki.com)

This movie was released on September 27, 2008, and directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto.

Review
I thought Japan was the bunker of comics rite? hahaha. This movie was based on original comic with the same title 'ikigami'. And before i watch the movie, i didnt read the comic first. But i guess it wouldnt be that hard to understand the story tho u're not reading it first. It was easy-flowing story.
It is a story about government new policy about how they want to the citizen realize how important life is and how to be a productive member of society, instead of lazying around. Within the story on the movie, the government chosen Tsubasa Tanabe (a singer), Naoki Takizawa (a psychotic teenager), and Satoshi Izuka (a nomad of job in order to fulfill his sister's life). 
The story is lead by Kengo Fujimoto as the messenger man from the government to the person who was elected to be the death. Kengo himself was not sure about his job, and began to stressing himself because of his cruel job. He began to betray the government by helping Satoshi Izuka to fulfill his last wishes for his sister, which is illegal for Kengo to feel sympathic and get in touch with the life of the client he hold. After that, he also helping his client Naoki Takizawa, a psychotic teenager who wants to kill his own mother, by (again) touching the life of the person who was elected to die.
But there is one person who was giving him the first 'wake up call' to convince him that the policy and his job itself is not right. A singer Tsubasa Tanabe, sang his last 'wishes to life' on a song called 'michisirube' or means 'signpost'. Here's the song so you can a bit imagine about the story, because i think this song is tellin you the whole story of the movie.

 

Three scenes of the people who had chosen to die : (1) Tsubasa Tanabe, (2) Naoki Takizawa, (3) Satoshi Izuka

Tho the creepy policy to send the citizen to die, and the very stressful Kengo Fujimoto with his job. This movie is a tearful one, alongside the touching story of the three people who had chosen to be the death, which is said by the government as 'serving the country'.


Overall : 
Storyline :★ ★ ★, 5 (3.5) of 5
Acting    : ★ ★ ★ ,75 (3.75) of 5

Trailer :

The Sky Crawlers

Kirudore, they were designed to live in adolescence to die-young and being produce again by the cloning.

Synopsis :

The Sky Crawlers is set in an alternate history where, although the world is at peace, in order to ease the tension of a populace accustomed to war and aggression, private corporations contract fighter pilots to stage combat operations against each other for show. The film introduces a mystery involving characters called Kildren (キルドレ Kirudore /"kill-dolls"^?), humanoids genetically designed to live eternally in adolescence until shot down in air battles presented commercially for entertainment, after which they are reproduced by cloning. (source : http://en.wikipedia.org)

This movie is based on a novel with the same tittle "the sky crawlers" that written by Hiroshi Mori. And the movie itself is directed by Mamoru Oshii, and was published on August 2, 2008.

Review :

When i watch this, honestly i was expecting too much because it wons a lot of award outside and inside the publisher country, Japan. And when i watch this i started to curling my forehead. why? it is because the story itself is heavy and there's lot of silence scene on the movie that makes me thing, what was that for?. If you really wanna understand the whole plot, please stay at your TV to watch the whole movie and not even left a part of it. Because you really have to watch every single scene to understand the flow of the story.

Beside of that, lots of people that have watched this before me said that it has a TERRIFIC air battles scene with high-technic computing or whatever it is called. And well yes that is true ! the graphic of the animation is great ! tho the story kinda make you curling your forehead, but it is really paid off with the terrific graphic scenes.

And i will give a point : tho people think that it some kinda fighting movie with air battles scene or what (if you see the tittle of it). Basically, it is about a love story that bonds between the fact that they are a kirudore that lives in adolescence to die young. It is a love story between the two main character, which is Kirudore, Yuichi kannami and Suito Kusanagi. 

And please wacth the whole movie to understand the story :))

Overall :

Strotyline  : ★ ★ ★ (3) of 5

Animation : ★ ★ ★ ★,5 (4.5) of 5

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