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The movie is named 5 Centimetres Per Second for the speed at which cherry blossom petals fall - Petals being a metaphorical representation of humans, reminiscent of the slowness of life and how people often start together but slowly drift into their separate ways.
Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari were close friends but gradually grow farther and farther apart as time moves on. They become separated because of their families yet they have deep feelings for each other and maintain contact in the form of letters. Yet as time continues to trudge on, their contact with one another begins to cease. Years pass and the distance between them grows ever larger. However, Takaki remembers the times they have shared together. Then, one day, Takaki decides to visit Akari
"Shinkai, who has been hailed as the "next Miyazaki" since the 2002 release of "Hoshi no Koe (Voices of a Distant Star)" -- an awarding-winning, best-selling sci-fi short he created entirely himself on a Mac -- is an extraordinary talent. In "Byosoku," his imagination may not leap to Miyazaki's strange and wonderful heights, but he is better (blasphemy!) at piercing the veil of the everyday to reveal a poignant, evanescent beauty most of us notice only in rare moments. " Mark Schilling – The Japan Times
Official Website and Trailers: http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/index.html
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Makoto Shinkai
A native of the Nagano prefecture in Japan, he studied Japanese literature in university. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he read while in middle school. His favorite anime is Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki. From 1997, he began to make short CG anime independently on his private time making his debut with short 5-minute anime film Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko (She and Her Cat) which got the attention of CoMix Wave.
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