5 Centimeters Per Second

Who Is Makoto Shinkai

It’s 2021 and being into anime today is more acceptable than it ever has been. Now there are a lot of factors to this, rather it is Netflix funding a ton of series, or Crunchyroll and Funimation each trying to bring more and more content to the US. But there is one overarching shift thatContinue reading “Who Is Makoto Shinkai”

5 Centimeters Per Second

There are movies, then there are Shinkai, Makoto movies. Vibrant and brilliant takes that involve love, tragedy, and usually a supernatural element. However, that last bit doesn’t ring true for the 2007 film 5 Centimeters Per Second. A wonderful, mature tale of two crossed lovers who, under the victim of circumstance can not be together.Continue reading “5 Centimeters Per Second”