5 centimeters per second [videorecording (DVD)] / a Makoto Shinkai film ; produced by Makoto Shinkai/CoMix Wave Films ; presented by Shinkai Creative/CoMix Waves Films ; director/original story/screenplay, Makoto Shinkai ; producer, Noritaka Kawaguchi ; English version produced by Crunchyroll Inc. and Bandai Entertainment Inc. ; English track produced by CoMix Wave Films in coordination with Bang Zoom! Entertainment Inc.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. DVD extras: Storyboard ed. (63:22); subtitled animated music video directed by Makoto Shinkai (5:40); two subtitled theatrical trailers (2:18); subtitled cast interview (37:28); subtitled Makoto Shinkai interview (36:28).
Summary:
Witness the story of Takaki, a young man on a journey from Tokyo to reunite with his childhood best friend, Akari. Feel his emotions superimposed on the gorgeous, heavily researched and impressively animated backdrops of Japan, as he travels by train to see her. Join Takaki on a voyage into three interconnected tales of love and lost innocence that span the minutes and months of their lives.
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