CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! I come bearing news of the man who created "Voices of a Distant Star" and "Beyond the Clouds, The Places Promised in Our Early Days"

Makoto Shinkai, the man who I say will fill the place Miyizaki-san has vacated [via his retirement ] as Japanese lead animator, has released trailers and posters for his newest movie, Byousoku 5 Centimeter (5 Centimeters Per Second). Or, perhaps I should say project. Apparently, the "movie" is actually three short films which are somehow connected (The tag line for the film is "A Chain of Short Stories about Their Distance".) You can see the poster here: http://www.cwfilms.jp/5cm/index.htm , and a teaser is available on this site: http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/ . Apparently, the film will be released next Spring in Japan. I know practically nothing about this movie, but the teaser has me really excited. I adore Makoto Shinkai's animation, and his stories are always so touching. Plus, another Makoto Shinkai movie means another Makoto Shinkai sound track, which, from the bit we hear in the teaser, is another spectacular piano score from Tenmon. Osaka <3's Tenmon. XD

Just thought I'd pass that along.

Aiee! I know, I am SO EXCITED. TPP was like the best anime, PERIOD, in my opinion. I can't wait. I just know it will be awesome.

Woah, osaka I didn't recognize you with the new avatar XD;; I like it.

I've only seen parts of his films, but of those parts I really loved the animation. I'll be looking out for this one.

Please, there are lots of directors much better than Miyazaki, and yes, Shinkai is one of them. : )

Can't wait for it. Though I wonder if every single thing he does will be about long-distance relationships. He should get a bit of variety.

Joshua Christopher wrote:Can't wait for it. Though I wonder if every single thing he does will be about long-distance relationships. He should get a bit of variety.

Well, that is true, but I'm excited about this one because it seems that it's a straight up slice-of-life story. In the past, his stories have seemed to be slice-of-life stories that have been derailed by a somewhat unnatural sci-fi element. Nothing from this trailer makes me think this story will suffer from that. Which makes me excited to no end. So, lack of sci-fi-edness=variety!

So far I've only seen voices and I want to see Beyond the Clouds so badly! I bet his latest will be awsome.