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Shinkai is the only anime movie director other than Satoshi Kon and Miyazaki that have managed to continually make really good anime films that can appeal to even a hard core otaku such as myself. This time around though Shinkai went back to making a much shorter film- clocking in at only 45mins (of which the time includes credits). Most full length anime can't even make me feel the sadness this film managed to do in only 45 mins. Shinkai is really good at this considering Voices of a Distant Star is even shorter, yet managed to make me tear up as well.
Type: manga adaptation
Synopsis:
One morning commuting to school during the rainy season, Takao opts to
skip his first class and head to the park to sketch shoe designs, and
encounters Yukari Yukino, a well-dressed young woman drinking beer in
the early morning drizzle. They do not speak to one another, but as the
rain clears she notes the school crest on his vest and decides to bid
him farewell with a tanka,
leaving Takao puzzled as to its origin and meaning. The two continue to
encounter each other in the park on rainy mornings and grow closer in
each other's company, but never formally introduce themselves to one
another. When Yukari expresses an interest in Takao's shoemaking, he
decides to make a pair of shoes in her size. As her foot is being
measured, Yukari admits that she needs to learn how to walk on her own,
hinting at her deep personal troubles. The rainy season ends, and whilst
Takao and Yukari tell themselves that it's better for the other to go
back to their normal lives, both sincerely wish that it would rain so
that they could meet again.
We have met, for each of us to walk forward.
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches...
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime/16782/Kotonoha_no_Niwa#Vh5iEphHlm1HbuPj.99
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches...
Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime/16782/Kotonoha_no_Niwa#Vh5iEphHlm1HbuPj.99