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A well-written and stunning CGI animated film about passion, creativity, and why we create.

It's short, only 1 hour total runtime. It didn't make it out of Japan, so there wasn't much attention for it from overseas viewers. But I saw the trailer once on Twitter, and I'm glad I did.

It's a film made by a small team of people, but you can tell that those people put a lot of love into it. It's written by artists, for artists. It might be hard to understand the message if you don't create, but if you do, then you know what they're portraying.

I loved the attention to detail, the soft colors, subtle details in the backgrounds and lighting. It's one of the prettiest movies I've watched. The backgrounds have a gorgeous painterly-like effect, and the characters' 3D models are expressive and pleasing to look at.

CGI doesn't have a good reputation when it comes to anime, or animation in general. It's seen as lazy or low budget. But with A Few Moments of Cheers, they utilize it perfectly. You hardly even remember that they're 3D models because of how well they blend into everything around them.

The music from Yuu Orie is lovely, and I'd enjoy listening to the songs outside of the film if I could. The singer put heart into their performance, and made it feel realistic. Sometimes with band or idol series, you can tell it's a professional singer hired to sing the songs, which isn't always a bad thing. But with Yuu Orie, her songs feel like whoever sung them, understands the lyrics and is performing them for themself.

It's hard to describe exactly the feeling, so I'd recommend listening to one of them.

A Few Moments of Cheers is a film that should be remembered, as it's message and art direction make it clear that art made by real people can never be replaced.

Films like this are very important when AI generation is becoming more and more popular, and hand-drawn art is turning into fast content instead of something to be appreciated.

If you liked Look Back, you'll enjoy this.