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6.8/10
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A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.A surfer and firefighter meet and fall in love.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations total
Rina Kawaei
- Hinako Mukaimizu
- (voice)
Kentarô Itô
- Wasabi Kawamura
- (voice)
- (as Kentaro Ito)
You Taichi
- Junko
- (voice)
Mai Nishikawa
- Ai
- (voice)
Kenji Sugimura
- Leader
- (voice)
Kunihiro Kawamoto
- Commander
- (voice)
Shigeo Kiyama
- Captain
- (voice)
Kento Hama
- Man A
- (voice)
Haruki Ishiya
- Man B
- (voice)
Satoshi Yamazaki
- Young Minato
- (voice)
Hina Kino
- Young Hinako
- (voice)
Serika Hiromatsu
- Woman A
- (voice)
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- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Just surfing through life.
A romance anime that I found on HBO Max.
The animation for this movie was gorgeous and cute. The look of the ocean and waves were so refreshing. It just made me feel relaxed and happy watching this animation.
This movie had a one of those montages of a couple that would make you feel sad that you're single. The romance was cute and I enjoyed watching the relationship.
As for the story, something major happened midway that required the main character to move on. There's a big element of fantasy, but not one that I haven't seen before. The plot was pretty typical of a drama dealing with death and moving on, so there wasn't too many surprises. Also, the emotion wasn't as high as I wanted, probably because of the typical storyline and the light tone.
The characters were pretty okay and not unexpected. The main characters were focused mostly, and the two side characters wasn't delved into as much.
Overall, beautiful and refreshing animation made for a pretty enjoyable romance drama. 7.5/10.
A romance anime that I found on HBO Max.
The animation for this movie was gorgeous and cute. The look of the ocean and waves were so refreshing. It just made me feel relaxed and happy watching this animation.
This movie had a one of those montages of a couple that would make you feel sad that you're single. The romance was cute and I enjoyed watching the relationship.
As for the story, something major happened midway that required the main character to move on. There's a big element of fantasy, but not one that I haven't seen before. The plot was pretty typical of a drama dealing with death and moving on, so there wasn't too many surprises. Also, the emotion wasn't as high as I wanted, probably because of the typical storyline and the light tone.
The characters were pretty okay and not unexpected. The main characters were focused mostly, and the two side characters wasn't delved into as much.
Overall, beautiful and refreshing animation made for a pretty enjoyable romance drama. 7.5/10.
Cute, loving and touching. The graphics are good and original! In my opinion it is underestimated... For those who love anime films of youthful loves must watch it!
Animation was pretty solid, story was pretty good. Predictable but good.
I was calling out predictions from the start and they all came true. Still, knowing what would happen didn't stop this hardened rock of a man from shedding a buttload of tears, and you should've seen my girlfriend
She sounded like she was laughing, I looked over and she was hysterically crying in some parts, so I told her "stop laughing, this is a sad part" which made her laugh cry and then it was fun for me, as I only watched it because of Valentine's Day.
Still, in the end, it wasn't bad and I know she loved it.
If you like shoujo anime and bittersweet feels, this is probably one you'll enjoy.
I was calling out predictions from the start and they all came true. Still, knowing what would happen didn't stop this hardened rock of a man from shedding a buttload of tears, and you should've seen my girlfriend
She sounded like she was laughing, I looked over and she was hysterically crying in some parts, so I told her "stop laughing, this is a sad part" which made her laugh cry and then it was fun for me, as I only watched it because of Valentine's Day.
Still, in the end, it wasn't bad and I know she loved it.
If you like shoujo anime and bittersweet feels, this is probably one you'll enjoy.
The plot had some pacing and character development issues but I still bawled like a baby. The idea is fresh and rid of clichés. Overall a decent movie.
I watched this movie without watching a trailer or even reading what it was about and I loved it alot. It caught me off guard and became one of my new favorite anime movies. The animation style was unique and the story was really cute. The English dub was really solid matched the characters perfectly. Give it a watch!
Did you know
- TriviaThe café branch in the film is named Seiren. In Masaaki Yuasa's previous film, Lu Over the Wall, the main character Kai and his friends had a band named Seiren.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Ride Your Wave (2019)
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- Also known as
- Kimito Namini Noretara
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $332,432
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,643
- Feb 23, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $4,048,748
- Runtime
- 1h 35m(95 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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