vicarious
I was really lucky to catch it too in theaters before they shelved it.
It's phenomenal and the love shows
Yeah, the screening I saw was the very last one in my town, but it was worth it. =] And it's a rare instance where almost everyone in the theater stayed in their seats during the credits. The final part of the credits with Lin was extremely sweet… and made me wonder if Lin fell in love with Suzu when they met…
I was tempted to buy the manga too, but damn, the volumes cost an arm and a leg.
edited 28th Sep '17 8:40:13 AM by Lyendith
vicarious
Kindle is your friend. Super cheap
That last shot of hand waving goodbye ;_;
Hmm yeah, I tend to avoid Amazon like the plague. For… various reasons.
Still, reading the interviews of the director makes me like this film even more. You can really feel it was a passion project for him.
Or "What if Grave of the Fireflies was a light-hearted slice-of-life dramedy?''
This manga by Kouno Fumiyo follows Urano Suzu, a clumsy and dreamy girl living in the region of Hiroshima during WWII. She lets herself be carried by life and events, drawing the landscapes she likes along the way. In 1944, she is married off to Houjou Shuusaku, a boy she met once as a child, and she tries to adapt to her new life as the planes and bombs are getting dagerously close to her home.
I recently saw the MAPPA anime film in theaters, and this is the first time I feel better after watching a WWII movie... Now don't get me wrong, some horrible stuff happens to Suzu and her loved ones, but there's so much levity and the tone is so unabashedly optimistic that I came out smiling. It makes the dramatic moments that much more powerful too. And the research to recreate Hiroshima and the surrouding towns in the forties is really stunning. And yes, the characters all speak in the local dialect, adding to the charm.
edited 28th Sep '17 8:39:18 AM by Lyendith