Air Movie
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Legend tells of a winged beauty who was so feared that she was confined to a palace, never to leave its gates alive. She lived a life of solitude until one day love entered her life; but as cruel fate would have it, the more the young woman loved, the closer she came to her death. For young Misuzu, researching the tragic tale of the winged one was only the beginning of her summer’s journey; a journey that would be filled with the discovery of love, the pain of loss, and the exploration of the human heart.
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Howl's Moving Castle
- Movie
- 2004
The responsible orphan Sophie led a relatively normal life, safe within the walls of the hat shop in which she works; for outside, it is rumored, the evil wizard Howl roams the land in his mobile black castle. After a chance and mystical encounter, poor Sophie finds herself transformed by a spell which makes her appear to be an old woman, and thus embarks on an adventure to find Howl’s castle and put an end to her curse. A mystical world of talking flames, sentient scarecrows and magic aplenty awaits those who seek the legendary Howl...
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add recBoth Air and Howl's Moving Castle deal with main characters who attempt to overcome a curse, and strive for a life filled with love. The main characters help each other out in any way they can, while trying to prevail over the destiny that has befallen them.
In Air Movie and Howl's Moving Castle, the male protagonists are presented as "heartless" in a sense that either they have no desire to or do not have the capacity to love. Also, both anime revolve around the idea that love does change people and that it does come hand in hand with sacrifice. Animation-wise, both have a similar overall feel which can be described as a dreamy, somewhat surreal atmosphere.
It's a similar story of an unlikely person falling in love with a person that is more of a loner than anything. It's a very good movie drawn by Miyazaki.
Clannad Movie
- Movie
- 2007
When his dream career as a basketball player is shattered due to a severed tendon, Okazaki Tomoya believes that his already depressing life has lost all purpose. To make matters worse, he is plagued by dreams in which he wanders through a land of nothingness. Attending school only through force of habit, Tomoya one day meets a girl called Furukawa Nagisa; and over time, while helping her to reform the school's drama club, Tomoya learns to smile and have fun once more. His dreams have become less dark, as though a ray of hope has appeared; but could there be more to these dreams than there appears to be?
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add recBoth movies are about feeling that changes the main character's life for good - love, which have a very particular, unbelievable way to join together the two that have been unconsciously longing for each other. These films are only for people, who are able to enjoy the thrilling atmosphere of happiness and sadness in the same time.
Both of these movies are very much romantic tragedies. Both of the female leads seem very much alone for different reasons. The male leads have similar moods, and temperments. There is a bit of the same generational feel to the story in how parents can effect their children. The music is excellent in both movies also for those who do listen for it.
Both the Air Movie and Clannad Movie have a very similar way of telling their adaption of the love-story, and present their drama in the same way. The colors, character design and animation are also strikingly similar in both cases. If for some reason you enjoyed one of these movies more than the original series, you'll definitely enjoy the other movie as well.
Voices of a Distant Star
Alt titles: Hoshi no Koe
- OVA (1 ep)
- 2002
Nagamine is a young high school student who lives a fairly typical teenage life: hanging out with friends, attending class, and falling in love with a wonderful boy. But when she enlists in the galactic army, who is desperate for candidates to fight an alien war, she finds herself drifting farther away from her first love, Noboru. In the depths of space, where a simple email takes eight years to be delivered, will their love truly flourish, or simply fade away?
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Princess Tutu
- TV (26 eps)
- 2003
Once there lived an eccentric author called Drosselmeyer who wrote grand tragedies - one of them was the tale of a prince who sealed away an evil raven by breaking his own heart into tiny pieces. However, before the story could be completed, the author died and the tale took on a life of its own. Now, in a town where fiction and reality meet, the story continues on its tragic course with Ahiru, a duck who transforms into the beautiful Princess Tutu in order to restore the prince's heart. But will Ahiru's act of love be enough to defy the story's terrible destiny and lead to a happy ending?
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add recWhat's great about Princess Tutu and Air Movie is that they are disguised as very shoujo and magical with the sweet female leads and mystical and legendary romances; but if you look deeper, there is an underlying theme of tragedy and unfairness that, although subtle, is very effective.
They also present a lot of life's ironies, like how acceptance of a tragic fate is more apparent in the person themselves than their loved ones, or how grim fates fall to the undeserving.
Both anime are dreamy, sad, and bittersweet; I think that you'd like one if you liked the other.
Fruits Basket
- TV (26 eps)
- 2001
Tohru Honda is a compassionate girl who is down on her luck. Her mother having recently died, she has been forced to camp out in the woods for shelter. However, things start to turn around once she is invited to live with class hunk Yuki Sohma and his family... but all is not as it seems! Yuki's family is burdened with a dark curse which causes them to turn into the animals of the Chinese zodiac once hugged by a member of the opposite sex... and Honda may be the only one who can help them.
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add recThe dramatic atmosphere presented in both Fruits Basket and the Air Movie is seen in how the main characters interact with one another. Both have sad parts throughout and deal with issues such as solitude and what cruel fate can bestow on someone. The main characters go through a journey of trials and tribulations trying to overcome what is destined for their futures and try to make their curses something more than a hindrance.
