Ocean Waves
Alt titles: Umi ga Kikoeru
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Ocean Waves is a coming of age tale centered around Taku, an ordinary high school student, his best friend Matsuno, and Rukiko, a reserved outcast who has caught Matsuno's eye. While bounds of friendship are tested, unlikely relationships grow and flourish in this made for television movie.
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Only Yesterday
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- 1991
Taeko is a city-girl, born and raised in Tokyo, who has always held dreams of visiting the countryside. She finally is able to fulfill that dream during a vacation with relatives. Only Yesterday switches from visions of Taeko's 5th grade past, to her present self who is struggling with touch choices and feelings about love, herself, and her future.
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add recIf you enjoyed the subtle romantic drama of Ocean Waves, you'll adore Only Yesterday even more for it's more powerful themes and more intricate characterisation. Only Yesterday is one of Takahata's (Grave of the Fireflies) greatest works and probably one of the most mature shows around. Definitely check it out.
5 Centimeters per Second
Alt titles: Byousoku 5 Centimeter
- Movie
- 2007
Although today Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari live far apart due to a family move shortly after elementary school, they were once two shy young students brought together by their shared differences from their peers. It is because of this that the two built a bond of closeness between them that still survives through their continued correspondence, even over such a distance. Secretly they both fear the loss of this bond over time, and for this reason they arrange a meeting between just the two of them. The journeys both of them take in their minds and in their lives create an atmosphere of intense emotional upheaval, but also a sense of peace. It is a twist of fate and a series of decisions that put the two in place to carry what they choose of their pasts into the future they will create for themselves.
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add recByousoku 5 Centimeter and Umi ga Kikoeru/Ocean Waves are mirror images of each other. Both tales tell of couples separated by distance either real or emotional (as symbolically represented by trains, that icon of distance so beloved of the Japanese), but with a wholly different development of the separation. The romance is palpable and the tension great in both anime, yet overlaid on both tales is a gentle, wavelike ebb and flow of the storyline.
Surely, if you like one of these, you'll like the other.
With a melancholic and nostalgic take on the interaction betweeen two high school students, both of these films have a different take on human relationships. If you found the more troubled aspects of these relationships interesting in one, then give the other a watch.
Whisper of the Heart
- Movie
- 1995
Whisper of the Heart is a touching Ghibli slice-of-life story, about a young girl named Shizuku. While riding the train, she notices a fat cat riding alongside her. Following the cat, she finds a shop where she is told an enchanting story of a gold statue named "The Baron". WotH follows Shizuku in her struggles to grow, and her budding love with the shopkeeper's son.
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Candy Candy Movie
- Movie
- 1992
At twelve years old, Candice White (otherwise known as Candy) is the oldest remaining child at the Poni Orphanage. With her spirits held high, Candy dreams of the day a wonderful family will take her home; and on one fateful day, it seems her dream has come true… or has it? Instead of joining a family, Candy is adopted to be a companion for the snobby daughter of a wealthy household. Now, our young heroine sets off to join her new family and experience the joys of first love and the heartbreak of cruelty. Whatever the case, her life will never be the same!
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add recThe complex love triangles in "Ocean Waves" and "Candy Candy" are very similar. The simplest phrase to comment both anime would be "she loves him, but she is loved by another one" or vice versa. In the end, of course, the lovers will find their match but before that there will be many complex and unexpected situations. Both anime are rather calm and light, and would be preferable for those who love romance anime.
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
Alt titles: Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The
- Movie
- 2006
Makoto Konno is a somewhat foolish and tomboyish high school student who spends most of her time hanging out with her two male friends. Things change one day when she suddenly gains to ability to leap through time! At first, she uses her newfound ability to do things such as preventing her sister from stealing her dessert, cheating on a test, and singing Karaoke for 10 hours. However, the small alterations she makes to the timeline turn out to have unforeseen consequences that snowball into dramatic and lethal situations for her and those around her...
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add recBoth of these are positively charming slice-of-life high school romantic anime, with likeable characters with a pleasant blend of humour and drama that feel quite similar. While The Girl Who Leapt Through Time also has a science fiction aspect, I think someone who enjoyed one will appreciate the other.
