The Place Promised (PG) 8.0

The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004) 雲のむこう、約束の場所 Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho: In an alternate postwar timeline, Japan is divided into the Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South. (7.3)


Director: Makoto Shinkai
Writers: Makoto Shinkai (story), Makoto Shinkai (screenplay), Steven Foster
Stars: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagiwara and Yuka Nanri

This movie is full of wonderfully crafted anime and carefully drawn artwork. The character development is way better than in most live-action movies. The story is innovative and scenes are breathtaking. All in all, this is a fantastic movie. You will enjoy it even if you are not an anime fan. If you do like that style, this gives you so much more. The use of the varying color schemes and backgrounds and different viewing angles, etc to tell the story is very clever. I highly recommend this movie. My Rating: 8.0