

His mother died in a car accident when he was young and his father drinks and gambles. Tomoya Okazaki is a third-year high school student who hates his life.
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The romantic journeys and tragic pasts of two couples.Īlso known as Hantsuki, this series follows the budding romance between two sick teenagers. Kiminozo for short, this series follows a boy who moves to Tokyo after a breakup only to become entangled in more romantic drama and heartbreak.Ī talented young girl who dreams of becoming a singer learns she is sick and may never sing again. Set in New York City just before the Great Depression, Chrono Crusade follows two exorcists as they fight demons and search for a missing friend.Ī boy who had moved with his parents to Tokyo returns to his hometown only to find the town changed for the worse and his best friend withdrawn and gloomy. Told in three separate segments, this story follows two friends who were separated as children but who never lose touch.Īfter his mother dies, a boy decides to pick up her journey where she left off.Ī species of mutants is held in captivity, but when one escapes to seek revenge on humans she is injured and undergoes a personality change.Ī sensitive boy watches the people around him struggle and tries to help, but is unable to help himself.Ī young man suffering from amnesia returns to the city of his youth and begins to recall his past. Two siblings try to survive in the final months of World War II. Set in a high school in the afterlife, Angel Beats! follows students as they learn to let go of attachments to their former lives.Ī group of childhood friends drifts apart after one of them dies in an accident. This is a civilized and empathetic film, but Will and Eve are so reserved and cautious, and as it moves along too deliberately you realize what a brilliant job Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy did with "Before Sunrise" and " Before Sunset." The ending of "Forget Me Not" conceals an emotional impact, sad and carefully orchestrated, but the film isn't very compelling.One of the most acclaimed animes of the sad subgenre, Clannad follows a motherless boy whose father drinks and gambles.Ī sequel to Clannad, After Story follows the struggles and heartbreaks of a young married couple. (2) Although the cinematography is handsome, a couple of shots fall to the temptation of being about themselves and not the story - the foreground chess game in the coffee shop, for example, which has nothing to do with anything. And now I will take a big step back from the plot and let it unfold on its own.Ī couple of points: (1) If your hero is going to sing in the movie, give him better songs. On the next day, he goes along with her to the care home where her grandmother ( Gemma Jones) will be taking one of those tests that ominously open by asking you what year it is, and how old you are. Like many Londoners, they seem impervious to the wonders they walk past.

Paul's down the embankment, the streets mostly deserted, the Houses of Parliament making a background appearance. The opening of the club scene is intriguing, showing dancers seemingly dancing to the sounds of their own shoes, until we figure it out. They have a small encounter with a bachelorette party, split, and later find themselves at the same club. We know he is sad - more than she realizes. They're both taciturn, although she conceals that with cheerfulness. They exchange some personal information, not much.
