FIVE MINUTES INTO THIS MOVIE AND YOU WILL FULLY UNDERSTAND THE TITLE ...THE PLOT/STORY LINE MOVES AT 5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND. LIKE WATCHING A SNAIL OR GRASS GROW
MIYAZAKI IT IS DEFINITELY NOT!!!...MORE ALONG THE LINES OF MASAMUNE SHIROW'S "GHOST IN THE SHELL" OR KATSUHIRO OTOMO'S "AKIRA"...AS THE ARTISTRY IS FANTASTIC...THAT'S WHERE THE SIMILARITY ENDS "GHOST" AS WELL AS "AKIRA" ARE MORE CEREBRAL AND HAVE MORE ACTION GOING FOR THEM..WHERE 5 CENTIMETERS IS JUST A LONG DRAWN OUT STORY
THE ONLY REASON I WATCH THE WHOLE THING WAS TO SEE IF ANYTHING EXTRAORDINARY WOULD HAPPEN...I WILL JUST SAY IT WAS LABORIOUS TO DO SO
I WOULD HEARTILY RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A HARD TIME SLEEPING...AS I GUARANTEE THIS WILL KNOCK YOU OUT
WITH THAT SAID...I AM NOT SORRY I BOUGHT THIS MOVIE..IT WAS A REFRESHING DEFINITION OF HYPERBOLE AND HOW WE ALL CAN SOMETIMES GET CAUGHT UP IN IT