Thursday, August 26, 2010

5 cm per second



Alternative title:
Byousoku 5 Centimeter - a chain of short stories about their distance. (Japanese)
Byousoku 5 cm
Five Centimeters Per Second
Пять сантиметров в секунду (Russian)
خمسة سنتيمترات في الثانية (Arabic)
秒速5センチメートル (Japanese)
秒速5公分 (Chinese (Taiwan))
초속 5 cm (Korean)
초속 5 센티미터 (Korean)
5 Centimetres per Second
5 Centimetros por Segundo (Spanish)
5 cm pro Sekunde (German)
5 cm/sec
5cm per Second
Genres: drama, romance, slice of life

Themes: circumstances, love at distance

Plot Summary: A tale of two people, Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari, who were close friends but gradually grow farther and farther apart as time moves on. They become separated because of their families yet continue to exchange contact in the form of letters. Yet as time continues to trudge on, their contact with one another begins to cease. Years pass and the rift between them grows ever larger. However, Takaki remembers the times they have shared together, but as life continues to unfold for him, he wonders if he would be given the chance to meet Akari again as the tale embarks on Takaki's realization of the world and people around him.

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