Sakasama no Patema

Patema is a plucky young girl from an underground civilization boasting an incredible network of tunnels. Inspired by a friend that mysteriously went missing, she is often reprimanded due to her constant excursions of these tunnels due to her royal status. After she enters what is known as the "forbidden zone," she accidentally falls into a giant bottomless pit after being startled by a strange creature.

Finding herself on the surface, a world literally turned upside down, she begins falling towards the sky only to be saved by Age, a discontented student of the totalitarian nation known as Aiga. The people of Aiga are taught to believe that "Inverts," like Patema, are sinners that will be "swallowed by the sky," but Age has resisted this propaganda and decides to protect his new friend. A chance meeting between two curious teenagers leads to an exploration of two unique worlds as they begin working together to unveil the secrets of their origins in Sakasama no Patema, a heart-warming film about overcoming differences in order to coexist.

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Patema Main

Fujii, Yukiyo Japanese

Age Main

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Porta Supporting

Oohata, Shintarou Japanese

Jaku Supporting

Yasumoto, Hiroki Japanese

Izamura Supporting

Hashi, Takaya Japanese

Lagos Supporting

Katou, Masayuki Japanese

Kaho Supporting

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Elder Supporting

Fukumatsu, Shinya Japanese

Inagaki, Ryousuke Producer

Yoshiura, Yasuhiro Director, Script, Original Creator, Layout, Director of Photography

Yamaoka, Akira Sound Director

Arias, Michael Script

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Aug 15, 2022

Princelucian

Recommended

This movie would absolutely be a 10, with its groundbreaking cinema and the unique niche it set's our cast's lives in.

The sheer theory around this movie is about gravity and how different gravitational forces can not only be an obstacle, but also bring two lives together.

Sadly, I cannot give this a 10, because this movie is how I discovered I have mild vertigo. I can't watch this movie in earnest without becoming dizzy.

That being said, I share this movie wholeheartedly with my friends because It is just an absurdly good watch.
I personally enjoy the class system and how the politics are due to the ... nature of the world.

Post apocalyptic gravity defying entertainment, Spoiler free review.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 27, 2024

MidniteAndBeyond

Mixed Feelings

I really wanted to like this one... When I heard the premise, I was immediately on board. It sounded like it had so much potential for a really compelling story, especially in the romance and drama department. But it was all just sorta.... not fun? The story was a lot more bleak and grim than I was expecting. There are also a LOT of very ridiculously specific happenstances that the plot hinges on in order to stay afloat (heh). The visuals are also incredibly bland, which was disappointing. I would love to see another film or show take this premise and try to do something ... better, because the pitch is really, REALLY interesting. It just took it in a direction that I really didn't care for.

5/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Sep 12, 2020

DasPizzar

Not Recommended

While the basic idea is neat, the execution of it deserves execution. The antagonists are so comically evil, you'd think it's satire, but it is not, this shit takes itself very seriously. Whatever depth this movie could have gets destroyed by the movie shoving everything into the viewers face, no subtlety at all. this is the most obvious when the movie repeatedly flips the image upside down to tell you something about how important perspective is, despite how obvious that message already is given the main gimmick of the film. The only good thing about this dumpsterfire is the character Patema herself and the animation ... itself. All other characters are either boring, only have one character trait, don't have any reason to be in the movie or all of the above. From the first 10-15 minutes onward, you can just guestimate wtf is going to happen next. I suppose if you don't care about that and want to be treated like a gradeschooler by a visual artform, go for it

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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