Ame wo Tsugeru Hyouryuu Danchi

Ever since the death of his grandfather, Yasuji, Kousuke Kumagaya has grown distant from his close friend, Natsume Tonai. Having grown up together like siblings in the same apartment building, the two now find themselves at odds with one another due to Natsume's inability to let go of the past. This rift is further exacerbated by the news that their former complex will soon be demolished.

Hearing about a ghost that is supposedly haunting the old complex, Kousuke's friends drag him into the demolition site to look around. When Kousuke finds that Natsume is also there, they get into an argument over an old camera that once belonged to Yasuji. This results in Natsume running off with it, but just as she is about to fall off the rooftop, a torrential downpour envelops the entire building, flooding the ground around it.

The young children now find themselves drifting at sea with the apartment building acting as their ship. Unable to communicate with the rest of the world, Natsume and Kousuke must reconcile their differences if they want to stand a chance at finding their way home.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Noppo Main

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Tonai, Natsume Main

Seto, Asami Japanese

Kumagaya, Kousuke Main

Tamura, Mutsumi Japanese

Haba, Reina Main

Minase, Inori Japanese

Koiwai, Taishi Main

Kobayashi, Yumiko Japanese

Tachibana, Yuzuru Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Andou, Juri Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Ferris Wheel Spirit Supporting

Endou, Aya Japanese

Kumagaya, Yasuji Supporting

Shimada, Bin Japanese

Tonai, Satoko Supporting

Mizuki, Nana Japanese

Kannae, Masahiro Producer

Suzuki, Kousuke Producer

Ishida, Hiroyasu Director, Screenplay

Kimura, Eriko Sound Director

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Nov 17, 2024

PraneshChow

Recommended

From my perspective, the story is unique. I watched it with my siblings. I like to enjoy adventure films where a child does something interesting. This anime's storyline is good, and the twist is normal, but it takes time to understand the main story.
Though it is a fictional anime story, the characters are not well expressed in an emotional way. However, some points are really good, like how children are straightforward and can't make good decisions. These things are nicely shown in the anime.
I think it will be awesome for those children. The attachment to the place in our memories is ... shown perfectly. I'm sure they will enjoy this anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Feb 18, 2023

resha04

Mixed Feelings

Stunning visual - which contributes to most of my rating for this. Another that contributes is the kids' ingenuity in surviving with limited resources.

Plot and concept isn't new, but they don't detract from the watching experience or the rating. What did, is how long this movie dragged on, just to prolong the melodrama. Noppo and Natsume should be the characters easiest to sympathize with (in my opinion), but the meandering drama and supposedly tear-jerking moments prevented me from truly feel for them. There are moments when Natsume just stood there, absorbed in a reminiscence, when they were pressed for time and could not afford to ... do that. The first half of the movie is entertaining and intriguing enough, but past the 1-hour mark, it's just mostly filler (and drama). And there are plot points left unexplainable, which I will not say here to avoid spoilers.

Regarding the characters, the kids can feel annoying at times, but it can be understood that it is just kids being kids. The main character, Kosuke, though, put me off by how unnecessarily callous he was to Natsume at the beginning. What had the girl done to you, my man? Are you seriously mad at her for grieving? He did develop throughout the movie, which is a good thing, but personally, the damage has already been done.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 17, 2024

CodeCypheur

Not Recommended

I don't know what it is with anime's these days having such an intriguing plot and meaningful theme but then just completely butchering the specifics. On the surface, Drifting Home is a story of childhood friendships and maturing as you learn to move on. The kids in the film find themselves at an old apartment complex that is set to be torn down - only for it, and them, to be transported into the middle of the ocean.

You'd think that the characters with such a close proximity and nowhere to go, there'd be plenty of opportunity to explore the bonds between the children. And ... you'd be mistaken. Instead, it spends the majority of it's runtime inching towards any sort of character arc. The supernatural elements are explored instead, but in a rather incomplete manner that still leaves more questions than answers. It feels like the metaphor was lost and instead focused on too much practically rather than what could be implied with it.

There's a total of seven children who get stranded, two of which are the main focus of the show. I cannot for the life of me remember their names and I only took a 4 hour break after watching to begin writing this review. So yes they weren't memorable in the slightest. The boy is the mainmain character, we see the events through his eyes almost predominataly. His character arc is incredibly simple, goes in hand with the theme of the show of maturing, but specifically in terms of understanding others. He doesn't really feel like the main character though as the female lead goes through a more interesting arc in my opinion. She has to learn to overcome imposter syndrome, grief, guilt, and ultimately mature and move on by letting others share her burden - opening up. Her arc was more fleshed out but it only really became the focus, or even started during the final act of the film. There's another girl character who has to learn to stop being stuck up, and then her friend who just seems to be a vehicle for stuck-up-girls development. The other two boys are irrelevant and the show would be no different if they were gone. The final boy is just, weird. It goes with the supernatural stuff and the show could've done without it as this gets too much focus and serves as nothing other than a literal metaphor.

The animation and artstyle is incredibly pretty to look at, and the soundtrack was very well made - perfect music for a lot of moments that did make them quite moving.

Overall this movie doesn't really do anything or tell any story. It's should've decided to either keep the supernatural elements a metaphor or fully embrace them - rather than not committing to either resulting in this awkward mess.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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