The story revolves around a young middle school girl named Asuna-san.
She lost her father at a young age and with her mother working extreme hours at the hospital to take care of herself and daughter, Asuna does not get to see much of her family. You could consider our main Character Asuna an introvert to some degree based on the first 30 mins or so of the movie.
She carries around a memento passed down to her by from her late father. It's a "cystal" of some sort. I'll let the viewers expand upon my " "'s later. She uses
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this "crystal" to turn it into a receiver like an diode for an old radio and adjusts the angle of it to produce music coming from who knows where. It's her favorite past-time activity when school is out and this is where she meets an important catalyst for the rest of the movie. Upon her track to her favorite spots up a hill/small mountain to her getaway shack she created she runs into two "unearthly" "creatures" One is more of an ancient/prehistorical beats (mutated looking bear is closest relative) and also a boy named Shun. Shun tells Asuna it will be alright and tries to save this ancient animal from hurting Asuna or himself without killing it. To Shun, It is a gatekeeper of his world of Agartha.
Shun left his home world to find what he was looking for on the surface and to retrieve the Cristas (keys) that Asuna is wearing. His life expectancy is at its end and Asuna did not know that. She only just begun to realize that the mystical world of Agartha may exist. Somewhere around then, the Gatekeeper beast had to be put down to save the girls life that he left his home for to meet. It was always in his heart to see this one person. As that culminated, he told her to go home for the night and shortly after falls off a cliff thus ending his life line.
After this point there will be no more spoilers for the rest of the remaining 59 minutes or so.
A few days later at school, a substitute teacher reads something to the kids in class from a mythology book that uses the terms Agartha. This drives her to find out more about the sensei and the idea of this mystical place being real.
The journey of Asuna , her Sensei, and Shun's brother Shin comes into play and elongates out the last hour into something way more magical and heartwarming/heart-hurting than could have been expected based on what you've read/viewed so far. All 3 of them have 3 different reasons for their relationships to collide and continue to grow from each-other.
I believe this movie should get a rating of a high HiGH 8.8 or so. For many reasons...
It is completely ORIGINAL. The closets anime movie and ONLY anime show that felt like a string of anime movie parts broken down into episdoes came to mind was "Patapata Hikousen no Bouken" or Secret of Cerulean Sand. And those two stories don't actually share too many of the same ethical questions that this movie does. I just remember and can compare their 2 art styles, the general feel of art-work. and time frame that they likely shared made me reflect back on it. Both are must sees if you don't want to be apart of the top 100 list fan club who has seen what every additional viewer tells you to see because ____ WHY NOT. Lets just watch what everyone else watches?? RIGHT? wrong.....
There's a seemingly endless supply of anime that doesn't hit the mainstay public eyes and garner attention like it should for its 10/10 art potentials - Here i offer to you "Angel's Egg" An existentialism anime 96% of the way though. It will lead you to come to understand what your brain can make of it. With maybe a total of 30 words spoken in 2 hrs, it may not be for everyone but for those who don't want average then come along on this ride to see Hoshi o Ou Kodomo and step out of your comfort zone. Slow and steady wins the race. Even an anime called "Bartender" was so mellow and really had no peaks per episode, but it was written to a certain age group and was REAL & Relatable & just good for 20 mins a night.
SO down to #'s now.
art: IMO I LOVE late 90's/early 2000's and forwards anime art. This particular film felt like a early 2000-2004 production even thought it was 2011 release. Based on the authors previous styles and the whole package being most meaningful as a culmination I would rate it a 7.7 out of 10
sound: The sound came in funky on my headphones, voices on the right side, SFX on the left. I'm not sure if my head phones are on the way out or if the subbing workers did not translate it perfectly to match. Hard to give it a # but I'll go with a 6.5
Character: I loved the character build up and through storytelling we gradually feel for who the main/alt characters are. What drives them forward, For a 2 hr movie I believe just the right about of information and scenes allowed for certain emotions to come out and compell the viewer. I'll rate it a 8.8
Enjoyment/Overall: I feel that those two go together.
Basically after the first hour of semi spoiling things for you. It could have ended one way or another or opened up into a 2 hr movie which it did. We transcended through hr 1 with minimal syfy elements to an expansive world full of mysteries and drama. Good conversations, Some what deep adult thoughts that all humans would have to ponder about if the options were a possibility to achieve. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and give it an overall 8.7
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Jun 6, 2013
Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo
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The story revolves around a young middle school girl named Asuna-san.
She lost her father at a young age and with her mother working extreme hours at the hospital to take care of herself and daughter, Asuna does not get to see much of her family. You could consider our main Character Asuna an introvert to some degree based on the first 30 mins or so of the movie. She carries around a memento passed down to her by from her late father. It's a "cystal" of some sort. I'll let the viewers expand upon my " "'s later. She uses ... |
