The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Alternate name: 雲のむこう、約束の場所 (Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho)

Year: 2004

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This story takes place in 1996 alternate postwar, where Japan has been divided. Hokkaido has been taken over by the “Union” whereas the Honshu along other southern islands are through the US authority. A tower so tall in Hokkaido could also be seen in Tokyo. The summer of 1996, three middle-school students agree on a promise that to discover the tower with the plane they built. The plane that Hiroki Fujisawa and Takuya Shirakawa built is called Velaciela. Three years later Sayuri Sawatari became ill mysteriously and transferred to Tokyo. Hiroki discovered that Sayuri was in a coma, he finds Takuya to find a way to wake her up.

Do Hiroki and Takuya have enough time to wake up Sayuri or is the world doomed?

This was a bit odd, by that when you watch Sayuri's scene it doesn't make much scene, but that's me.

Rate: ☆☆☆☆

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