Plagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Nagisa, and his world begins to change. While helping Nagisa revive the defunct Drama Club at their high school, Tomoya discovers that she has the same dreams. Their story starts beneath the cherry blossoms, but where will fate lead them?
Direction
Dezaki's signature 'harmony' frames and watercolor memories.
Score
Piano themes that will live rent-free in your head forever.
Cinematography
Sakura petals as emotional punctuation — every single time.
Director
Osamu Dezaki
Kenji Nojima
Tomoya Okazaki (voice)
Mai Nakahara
Nagisa Furukawa (voice)
Ryotaro Okiayu
Akio Furukawa (voice)
Kikuko Inoue
Sanae Furukawa (voice)
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Youhei Sunohara (voice)
Houko Kuwashima
Tomoyo Sakagami (voice)
Ryo Hirohashi
Kyou Fujibayashi (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa
Yusuke Yoshino (voice)
Yuko Minaguchi
Kouko Ibuki (voice)
Kazuki Yao
Yasu student (voice)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu
Kiyo student (voice)
Hiroki Takahashi
Student council member (voice)
Yukitoshi Tokumoto
Student with glasses (voice)
Takuma Suzuki
Doctor (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Osamu Dezaki was 66 when he made this and still invented new visual techniques, because legend status.
The 'Illusionary World' sequences borrow heavily from Japanese concepts of muenbotoke — spirits with no one to mourn them.
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I think movie Nagisa and series Nagisa are like...two totally different people. She has a lot more confidence in the movie versus the series.
@hanaxbutu 6
la peli fue primero, un resumen de toda la historia, esta peli fue hecha por Toei Animation, por eso es diferente a la de Kyo Animation, que hizo la serie.
@xarkomand 10
0:24 AKIO!!! WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU!!!?? sob sob
@raptorhunter104 7
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