DVD : The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
directed by: Mamoru Hosoda

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List Price: $29.98

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Infinity Resources Inc Release Date: 11/18/2008 Run time: 98 minutes

Amazon.com:
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time scored a big hit in Japan in 2006, and has been eagerly awaited by American otaku. Makoto Konno regards herself as a normal high-school student. She's smart, but not brilliant; a little clumsy, but not a klutz; well-liked, but not a social star. Her favorite pastime is playing baseball with her best friends: handsome, studious Kosuke Tsuda and shaggy, offbeat Chiaki Mamiya. When Makoto nearly loses her life in a bicycle accident, she escapes by moving back through time. Her aunt tells her the talent isn't unusual in girls her age, and Makoto begins exploiting her ability. But her efforts to improve the present backfire, making school, friendship, and romance even more complicated and difficult--until she discovers a surprising secret about Chiaki. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo) has remained a popular property in Japan since Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel appeared in 1967: It's been filmed repeatedly in live action and adapted to a manga. Mamoru Hosoda's animated prequel to the original story blends warmth and fantasy in ways usually associated with Studio Ghibli films. The relationship Makoto, Kosuke, and Chiaki share is exceptionally well-drawn, and nicely balances the fantastic elements of the story. (Rated 13 and older: minor violence and risqué humor) --Charles Solomon

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Infinity
EAN: 0669198803802
Format: Anamorphic, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Bandai Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageJapaneseOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Bandai Entertainment
MPN: 80380
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Bandai Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 18, 2008
Running Time: 98 minutes
Studio: Bandai Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2006

Customer Reviews

Plain boring!

Basically it needed a better scriptwiter: it's plain boring, far too slow at the beginning, and the story is just a list of the usual sci-fi time-travel story points.

The artwork, as you would expect, is spectacular -- although somewhat pointless, perhaps.

Any highschool teenager would relate to the characters (putting aside the, err, time lords, etc), so it's all good in that regard. BUt the movie is plain boring. If they had had the script worked on by a couple of top ... Read More

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