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  • Published: 15 June 2012
  • ISBN: 9781932234961
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 566
  • RRP: $38.00

5 Centimeters per Second one more side




Love can move at the speed of terminal velocity, but as award-winning director Makoto Shinkai reveals in his latest comic, it can only be shared and embraced by those who refuse to see it stop.

Takaki Tohno quickly befriends Akari Shinohara when she transfers to his school. They grow closer to each other due to similar interests and attitudes; for instance, they both prefer to stay inside during recess due to their constitutions. As a result, they form a strong bond.

Upon ending their school year, Akari moves to Tochigi, due to her parents' jobs. The two keep in contact by writing letters, but eventually begin to drift apart.

  • Published: 15 June 2012
  • ISBN: 9781932234961
  • Imprint: Vertical Inc
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 566
  • RRP: $38.00

About the author

MAKOTO SHINKAI

MAKOTO SHINKAI is the hugely popular anime filmmaker of YOUR NAME. His debut novel SHE AND HER CAT was a bestseller in Japan. It is inspired by his highly praised five-minute anime and will be published in thirteen languages around the world.

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Praise for 5 Centimeters per Second one more side

Praise for the animated film by Makoto Shinkai: [Makoto] Shinkai has been hailed as the next Hayao Miyazaki, and his dreamy mindscapes often equal or surpass the anime maestro in breadth of detail and depth of emotion." - Ronnie Scheib, Variety "In 5 Centimeters [Shinkai's] imagination may not leap to Hayao Miyazaki's strange and wonderful heights, but he is better (blasphemy!) at piercing the veil of the everyday to reveal a poignant, evanescent beauty most of us notice only in rare moments...Is he really the "new Miyazaki?" He won't become one by imitating the master, but at 34 he is the anime world's bright new hope. That and a brilliant minor gem like "5 Centimeters per Second" are enough, for now." - Japan Times