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Laz · Laz Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 1330

Hey Hiliard,

Welcome to the Forums Smile

Good question ... I'm not sure if those were just initial promo type material of the film used in the trailer or not.

Let's ask Zitch ... he knows everything Wink

Laz
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zitch · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:05 pm Post subject:

I think it is basically a pilot film which could be used as a promo film. You can see some ideas in the short that wasn't included in the main film, like Sayuri's mother taking her to the hospital (if I remember right). Voices of a Distant Star also had a similar pilot film which included scenes and ideas that weren't included in the final cut.

And I don't know everything. I just happened to know that... Wink

hilliard · Tracer Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Posts: 4 Location: uk

thanks for the info! so it wasn't completed Crying or Very sad

thats a shame, as it looks beautiful.

i have just watched the film again, what a fantastic piece of art it is, strangely i prefer the dub as (as u know) it's not far from the original in dialoge & i like the voice's alot, imo they go very well with the characters.
the music is fantastic, it's amazing to look at with many intricate details & things u don't notice unless u watch it more than once, even the DVD cover has one of the most beautiful peices of poetry i have ever read on it.

much like all of his films it is lovingly created & seems very personal.

my fav scene is when Hiroki opens the letter from Sayuri... to when they meet again & make a new promise, it is so utterly touching & poeticly written. the part when they touch hands & the scene erupts with colour & life is just magical...

imo the only part that lets the film down is the roughly in the middle when Takuya is in the lab & the 2 older guys (forgotten thier names lol) have lunch etc, as imo it drags a little but ofcourse it's quite crucial to telling the story & explaining more about the science behind the tower & why it's there.

saying that it is up there with the best films (anime or otherwise) ever made imo & much like the reason this topic was started in he first place it doesn't get the attention or credit it truely deserves.

gleowine · Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject:

Yay, another dub fan! Very Happy

Yeah, that scene has to be one of the high points, where Hiroki and Sayuri make contact and are suddenly transported back.

I started to watch this again last night, but I got about 2/3 into it and got sleepy (I'm an early bird, btw), so i didn't finish watching the whole thing. One thing I noticed that hasn't been talked about are the literary works the characters read, e.g. the story Sayuri is reading in the opening, or "Spring and Chaos" which Hiroki is reading on the train. I've only read a little about "Spring and Chaos", but I'm totally unfamiliar with Japanese literature. I have to wonder if the choice of the various titles throughout the anime relates to the story. Something to research, for sure. Idea

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Laz · Laz Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 1330

Hey Gleo ... that's an interesting point. I've looked up some of the books that the characters in this and the other films are reading, but I haven't put a list together. Sounds like a goo topic Smile

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Fripod · Tarsian Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 50 Location: Australia

gleowine · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the link, Fripod. That was a good interview. I hadn't seen that one before.

Laz set up a thread for the topic of literary works in Shinkai. I found out and posted about the poem Sayuri is reading at the beginning. It really does fit the story.

I was born and raised in the Southern US, so I'd rate Sayuri's dubbed voice as lightly accented. It was voiced by Jessica Boone who is from Texas, so that probably explains it.

I've been re-watching Sketchbook, one reason being that the main character Sora reminds me of Sayuri. I guess I'm such a Sayuri fanboy, shame on me. Embarassed

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