The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

What would you do with the power of time travel? Would you be one of those panicky people who believe that if I so much as pass gas in front of my great great great grandfather that it will have disastrous effects for the future? Or are you someone who would go back and kill history’s worse dictators, like Hitler or Stalin? Or are you just a guy who would use it to get laid? Whichever kind of camp you fall into, you have to admit, you could do so much with that power. Well, here’s a movie that does….not so much with that ability.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is an Anime that was released back in 2006, now I can already picture quite a lot of people clicking off after reading the word Anime, but you should really give the genre a chance, even if it isn’t this particular movie.

Now, TGWLTT tells the tale of a high school kid who suddenly finds herself with the ability to literally leap back in time…and…that’s about it, plot wise anyway. Like I mentioned before, Makoto (the protagonist) doesn’t really do anything big or interesting with her power, and I guess this could be credited as a fault of the movie, but she still does things that any one of us would do in her shoes, like ace exams, stop her from being late for anything, fix bikes, stop bullies and stop your best friend from hitting on you…okay maybe not that last part, but she is still completely relatable.

I still understand why this wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, there a lot of people who see any form of animation and assume it is for a child (narrow minded grand parents I call these people.) but there will also be people who are bored during this film, which is understandable, there isn’t that much plot to speak of, it’s Buried all over again, but I for one was hooked, the art is beautiful and I was so involved in what was going on with these characters, especially when Makoto’s actions starts to have consequences.

I fully recommend this movie.

 

Danny

 

Danny@Dragoose.co.uk