5 Centimeters Per Second Theme Song

[Shari Alvine]

Fromthe sentimental feel good (thethingexe: it was sad and teary!) anime film of 2007, the 5cm per second OST is finally in my hands. Any lover of this film or lover of classical music would love this OST. This like a night in fantasia. The dymamic of the music composed by Tenmon is just superb. This OST flows with feeling, using the soft and hard sound of the piano to produce harmony and violins to create a sense of intensity. The sounds from this OST is somthing not to be missed.

just recently watched the movie and i like it very much!.. this has got to be the best movie about how one person go through life of love.. i like the ending song very much!. :D

tnx for the OST upload!!.

The movie's focus is about two people named Takaki Tohno (Kenji Mizuhashi) and Akari Shinohara (Ayaka Onoue), following them as they mature. It is divided into three episodes that together make up the movie. The first part, "Cherry Blossoms", follows Takaki's reflections on his relationship with Akari while they were children. The second act, "Cosmonaut", leaves Akari to depict Takaki as a teenager and is told from Kanae Sumida's (Satomi Hanamura) perspective. The final part, which is also called "5 Centimeters Per Second", shows them as young adults, mainly through a montage set to the famous Japanese pop song "One More Time, One More Chance".

In addition to a 2010 manga and 2007 light novel adaptation, both written by Shinkai himself, there is also another novel, One More Side. Written by longtime Shinkai noveliser Arata Kanoh and first published 2011 but only getting an English translation in 2019, it offers alternate perspectives on the film, such as Akari's side of the first act's events. The 2007 novel will be getting an English translation in 2021 in a combined release with the novel for Children Who Chase Lost Voices.

"One more time, One more chance" (also listed as "One more time,One more chance") is a single by Japanese singer Masayoshi Yamazaki that was released on January 22, 1997 on the Polydor Japan label.[1] It peaked on the Oricon weekly singles chart at No. 18 and charted for 24 weeks.[1]

It is used as the ending theme song for the 2007 film "5 Centimeters Per Second". As the song is played in a convenience store, the film's male lead, Takaki Tōno, recognizes it as a hit song since his junior high school. It was re-released on March 3 of that year under the label Nayutawave Records and reentered the chart at No. 52.[2]

Pat,

This blog has been a treasure trove of fantasy and science fiction books to read for me for about three years now. You responsible for my buying way too many books!

I know some haters bitch about your so-called eccentricities, but your style is what always brings me back here. Love the jokes and the tunes you put on.

I've never been an anime fan, but because you enjoyed them so much a friend and I rent Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away this weekend. And both were great! So keep these recs coming!

I'm glad you're here to help me broaden my SFF horizons...:DDD

Angie

Pat, I'm glad you enjoyed my recommendation. I'd like to say the review is spot on as well, you really captured the main theme in the movie. To see you enjoyed yourself as thoroughly as I did makes my day.

Makoto Shinkai has made another movie, although less refined in music and animation, a few years before 5 CM. Still it's able to grab you by the guts and move you as 5 CM did. One thing, though, The Place Promised In Our Early Days is heartbreaking, so if you had your share for one week, try postpone it for a bit until 5 Cm has settled in.

Good day to you, sir,

Jeff

comentin: The act of posting a comment.

I also recommended it. Glad you liked it. :)

As Jeff says (why do I always seem to be following him?) The Place Promised in Our Early Years is also a great film. It has a more sci-fi plot to it though and can be confusing in places so I'd hesitate to recommend it with quite as much zeal as 5cm, but looks-wise and emotion-wise, it is just as eye-bleedingly gorgeous as 5cm is.

Like you Pat, I also had the, "but they are children's films" indecision about giving myself over to this genre but once you pass that you won't regret it. Really, to help you get over it go rent My Neighbour Totoro. You will look at it on the cover and think it the epitome of what it is you are worried about. Once you've seen it though you will fall in love with it and that nagging feeling of unsureness you have will be crumbling. And if you have young kids or nephews or neices or whatever... give the gift of Totoro... they will love you forever. :)

Ramah

" This genre, not unlike SFF, is filled with retarded shit. And I'm scared that one of these days I'll stumble upon a smelly turd I'll find so off-putting that it might just kill my renewed interest in the genre. "

Amen brother

Previous to The Place Promised.. came Voices of A Distant Star. Look that one up. I loved it. Made me cry.

I got hooked on good anime years back thanks to my then teenage son.

I've seen most of the works suggested but will be looking for 5 cm and I've found The Girl Who....

Lots to keep me entertained

I agree that subtitles are the way to go and I love the quality of the music used.

As a fellow fan of Robotech from back in the day, and also someone who doesn't really watch any Anime anymore - I CAN wholeheartedly recommend Royal Space Force - Wings of Honneamise. It's like a combination of the US/USSR space race (like The Right Stuff) set against a war between analogs for those two nations, combining wonder, adventure, humor and drama into a very satisfying film.

pat im a big fan of ur site, and a big lover of anime. Since ur still in a movie phase i wont recommend series yet. But a movie that will blow you away is "the girl who lept thru time" that makes spirited away look like charlie brown

Pat, 5cm per second is defintely an awesome movie. All the other recs, except maybe the series(which will naturally have a very different flavor and take a lot more time) are wonderful, as well. Kudos to you for recommending these here.

My rec:

Voices of a Distant Star, also from Shinkai, but less visully pleasing. Only because it is a 30 minuter done solo on his macintosh, but it has another great story.

Checked this out last night on your recommendation and just could not get into it. I thought the scene animation was just stunning, but then the human animation was a slightly different style and it kept bringing me out of the story.

But then again I found the story quite boring as well - I think mainly due to the execution of just having it as 90% voice overs.

I probably liked the second story, Cosmonauts the best of the three but even then it wasn't anything I'd recommend for anyone to watch.

The main character throughout the three I just found dull and boring and far too emo for me to connect with.

The end song was quite good though.

Meh, can't win 'em all.

Looking to link the guitar-led ballad to a palpable, unmistakable tragedy might not be surprising though. Even without understanding the lyrics, the song mercilessly tugs at the heartstrings. Its simple composition of gentle guitar plucks draws the listener into an unparalleled sense of intimacy, before Yamasaki shreds himself open with a spontaneous chorus that desperately yearns for belonging. This is made even more poignant with how almost every performance rings out as if he is on the verge of tears.

Early on with both enjoying the cherry blossoms, Akari introduces to Takaki the central idea that blossoms fall at five centimeters per second, before promising each other to enjoy the next spring together. That promise also happens to start the timer on their time together. Already in a long-distance relationship, Takaki finds out that he will soon have to move to the other side of the country. He decides to visit Akari one last time before their distance grows further apart.

Akari, however, is all too aware of their surrounding winter and that this is their end. She says goodbye with a kiss and prepares for the long, arduous cold. It was at that moment when their emotions started moving five centimetres per second apart from each other.

The film and song ends with Takaki and Akari seemingly meeting at the same train intersection under the same cherry blossoms they promised to be at so many years ago. With a feeling that Akari recognised him as well, he turns around to catch a glance but his view is blocked by speeding trains. The trains eventually pass and Akari is nowhere to be seen. Instead of chasing after her, Takaki smiles and seemingly begins his life anew.

Take away its beautiful backdrop and 5 Centimeters can be a painfully relatable story for many. Perhaps, at some points in our lives, we have been Takaki, Akari, Kanae, or even all three. Yet, no matter the role we took or might take, the film and its theme song are poignant reminders that there will always be beauty to be found as long as we allow ourselves to feel everything that life throws at us.

Yes, after watching a downloaded copy I liked the movie so much I decided to shell out for it. My limited edition of "Byousoku 5 Centimeters" arrived from Play-Asia safely this morning with no custom charges. The last time I tried ordering a Japanese DVD, they taxed me around 10 or so... Originally I was planning to order from the customs free Yes-Asia but I hesitated and they ran out of stock before I could order.

The film strip seems to be random because on fellow Anime fan Kurogane's blog, he has one with shots of the train station. As you can see I got the scene where Takaki's waiting for the delayed trains. I would have preferred the happy little scene where Akari and Takaki were eating together but, this is still pretty good.

For this third commercial title, Shinkai wanted to shrink the world setting further. In his first title "Voices of a Distant Star" there was outer space and in "Beyond the Clouds", there was the country's borderline between states. This time he didn't want a sci-fi setting but an everyday environment.

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