Byôsoku 5 senchimêtoru (2007)

Director:

Makoto Shinkai

Writers:

Steven Foster (adaptation) and
Makoto Shinkai (writer)

Release Date:

3 March 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A chain of short stories about their distance

Plot:

Told in three interconnected segments, we follow a young man named Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.

Plot Keywords:

Petal | Love | Dream | Telephone | Wave

Cast

Kenji Mizuhashi	...	Takaki Toono (voice)
Yoshimi Kondou	...	Akari Shinohara (segment "Oukashou") (voice)
Satomi Hanamura	...	Kanae Sumita (segment "Cosmonaut") (voice)
Ayaka Onoue	...	Akari Shinohara (segment "Byousoku 5 Centimeter") (voice)
Risa Mizuno	...	(voice)
Yuka Terazaki	...	(voice)
Yuko Nakamura	...	(voice)
Masami Iwasaki	...	(voice)
Rei Kondo	...	(voice)
Hiroshi Shimozaki	...	(voice)
Takahiro Hirano	...	(voice)
Akira Nakagawa	...	(voice)
Keiko Izeki	...	(voice)
Suguru Inoue	...	(voice)
Rion Kako	...	(voice)
Rika Nakamura	...	(voice)
Miki Suga	...	(voice)
Mika Sakenobe	...	(voice)
Yumiko Atashika	...	(voice)
Yukako Saito	...	(voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anne Armogida	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Chris Ayers	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Eden J. Barrera	...	Additional voices (voice: English version) (as Eden Barrera)
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Takaki Toono (voice: English version)
Kira Buckland	...	Kanae Sumita (voice: English version)
Shelley Calene-Black	...	Additional voices (voice: English version)
Hilary Haag	...	Akari Shinohara (voice: English version)
Erika Lenhart	...	Akari Shinohara (voice: English version) (as Erika Weinstein)
David Matranga	...	Takaki Toono (voice: English version)
Serena Varghese	...	Kanae Sumita (voice: English version)

Directed by
Makoto Shinkai

Writing credits
Steven Foster		(adaptation)
Makoto Shinkai		writer

Produced by
Jin Ho Chung	....	producer (original project)
Joey Goubeaud	....	executive producer (original project)
Noritaka Kawaguchi	....	line producer
John Ledford	....	executive producer (original project)
Makoto Shinkai	....	producer
Naomi Toda	....	promotional producer

Original Music by
Tenmon		(score music)

Cinematography by
Makoto Shinkai

Film Editing by
Makoto Shinkai

Casting by
Makoto Matsuda
Kaeko Sakamoto		(re-release)
Sawako Todoroki

Art Direction by
Makoto Shinkai

Production Management
Atsushi Obinata	....	production staff
Shelley Thomas	....	production manager (original version)
Yusuke Yoshida	....	production staff

Art Department
Yasushi Ebihara	....	coloring
Koichi Furukawa	....	coloring
Rie Furushiro	....	coloring
Airi Ichikawa	....	coloring
Toshihiro Irie	....	coloring
Hiroaki Ishi	....	coloring
Miyuki Ito	....	coloring
Masami Kakiuchi	....	coloring
Akinori Kawakami	....	coloring
Kiyoko Kikuchi	....	coloring
Akane Kumakura	....	coloring
Tomoaki Mata	....	coloring
Saito Mikami	....	color proofing
Saito Mikami	....	color setting
Naomi Mori	....	coloring
Satomi Nishinaga	....	coloring
Asami Ono	....	coloring
Jyunya Saito	....	coloring
Makoto Shinkai	....	color designer
Makoto Shinkai	....	storyboard artist
Hiromi Takahashi	....	coloring
Yukie Tamura	....	coloring
Yuki Teramoto	....	coloring
Takuya Tsurumak	....	coloring
Yukie Wakao	....	coloring
Kazuko Yamada	....	coloring
Yukiko Yokota	....	coloring

Sound Department
Tatsuhiro Amano	....	recording coordinator
Steven Foster	....	adr director
Erika Fukushima	....	recording assistant
Jacob A. Gragard	....	sound re-recording mixer
Takeshi Imaizumi	....	recording assistant
Kazuhito Nakanishi	....	recording assistant
Makoto Shinkai	....	sound director
Tsutomu Sukigara	....	sound effects
Hiroyasu Yamashita	....	recording coordinator

Special Effects by
Masahiro Sato	....	3DCG modeling
Makoto Shinkai	....	CG work
Yoshikazu Takeuchi	....	3DCG modeling
Yoshitaka Takeuch	....	CG work

Camera and Electrical Department
Akinori Kawakami	....	assistant camera
Saiko Mikami	....	assistant camera
Makoto Shinkai	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Kanako Araki	....	animator
Yukie Kaneko	....	animator
Ryoko Majima	....	background artist
Reiko Mano	....	animator
Koji Matsuda	....	animator
Maya	....	animator
Hyunhee Moon	....	animation proofing
Rie Nakagoma	....	animator
Naoto Nakamura	....	animator
Masami Nakanishi	....	animator
Mai Nakazato	....	animator (as Mai Nakazoto)
Miyuki Nishimura	....	animator
Mayumi Ohmura	....	animator
Kazuharu Saito	....	animator
Takahito Sugawara	....	animator
Etsuko Tamakoshi	....	animator
Kumiko Tanihira	....	animator
Takumi Tanji	....	background artist
Akiko Tejima	....	animator
Alexandra Weihrauch	....	animator
Ayano Yagi	....	animator
Yukari Yamaura	....	animator
Kazumi Yokoyama	....	animator
Mariko Yoshida	....	animator

Editorial Department
Daisuke Atsumi	....	HD real-time editor
Yûji Mitsuya	....	post-production director
Yuko Shimura	....	film lab coordinator
Nozomi Takeuchi	....	HD real-time editor
Yoshinari Yamzaki	....	editor: HD

Music Department
Maiko Chizuwa	....	musician: 2nd violin
Yuki Eguchi	....	musician: 1st violin
Ariko Hanwa	....	musician: viola
Kubota Kenji	....	music production manager
Kensuke Minakawa	....	music production manager
Toshio Okazawa	....	assistant music arranger
Toshio Okazawa	....	musician: acoustic guitar
Miho Sakai	....	musician: cello
Taiki	....	musician: piano

Other crew
Victor Cormier	....	dvd menu design
Brendan Frayne	....	translation proofing
Hiroaki Hirabayashi	....	subtitle timing
Takumi Kakeyami	....	promotional support
Yumiko Kikuchi	....	production accountant
Sarah Alys Lindholm	....	media coordinator
Yûji Mitsuya	....	voice director
Chiharu Ochiai	....	promotional design
Hitomi Okajima	....	promotional support
Masayuki Takada	....	promotional support
Tetsuji Yamashita	....	technical coordinator

Thanks
Yuji Aikawa	....	special thanks
Yumi Amano	....	special thanks
Ryoji Chimura	....	special thanks
Ichiro Fukushima	....	special thanks
Taro Hokari	....	special thanks
Setsuko Ino	....	special thanks
Himuro Isamu	....	special thanks
Tsutomu Kawahigasi	....	special thanks
Toshiaki Konuma	....	special thanks
Raita Kosone	....	special thanks
Chieko Misako	....	special thanks
Miko Mori	....	special thanks
Masatoshi Nakao	....	special thanks
Toshiya Sano	....	special thanks
Hiroaki Shimogai	....	special thanks
Haruhisa Shinkai	....	special thanks
Masaaki Tatewaka	....	special thanks
Jyun Uemura	....	special thanks
Shinita Yoshida	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• CoMix Wave
• ADV Films (2008)

Distributors

• CoMix Wave (2007) (Japan) (theatrical) (Japan)
• Asia Video Publishing Co. Ltd. (2008) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Bandai Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (re-release)
• Crunchyroll (2009) (worldwide) (all media) (re-release)
• Madman Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (all media)

Other Companies

• Anime Torotoro  
• Bang Zoom! Entertainment  English voice recording (re-recording)
• Bunkyo Gakuin University  coverage co-operation
• Center for Intellectual Property and Multilingual Digital Media Content  interview co-operation
• Continental Far East  Dolby consultant
• E Smart  
• Edoya  
• Free Style  coverage co-operation
• Hiro Sound Technic  
• Honda  coverage co-operation
• I Shop Ishido-ten  coverage co-operation
• I@Studio  recording studio
• Imagica  digital & film lab
• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency  coverage co-operation (as JAXA)
• Jinnan Studio  
• Jungle-Gym  
• Minami Nihon Rakuno Kyodo  coverage co-operation
• Mizuho Bank  funding
• Nakatane High School  coverage co-operation
• Nelke Planning Company  
• Office Augusta Co. Ltd.  
• Rolling Sound Mastering Studio  music mastering studio (as Rolling Sound Mastering)
• Rolling Sound  
• Sanko-Sha  
• Seika Foods  interview co-operation
• Studio Cockpit  
• Tanegashima Space Center  coverage co-operation
• Tokyo TV Center  dubbing studio
• Universal Music  theme song
• Yahoo Japan  advertising cooperation
• aLIVE Recording Studio  music recording studio

Also Known As:

5 Centimeters per Second (International: English title) (literal title) (USA)
5 Centimeters per Second: A Chain of Short Stories About Their Distance (International: English title)
5 Centimetres per Second (UK)

Runtime:

Japan:63 min (original version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Colour:

Colour (animation)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:I | South Korea:All | Canada:PG | USA:TV-PG | Australia:G

Company:

CoMix Wave

Trivia:

Four months to the day after the DVD release in America, ADV Films announced they were discontinuing release of the film.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Akari Shinohara: Hey... They say it's five centimeters per second.
Takaki Toono: What do you mean?
Akari Shinohara: The speed at which the sakura blossom petals fall... Five centimeters per second.

Movie Connections:

References Kanojo to kanojo no neko (1999) (V)

wonderful and warming

I'd actually give this a 9.5 if there was an option, but since not, 9 will have to do. The animation for 5cm per second was very well done. Everything was clean and smooth with nice vibrant colors when called for. But besides the animation aspect, it would have to be the seiyu that truly bring this story to life. The heart felt emotions that are portrayed seem to magnify the aspect that this movie is a three part shot shown at once.

Overall this movie did what i believe it was set out to do, that being a slice of life and how people come and go in our own lives. If you're looking for something slightly more sophisticated animation than Paprika, this film will be worth seeing.