Audience reviews
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1stDecame4Danime
You know those generic school dromcoms about the cast putting on a meta play? This wants to be The Little Mermaid with a meta story of The Little Mermaid inside it (not to mention that the story framework of Anthem of the Heart is shamelessly derivative of Whisper of the Heart).
The crux of the movie's premise falls to watching assholes abuse a child in the most suspension of disbelief breaking nonsense way possible to which the child just accepts it as completely reasonable/true... Not a great start to a story. And this event of abuse is never addressed again despite the narrative attempting a character redemption of 1 of the abusers while brushing the underlying issues and abuse aside as totally fine (the other abuser ceases to exist). Jeez.
There's an entire barely connected sports su…
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If you want to watch an anime with plots that blow your brain then you should watch this anime but if you want to keep your brain than don’t:
The first start of this anime is quite good because of the pain that main character Jun has to suffer but i don’t like the egg thing because it’s nonsense they just could let her like feel guilty and swear to herself that she will never speak too much to hurt people around her
In the middle part i really feel Jun and Takumi are connecting to each other, they have the same situation and have their own pain that make them don’t want to make it happen again and i almost feel Nito and Tazaki might get together because they are all the loser in love BUT the end fucked everything
The end is fucked up because it turn Jun into a brat and Takumi into a…
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I have never genuinely given an anime movie an "11"/10 before due to the fact that they only take a few hours to complete and thus lack in great story and character development. Making them feel rushed or either incredibly boring. Examples of anime movies that aren't really that good are The Place Promised in Our Early Days, A Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Nerawareta Gakuen, etc.. ( no offense to those who enjoy watching these movies ).
When I first encountered Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda. and saw an attachment of Anohana's related link attached to the movie. I was like "Ah, shit. Here we go again." and nearly refused to watch the movie. However, due to tiny scenes I accidentally perceived on YouTube about the movie. I ended up watching the movie at the end after making up my mind.
At…
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Enjoyment (or my personal bias not counted with the above ratings): 🍟
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Truth be told, I hardly give any notice on the audio-visual aesthetics of everything I watch, except IF they do manage to interest me. Probably because I'm nearsighted and had a bit of deafness that symbolisms and mood changes are, most of the time, lost on me. Still, I'm not blind nor deaf enough to be unable to enjoy the stuff I have on my media player.
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With that said, The Anthem of the Heart was a big disappointment for me. I thought the premise was rather intriguing. To give you a clue on this, here's a short teaser courtesy of Wikipedia:
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The story revolved around one chatterbox girl. One day she saw her father come out from one love hotel (she had mistook for a castle) with another woman and told her mother,…
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+ Portrays a common but wonderful message
+ Brilliant music that takes a spin on the Western Classics
+ Wonderfully written main characters with great dynamics, and great interactions among them
+ Great story progression (even the smallest details that could be affected by an event were not missed out). (First Half)
- Romance aspect of the show muddies the message the movie is trying to portray
- Loose ends due to an underwhelming ending that focuses on unneeded romance, a contrast with its wonderful first half.
It is common knowledge that words are very powerful. They can inspire, bless, curse, and hurt others. And like anything that’s powerful, it needs to be controlled. There are some who are more open about it, claiming that ‘one should express himself without caring what others th…
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Just finished watching it so here's my review while it's still fresh in my memory. Beware of spoilers.
THE STORY -
It's about a really lively little girl who talks a lot named Naruse Jun, dreaming to find her prince, she travels in front of a Love Hotel that's shaped like a castle because she's little, she doesn't know it's a love hotel... to her this is a castle, she wants to meet her prince one day and usually you can find a prince inside a castle.
She saw someone heading out, it was her dad with another woman.
She thought that he was a prince since he came out of the castle with a woman. She pictured them riding horses next to each other with nice royal clothes.
She got home all excited and told her momm about how her dad really was a prince and added that her mom wasn't the prin…
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I can say anything other than that this anime is perfect! And here is my opinion why is it a masterpiece, and to be noted the connection between the music, story, character, art ..really make the enjoyment magnificent. I am almost speechless tbh...it is that good!
Story:
The story is one of those movies that really touch me and drift me into the feeling of the characters. The pace is slow but steady and revealing each lines and connection between every character one by one in the perfect timing. I gotta start wonder whats the story gonna end though, but I really enjoy every each scenes connecting the dots of the story, and very surprised with the end. It is a remarkable in many ways, and the screenwriting is one of the best yet I have watched. Not cheesy in any way yet still give that shi…
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Note: This will be my very first anime review and i'm striving to give helpful reviews in the future. So if u happen to have any advice/correction/criticism, i'm pretty much open for it and i will be very thankful. Lets start!
Have you experience going pass through anime lists and other possible sources in hopes of finding a good anime to watch? Well i did recently and that was the time that i came across "Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda" or "Anthem of the Heart" which is the english title. I was captivated by it and tried to watch it as soon as i can. It turned out to be one of the most beautiful anime i' have ever seen.
The story starts off with a girl named Naruse whom as a child has accidentally seen his father commit adultery. Brought by being a child and that she didn't exactly know t…
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When I first started Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda, I initially dismissed its mediocrity and by the numbers plot for yet another angsty teenage romance, but upon further evaluation, I discovered that Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda does something very special, something very rarely seen or heck, even discussed in anime.
What I'm referring to of course is the depiction and commentary on the issue of mental health in teenagers in Japan. Tragically, in reality, most cases are simply dismissed or ignored; the social stigma for someone suffering from a mental disorder is especially daunting and uninviting. What does this have to do with the anime you ask? This theme is mostly conveyed through the primary heroine, Naruse, in this anime. Without spoiling much, some family complications leave her in…
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I liked it. It was clearly made from the heart, and it moved me. Yes, I cried. It means a lot to me on a personal level.
However, I feel as if this is the type of story that calls for a TV series rather than a two hour movie. Character development was there, but it was minimal. This story and these characters have a lot of potential, and I almost get the feeling that the creators have more to tell us about them, but couldn't do so within the two hour time limit.
Neglecting to explore the background of all four of the main characters makes certain events in the story a little jarring. That's the most I can say without spoiling anything.
In any case, I would rewatch this. The story is sweet, the soundtrack is excellent, and the characters are likable (albeit underdeveloped).
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quick review:
-please check what a "7" means in general in the profile
*stylistically as expected from anohana
* more anohana influence than toradora
* not as impactful in terms of emotion
* some themes and its incorporation awkward or not developed
* ending of the characters seemed forced, unearned
* could've benefited from focusing on one aspect instead of trying to cover everything about teen's life (love, family, communication, friends,...)
* music wasn't up to par for it being a movie about musicals, liked Japanese incorporation into classic songs
I guess my opinion about this film was based on pretty high expectations as Anohana is one of my favorite series of all time. With lowered expectation, you could enjoy it more. After seeing it however, I think watching Anohana twice would'…
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One of the biggest hurdles in growing up is the struggle to adapt to the conformity of society. When you interact with people, you have to be prepared to be judged by everything you do, which is a conflict that Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda tackles head on.
Directed by Nagai Tatsuyuki and written by Okada Mari, the main pair behind Anohana, Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda tells the story of people managing to move on after facing past trauma. There are four characters with distinct personalities and different issues who gradually develop throughout the course of the show.
The main character here is Naruse Jun, an energetic girl who becomes soft spoken after a painful tragedy hits her during her youth. She is cute and instantly likeable without being grating, I especially enjoyed how her ges…
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--A quick overview
I might be a bit late for this review but here goes anyway.
Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda is an original movie made by the same team that brought us
most of Toradora and Anohana, Mari Okada and Nagai Tatsuyuki.
While Mari's work can be a bit hit or miss this one is clearly more of a hit.
The story follows a pretty simple path that is heavily foreshadowed, and you have probably seen
this type of a story done before like I have, so while the flow of the story won't surprise you
the execution more than likely will.
-Presentation (visuals & sound)
There isn't much to complain about the visuals, it does suffer from a bit of CGI syndrome,
a condition where the characters can occasionally stick out of the very detailed CGI background.
But since the CGI is only used for backgrou…
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** this review may contain few spoilers witch are very basic and do not affect you'r viewing of the movie**
Words can hurt, once something is said you can't take it back but words can also heal, create happiness and most important express what someone might feel, that's the premise of this movie.
Naruse a cute little girl that grew up as an active and talkative child, always with a smile on her face. Everything changes for her because of a thoughtless comment she made.
If I had to describe Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda with one word I’d say it is Art. From the beginning to the end you can feel that someone put a lot of attention and love into this movie and tried his best to get a message across to the viewers. It is a story with a unique atmosphere that will make you want to know how e…
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Before writing this review, I recalled back when I was in elementary and middle school the "Parent-teacher" conferences that I was dragged along to. The teacher never failed to mention the same things over and over again.
"Chevybow is very quiet"
"Chevybow needs to learn how to come out of his shell"
"Quiet but attentive. Needs to come out more".
What kind of shell? On first instinct I thought that maybe she was referring to a hermit crab shell- a creature who sometimes goes into hiding within a hard shell that is unable to be moved. But perhaps she was talking about an egg shell? A hard shell on the outside with soft yolk and egg whites on the inside. What caused this shell? Perhaps it was my own doing- but it was not due to pure rebellion or through stubbornness. There is a reason…
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I gave 8 overall because of the ending.
Don't get me wrong this movie is wonderful.Music is extraordinary and I totally enjoyed this.
I gave 7 to characters because when I think about it I never understood any of them.
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Ending really destroyed everything for me at least.That baseball player Daiki he was called?Nevermind at the end like WTF he never really played a big role this entire film and at the end he confessed his feelings to Jun.Like seriously did you even had a normal conversation with her ?
This is my first review and I just wanted to say everything I have on this movie.
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Right now, 161 people, a good 21% percent of viewers, have rated this anime 10 OUT OF 10. Now that's not for no reason.
Lets kick this off with the story. Important background knowledge first: A young girl named Naruse stumbles upon a magnificent hilltop castle. Her curiosity makes her see something she should not have: Her father coming down from the castle with what seems to be a princess- but Naruse has never seen her father with this princess before. Excited, she goes tell her…
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Kokoro ga Sakebittegaterunda reembraces the theme of “expressing yourself,” reminding people that it is okay to speak out their true feelings about anything. This anime film, from the creators of Anohana and Toradora, tells a coming of age story that many people can relate to. Because the film illustrates a very relatable everyday situation, Kokosake evokes enough nostalgia to the point where the film becomes tear-jerking. The film’s situation can be seen as a general self-reflection of anyone’s life, questioning the freedom of expression—whether one should talk her feelings out to the world freely, or keep any thoughts to herself. But, acknowledging that there are many more choices and themes than this, Kokosake's story, characters, and music shows that it is a beautiful anime film worth…
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Oh goody, another Mari Okada teen drama. I’m not sure when my mind has started seeing these things as commonplace, but it was probably around the moment when people started saying to me with a straight face that “no really, Wixoss is totally a touching psychological character drama. Especially regarding that one girl whose main wish is to fuck her brother.” Nevertheless, I was kind of looking forward to seeing Anthem of the Heart. Anime dramas tend to be more tolerable when they’re only given a limited amount of time to tell their stories, plus if I’m not mistaken, this is the Anohana team’s first original film. So even if I didn’t like it, it’d at least be worth talking about. I’d say this review alone justifies the fifteen dollar price.
So the film starts with a little girl named Jun Na…
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Trauma from the past play a huge factor in the way we govern our lives in the future. Although there are ways to rehabilitate, more often than not we remain changed as a person and even more often we don't get the proper treatment or outright deny it.
From the producers that brought you Anohana, Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda feels like a one-shot that hits you right in the feels the same way it does with Anohana. We as an audience can draw from many of the experiences in our own life in all scales and magnitude to relate to Naruse Jun as she struggles to live the adolescent years of her life when faced with traumatic experiences in her past.
While Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda follows a story of similar circumstance as Anohana, what really drives a story home is the use of good sound in co…
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