Audience reviews
8 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
MedPoc
If you want to live your dream, you have to fight for it.
Story: 10
It's about a now-grown-up girl who really likes playing taiko, but for career reasons, she has to leave her family and town. There are many emotions in this short 20 minutes, which makes it both happy and sad at the same time.
Characters: 8
Because of its shortness, the story can't develop many characters, and we can't get enough background information about most of them. Still, the already existing chemistry works really well.
Art: 8
It's really good; one can easily tell who is who because of the artistic choices. Animation: 10
Of course, the taiko animations are the best, but there are no lazy frames anywhere.
Music and sound: 10
Taiko is an amazing instrument, representing both softness and power, and this makes it…
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Takeaway message - "Follow your dreams, and that effort will one day bear fruit"
Aki no Kanade is a simple movie at the short length of a single anime episode, leaving little room for development of its story or characters. But does it do those well? I'll be rating this anime based on these factors: Story, Characters, Art, Sound, Efficacy, and Personal Enjoyment.
Story - 5
The story is short, sweet, and to the point, which is about all that you can ask from what is basically a 24 minute movie; however, this makes any potential story beats feel barebones and unfulfilled. Introduce a potential romance? Do nothing with it. Introduce the character's doubts and resulting inner monologue? Provide closure almost immediately. Introduce stressed family dynamics? Simply make things better without…
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A simple but superbly-done story about a 25-year-old Aki Miyagawa and the events in her life that brought her to pursue a career in drumming. The bulk of this short film is set in the past, seamlessly transitioning between different stages of her life to tell her story.
There are two main conflicts: one implicit, internal conflict about self-worth, and another explicit, external conflict between Aki and her father who's disappointed in her career choice. The internal conflict takes the helm of the story, but it's shifted aside rather quickly in favour of the other and it's a little oddly-done, though it's not necessarily a negative.
That sort of summarizes the flaws with this film, because it's basically just rough around the edges and holds up quite well otherwise. The same applies to t…
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Story: 8
Art: 7
Sound: 7
Character: 8
Enjoyment: 8
Overall: 6
Yeah that may be confusing, 3 out of the five categories are 8of 10 and the other three are 7 out of 10 but overall it's 6/10? Well that's because Aki no Kanade ruined its ending. Basically this pro drummer in Tokyo goes back to her hometown to revive a drum festival, most of the episode is a flashback to her old drumming days as a child and that's fine, actually I liked the flashback and it really made me like her as well. But the thing is that after she gets to her hometown, instead of building up and making the characters go through some sort of hardship to revive the festival, it literally just happens. And also there are some unresolved issues; this one guy who has had a crush on her for like four years straight and her fa…
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Here we are at the end of this year's film festival week. Aki no Kanade was created as a part of 2015's Anime Mirai project. For those of you who aren't familiar with what that is, it's designed to train young animators. Harmonie was also created as a part of it, just for the 2014 Anime Mirai. JC Staff headed the project. Yes, the Toradora, Azumanga Daioh studio.
Story:
We open with a drumming performance. Then we cut to the performers having some beers and chatting. One of them, Aki, seems to be feeling down. Probably because all of them have to have side jobs. The next morning she gets a phone call from her former teacher asking her to return to her home town in order to teach the drums. She agrees and quickly takes the train back.
The biggest flaw with this film is simply that it t…
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Warning: spoilers ahead
As with every review I make, this one is biased. Objectively, this OVA would probably get a 9/10. However, I loved it enough that I gave it a 10. If you have a problem with this scoring system, feel free to express that.
I just finished reviewing Charlotte, which took a lot of time and energy out of me. This time, as a way of spiritually cleansing myself of that show, I am reviewing something that I actually really like. There aren't too many spoilers, simply because there isn't much to spoil. It's only one episode. This anime is about a girl who likes to play the drums. The rest of the synopsis is on the page already, so I'm not spending time talking about it here.
Plot: 10/10
With this being a one shot OVA, the plot is very simple. There just isn't enough time…
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This movie is as sweet as it is short. Sadly, we don't get more than about 20 minutes to get to know our main character, Aki, and her story growing up. The story starts showing us how her life has turned out as a professional drummer, and then jumps back to show us how she was introduced to, and came to love, the art. We follow her life from this point and watch her as she grows up.
It's a cute personal story, focused heavily around the points where drumming has affected her life. I think the main point that can be taken from Aki no Kanade is to follow your dream and work hard to make something you love a reality, and not stopping at the first hindrance. It doesn't offer too much else really; it's charming, it's comfy and it's worth the 20 minutes it takes to watch.
As arbitrary as numbe…
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Story 9/10. Pretty decent for a short movie. Was expecting this movie to be longer but I guess there's no need. The cover for this movie speaks for itself, there's a lot of challenges and doubts faced for Miyagawa; while there's also the same girl who's ambitious and is proud of her work. This story encompasses a lot of cultural art into it, kind of hard to find a movie who literally focuses "on a girl who wants to be a professional drummer."
Art 10/10. What's there not to like about it, the characters were drawn beautifully, each one had a unique style, even the father who mugs a lot.
Sound 9/10. As mentioned, it brings a lot of cultural background in traditional drumming. You also got that soothing tune as well. Pretty decent, but that's it.
Character 8/10. You can see a lot of chara…
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