Introduction
Amsterdam, June 12, 1942. Anne celebrates her 13th birthday and begins her diary, which she calls "Kitty". Hiding for two years from the German threat, the young girl writes about her idealistic views on the world, her ambitions, her fears and her first love, Peter.
Audience reviews
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DippyDipster
A sweet little movie that highlights all the better parts of humanity, even during such a dark time. Anne has her ups and downs getting along with the people she's hiding with, but they're all in the same boat and learn to survive with each other. The characters grow on you, and by the ending it felt like a bittersweet family. Although the ending is tragic, it leaves a hopeful and loving message.
I'm not sure how accurate it is to Anne's real story, and some might say it waters down how awful those times actually were- but I think it's still a nice movie.
The animation itself is very pretty, although the pace is very slow. I found it relaxing and pleasant, but it put my wife to sleep.
Read at the sourceNothing-Nowhere
It's sad to see such a well made movie have absolutely no attention given to it. Obviously the subject matter has been covered many times over but this movie covers it in a delicate studio ghibli type of way that is aesthetically enjoyable.
The animation in this movie is done very well. Every moment is savored, the color pallet is pleasant to look at and all movement is fluid.
The soundtrack is good, nothing amazing but just enough to help better portray pivotal moments in the story.
Characters were done well, Anne was portrayed as well as she could've been with the information we have about her actual life.
I insist you check this movie out. Its easy to find, right now there is a free version up on youtube.
Read at the sourceRosesOtaku
Hello, before I start this I want to say, I'm Jewish and I'm very happy this movie was made. However, when I was Anne's age and bullied for being Jewish I related to her a lot and tried to learn everything I could about her. So with that, I will start this review.
Okay, first off the story! Wow! So much is wrong! And a lot of things are downplayed way too much. Like Anne's and Petter's romance, Anne's friends, Anne's problems with her mother, the friction between the van Daan's and the Franks, also that they all knew each other before coming! The helpers are also really downplayed, that really bothered me. They only showed Meip doing things for them, even when Meip comes over she came with Bep. I feel like I'm really disliking this for how much I know, but it's a problem, there's just so…
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On June 12th, 1929, about ten-years before the start of World War II, Annelies Marie Frank was born to parents Otto and Edith Frank in Frankfurt, Germany. Rendered stateless by the Nazis in 1941, and without any means to flee the country, Anne and her family were forced into confinement for two-years in a cramped attic to avoid persecution. While staying there, Anne documented her life in a now famous diary, which has since been adapted into movies, plays, and even an anime.
It was surprising to learn that an anime of Anne Frank’s diary had been made—by Madhouse, no less, one of my favorite studios. I’d known about Anne’s story for a while, but I avoided it because I feared that it might be too depressing for me to handle. Regardless, my curiosity for this especially unique adaptation eve…
Read at the sourceTampampam
For me, as a Jewish Otaku, Anime about Anne Frank- real story about a Jewish girl that wrote a diary while hiding from the Nazis, means a lot. Still, I expected something better, the anime storyline didn't seem to follow her original diary, lots of parts were missing, the art wasn't even close to beautiful but somehow, an Anime movie about Anne Frank still made me cry.
Story:
The story doesn't seem to be great at all- big parts of te diary are missing- and somehow, I dont think these parts coul be replaced. No, these Anime is not good enough with these parts missing.
Art:
The art was just awful, no other way to explain it.
Sound:
Wow. I was definitely surprised here. I didn't think an anime about Anne Frank could have such a beautiful soundtrack, a soundtrack that comes just in the right…
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