Audience reviews
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Jxbinha
Child of Kamiari Month has a beautiful and interesting concept rooted in Japanese mythology, which was probably what I liked most about the movie. The idea of following a young girl on a journey connected to gods, traditions, and the Kamiari Festival had a lot of potential, and the overall atmosphere was quite charming.
I also appreciated the emotional core of the story. Kanna's journey is connected to grief and her relationship with her mother, which gives the adventure a more personal meaning. Watching her slowly move forward and face the emotions she had been carrying was touching at times.
However, I feel like the movie could have done more with its concept. There were several interesting ideas introduced throughout the journey, but some of them felt underdeveloped, and I never became…
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This is one of those anime I stumbled upon completely by accident, and honestly, I was surprised by how much I ended up loving it. It’s strange, I barely saw anyone talking about it, no hype, no big reactions, nothing. And that’s exactly why I’m here now, because this film absolutely deserves more attention. The story is incredibly beautiful and, above all, wonderfully original. What really stood out to me was how the main character deals with the loss of a parent. The film shows her grief in such a gentle, honest way. The way she carries the weight of responsibility, the way she feels forced to grow up too fast, and how the pain of losing someone she loves follows her everywhere. She can’t even do what she loves anymore, because the sadness is always there, quietly holding her back. And t…
Read at the sourceKyuuriKappa
As a movie for children, which this most certainly is, it works very very well. The story is good, although cliche and easy to guess what will happen. It's easy to understand while still giving plenty of things to think about. The only issue I had with this movie was the animation quality. It was ok, but there were very noticeable budget constraints. Most of the budget seems to have been used near the end of the movie, because there were some fairly well done scenes, but otherwise the animation gets a solid 4.5/10 from me. Watchable, but kinda janky.
Overall a sweet story about dealing with loss. The loss of a loved one, loosing yourself, and trying to find your way.
If you're looking for something to watch with your kids this is a wonderful choice! Though, it might make you tear up a l…
Read at the sourceCuteChaff3503
Really cute and emotional, this movie is very under-rated. Also just ignore all the reviews saying it is like spirited away or anything like that cause it just isn’t.
Story:10/10
The story is very emotional and beautiful!
Art:8/10
Very beautiful! Nice and detailed.
Sound:8/10
The music was really good and made the emotional scenes way better! And the normal sounds are decent. Character:6/10
Kanna’s character was really well done, it made me want to know more about them. Yasha wasn’t interesting at all.
Enjoyment:9/10
Loved it so much!
Watched it with some friends, which made it 10x better. I would 100% watch it again!
This is just my opinion of the show. You can agree or disagree with this review all you like.
Also I like more simple reviews as they are quick to read, hence why there…
Read at the sourceN4nikasan
To be honest, I did not expect this to be a 10/10 nor to even pass the 5/10, but after watching this, I had to write review:
The story is not at all original, and we could even call it a trap to get us all to convert to the religion mentioned in the anime. But I will focus on the major point of focus in the story:
Loss of innocence. (Yes this is going to sound like an english lesson)
What marvellously worked is when the movie transmitted feelings you are going to feel them; When the atmosphere is bright, the music follows and you feel joy. Then, the atmosphere darkens and you become scared. You feel what the character sees and I still don't know how they managed to do that.
By the end of the movie I had a bunch of feelings bundled up together, and upon hearing the sentence "You don't…
Read at the sourceKlabautermann
Grief is, from my humble observations, by far one of the most impactful, relatable topics a piece of media can explore.
Whether it's a person, a pet, your favorite character, or even just a community you love, decaying over time, and falling victim to the ever-present 'dark side of the fandom', grief has touched each and every one of our lives in one way or another. Each of us deal with grief differently, and each of us take different things away from the process of grieving; lessons, insights, fears, traumas; each normal, expected in the face of death, and yet each unique and personal.
What Kamiarizuki does sorta right is that it has the process of grief played out sorta straightforward, yet sorta complex enough that you can sorta sympathize with the protagonist, Kanna. Sorta.
And tha…
Read at the sourceJimmyGodShoes
This just needed a bit more to make it to an 8 and I honestly think that's probably the simplest way to put it. It's entertaining and I will certainly rewatch it periodically, specially with the kids, but it's not going to be a story I go around recommending.
Of particular note is that the story really is not very deep or thought provoking or honestly all that engaging, and it all comes down to how the the main character doesn't really feel like they are in an adventure but rather being zoomed around by forces beyond their understanding to beautiful locales for the sake of the plot with little engagement or signs of difficulty in regards to the allege main element of the story which is the running. In fact, if she had just been going around in Heelys how would we have known the difference…
Read at the sourceFirechick12012
Tell me you've heard this premise before: A child mourns the loss of their parent, and mysterious events make them into a magical chosen one who is tasked to save the world or fulfill some magical mission. A pretty cliche premise, right? Stuff like that is pretty common in kids' shows and movies. However, I have the philosophy that every single plot has already been done before, but as long as you make good, believable characters that drive the story and put care and effort into what you create, you can create whatever the hell you want. Child of Kamiari Month, a new anime movie that just dropped on Netflix, is no different, as it does use some pretty stock cliches throughout its entire premise...but having seen it myself, I also found it to be pretty charming and sweet. I mean, yeah, Kami…
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This story is literally a rip off from Spirited Away mixed with Star Platinum ZA WARUDO from Jojo spiced up a bit by passion of running of whoever the person is that came up with the plot.
In short the plot resolves about young girl who's mother was god tier runner. Said girl liked running also. Too bad, mother has died due to uknown reasons and now the daughter enters the world of spirits and begins her journey to see her mother's soul again. Blah blah blah, you know the drill. It might sound like i'm talking shit about the plot but the execution is actually good and you should give this movie a try.
Animation is nothing out of ordinary but it's not bad either and fits quiet well. As for the sound the voice acting was also good and OST was overall also good with few exceptions for when…
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