AniWorthThe House of the Lost on the Cape
Introduction
8-year-old Hiyori, who lost her parents, and Yui, seeking to escape her violent father, got off at a Kitsunezaki station one day. The great earthquake and tsunami had changed their destinies. Their lives were saved, but they were perplexed when asked about their identities at an evacuation site. It was an old woman named Kiwa Yamana who lent them a helping hand. From that day, Yurie was known as Yui, Moeka as Hiyori, and together with Kiwa, the three women began a wonderful communal life together at the old house "Mayoiga" overlooking the sea.
Audience ratings
MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.86/10 · 3158
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Audience reviews
3 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
EmberDash
It's a slow burn, some moments are bit slower than they need to be so the pacing feels slow but it's heart warming, explores dealing with grief and reliving trauma. It introduces a bunch of Japanese spirits.
The character arcs tied together and how each character had their own battles to deal with. The art style looks amazing, the transition over from one style into another looked amazing for the story scenes.
Messaging on the nose but not preachy.
A lot of issues brought up or presented get dealt with swiftly that's not related to the main story beats but ignoring the cover up for the plot holes for the more grounded stuff that doesn't matter much to the story, still a good story regardless.
Not remember-able but great side characters.
This movie isn't recommended for those who want…
Read at the sourceFirechick12012
I vaguely remember hearing about this movie, Misaki no Mayoiga, on Anime News Network when it was first announced. Misaki no Mayoiga, with its English title being The House of the Lost on the Cape (Yeah, for the sake of brevity I'm gonna keep using its Japanese title), is based on a 2015 novel by Sachiko Kashiwaba, and got adapted into the anime movie, which came out in 2021. The movie was mainly made as part of a project to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrible 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Fittingly enough, the anime seems to use said earthquake as a plot point. The promo art for the movie alone enticed me, and the premise seemed nice, so I decided to watch it once it came out. It's a good thing too, because as of this writing, Eleven Arts licensed it and is going to put…
Read at the sourceThe_Ruise
I am so happy I never saw the trailer and the MAL description for this movie before it was released was completely wrong (it seems like it was based on the book which I haven't read yet and the movie changed things) because I got to go in blind. I was expecting a moving drama about 3 females of varying ages trying to find refuge from their traumatic backstories together that would make me cry. I got magical realism about a kind witch (not actually a witch but close enough) who adopts an orphan who lost her voice and a teenager who ran away from her abusive father (rather than a woman running from her abusive husband as in the novel because married women are forbidden in anime I guess) and they live together in her magical, sentient house (Mayoiga) on a secluded peninsula along with youkai…
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