Introduction
Elemi, known as a responsible hard worker, is one of many utility poles servicing a small city. One day during maintenance, she is emotionally touched by Takahashi, the young man who repairs her. She decides to thank him and begins calling him regularly, masquerading as a human.
Days go by and soon all the utility poles in the city are aware of Elemi's budding romance. Elder utility poles urge her to put an end to it. Even if Elemi is able to win the blessing of her society, she still has to face the challenge of revealing her true identity to Takahashi. In a time before cell phones, when all calls were carried by utility poles, Denshinbashira Elemi no Koi tells the story of the tragic romance between a utility pole and and a utility worker.
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Audience reviews
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Gsarthotegga
It's interesting to think of Denshinbashira Elemi no Koi as a nostalgic sendoff to the landline phone era and its greater intimacy. Cellphones appear nonexistent or a luxury of the wealthy, and the technology is suggestive of the 1980s or the 1990s. We've yet to reach the nadir of poorly composed text messaging filled with baby talk in Elemi. However, the story may be too plain, were the creators to treat us to the standard bittersweet and long-distance romance facilitated by the phone. Instead, we're presented with a literal goodbye to the era, as Takahashi, without foreknowledge, becomes entangled in a lovey-dovey and electrifying tryst with an ANTHROPOMORPHIZED TELEPHONE POLE! Telephone pole... Yes, telephone pole. T-E-L-E-P-H-O-N-E P-O-L-E...
How does one get roped into the incel to "…
Read at the sourceathenasanthem
Very symbolic. So true.
The two random deaths were very smart and well placed. Totally coherent.
INFP and ISFP couple, so true!
My favourite character was the cat. He was so handsome!!!!!!!!! I want to adopt him :3
The cat has a similar personality to my husbando Sasuke S2; I love their hair and aesthetic, we match a lot. Kuroo is also so similar to himmmm, so cuteeeeee :(. The kid is the first one to go :33 KYAAA~~~~
SO TRUE, I LOVED THIS!!!!!!
Read at the sourcelethargilistic
Genuinely touching and sweet. My only warning is that there's an extended sequence of looking at a (claymation) cat corpse after it's hit by a car.
Everything else was very thoughtfully constructed to give most shots some kind of "pop," however minor, to pull you through a movie that knows it's pretty slow. But of course it's slow. It's a meditation on impossible love, the struggle of communication, and the limitations of identity.
The level of detail on the various telephone poles is kind of astonishing, especially where it crosses over into how they show personality. Same for the human characters. Some of those facial animations were extremely good without hitting the uncanny valley. What a claymation achievement.
All I can say is that if "a love story about a telephone pole" doesn't…
Read at the sourcesaintmalo
I love stuff like this.
This is Toy Story but with telephone poles set in the calm before the technological storm that was mobile phones and the internet. It's a peaceful film reminiscent of a time past, ode to a love lost.
Not much can hold my attention anymore, but the atmosphere in Elemi no Koi pulled me in and kept me there. The sound effects were key in achieving this and they were done exceptionally well.
The music kept the tone of the film, and the ED planted my feet gently back on the ground after this sweet experience was over.
The character designs of the telephone poles themselves were whimsical and expressive, being able to translate a variety of traits and emotions with very little dialogue. I was impressed, given the large number of anime characters out there that fail t…
Read at the sourcescottishrob13
You know, I wasn't expecting much out of this. I was expecting something bad, but I got something that genuinely touched me in a way I didn't expect. The characters felt like they each had their own unique personalities and feelings, the animation was fantastic for the style, and something about the simplicity of the story really got me. I'm not saying that I'd add it to a list of my favourites, but I am saying that I think most people should give it a chance and not just dismiss it because of the concept. You may be pleasantly surprised.
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When my anime club voted to watch "Denshinbashira Elemi no Koi" I was surprised, and expected it to be another poor title not worthy of watching to the end. With the basic idea of it, you just think to yourself "I should get high before watching this!" or "That's just insane, they're really scraping the bottom for ideas now" but that just isn't the case.
Elemi no Koi is a surprisingly well developed story. As strange as the idea of the show is to get used to, the story is rather relateable. Once you get past the initial weirdness of Elemi no Koi, you find that it's not all that different from many other anime.
While it's not a total tearjerker, Elemi no Koi has sad moments that really make you sympathize with the characters.
The artistic style is rather uncommon, in that it is a claymat…
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