"Children Who Chase Lost Voices" A journey through the long lost world

Movie Score (8.50)

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 

"The movie follows Asuna Watase on her journey through a new world, and we get to see all the hardship she faces, as well as those precious happy moments. “Children who Chase Lost Voices” tells a story about love, loneliness, and learning to let go of the past, among other things"

Aired : 2011

Rating  :  PG 13 

Duration : 116 minutes

Genre : Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Studio Ghibli 

Fast Review :

• Art : 95
• Story : 80
• Characters  : 80
• Enjoyment  : 85

Recommended if you like :

• Stunning Animation +
• Outstanding Soundtrack +
• Adventure & Fantasy World +

Not Recommended if you don't like :

• Lackluster Plot -

Thoughts & Expressions

The movie is interesting to a degree, Great story, beautiful animation, perfectly fitting soundtracks and very enjoyable characters. Apart from this, the movie had a lot of touching morals and enlightening views on life and death. Two very heavy subject which were handled with grace.

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Story  :  80
 

This story is supported by numerous mythical tales, which gives it a nice touch. It does take quite a while before things really kick off, and not as much time is spent in Agartha as could’ve been, but it’s a minor problem.

 

However, even with this the story moves at a rather fast pace, leaving little room for any form of additional backstory, whether it’s about Agartha or about the characters pasts. This was really too bad, as there are some pretty obvious questions left unanswered by the end of the movie.

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 Characters  : 80

The characters were mostly fine. They weren’t however all too great, to be honest. There is some backstory and development to certain characters, while some characters are barely fleshed out at all, and are only there to serve a very specific purpose in the plot. This was obviously a bit unfortunate, since I feel like there was certainly time for more time to be spent with the characters, and yet we’re left with this. 

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Art & Animation  : 95

  

The art is absolutely stunning. The backgrounds, the characters and the various creatures all look simply amazing. From what I can tell, backgrounds like these are sort of a standard thing in Shinkai movies, and there are several moments where the camera will just pan over the landscape, allowing the viewer to really take in the beauty of the world that’s been created.

 

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Enjoyment  :  95

I was really entertained throughout the whole movie and it kept moving me. If not by character interactions then by the beautiful soundtracks or the amazing atmospheres created by the art and sound combined.

  

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~Shikarin