5 Centimeters Per Second

Also known as 5cm/s

2007 anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai

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5 Centimeters per Second

Score: 7.55/10 (601,675 votes)
Rank: #1923
Popularity: #186
Type: Movie
Episodes: 3
Status: Finished Airing
Studios: CoMix Wave Films

DramaRomance

What happens when two people love each other but just aren't meant to be together? Takaki Toono and Akari Shinohara are childhood friends, but circumstances beyond their control tear them apart. They promise to stay in contact, and although the progression of time widens the dist…

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5 Centimeters per Second (Japanese: 秒速5センチメートル, Hepburn: Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru) is a 2007 Japanese animated coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. The film consists of three segments in triptych style, each following a period in the life of the protagonist Takaki Tōno and his relationships with the girls around him. It theatrically premiered in Japan on 3 March 2007.

The film was awarded Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. It received a novelization in November 2007 and a manga adaptation illustrated by Seike Yukiko in 2010.