Hello, I have been unable to write a blog post recently due
to my large amount of university work and for that I am sorry, but I am writing this special article for
you to advise you on fantastic movies I have seen and one was my personal
favourite. One of the movies is called Silent Voice and other is called Your
Name. Now probably have heard of Your Name if not just possible probably
recognise the poster below. And Silent Voice was based on an incredibly
interesting short manga. Let’s get this review started!
Silent voice is innovative because it highlights issues in
Japanese culture regarding the treatment of disabled people as one of the main
cast in this movie is deaf. Now there is a lot of stigma surrounding treatment
of disabled people and the concept that they are lesser or weaker than regular
people these issues are brought into the original source material, young
student transfers Nishimiya Shōko to this new school and
the class as student because the ranging from destruction of hearing aids to
refusing to communicate via the notepad that is used. The source material is extremely
upsetting and I can personal due to the concept being subdivided by not only
your classmates but also lack of assistance via teachers until the closing
scenes in the book. The movie is extremely expanding about main character Shoya and how he himself has suffered due to everyone blaming him
for the events. He tries to make connections with people from his past and
character but his insecure due to the suffering caused which causes him to have
issues with self-esteem. This is the most I can get into the source material
and spoiler which creates feels, so I will link the original comic here.
The
art style was done by Kyoto animation shows the vibrancy and the colours and one
of the highway art pieces is the water that is used throughout this, whether it
be tears or rivers looks vibrant and colourful so that is my highlight piece of
animation for this. The side characters get a lot of focus which is refreshing
but also the soundtrack to this movie is exciting and very relaxing I will be
listening to the soundtrack in my own time. When this film comes out on DVD
which I hope it will (shout out to you All the Anime, please make this happen) I
expect wonderful collector’s edition with the original source manga and the DVD
and Blu-ray with a wonderful holographic design to demonstrate the fantastic
art style that is used. I went into this film having expectations not
particularly high one’s expectations and my expectations were absolutely
smashed. This film is put in my special category for funds I think are
quintessentially essential for any person who is into anime to watch I score
this 10 out of 10. It was flawless in my opinion and I feel that it needs to be
recognised.
Your Name, I had high expectations for this film since I’d
been seeing it all the social media and how it smashed box office records in
Japan. The one comment I can make about the story is that if you go into this
film not knowing anything about it you’re more likely to witness the full
experience of the movie, but at the same time I don’t know if this plot could
be subsequently spoiled through the use of social media and people reviewing
like myself so I am respecting the art piece and not talking about the main plot
into much detail. All I can say is that it’s about a girl and boy and a change
of experience which causes them to be drawn together through strange
circumstances. If you think about it sounds like a basic romance anime plot
will it’s very sophisticated laying out and demonstrating plot. There are some
details that you find confusing when you first examine them but more plot
twists are revealed through the movie you understand why those things were
strange.
After seeing this film, I can understand why its crushing box office
records, the animation is beautiful it makes me want to take a screensaver of
almost every sky frame, the music and this is fantastic I would listen to this
music on repeat whilst reading or on the box just calms and relaxes you. This
film does require further watching and I do have the intention to watch again
to get the fullness of the movie as the role what of references that I did not
understand but I want to understand for example sitting posture and use of
pronouns.Makoto Shinkai has acquired the reputation for having
beautifully animated films but they may have a flaw of some kind whether it be
in regards to length or detail in the plot, but this one hits all the right
notes to produce “perfect movie” I’m using inverted quotation marks you because
that is no such thing as a perfect movie because everyone has different movie
tastes. For me I think this film scores 10 out of 10 as well.
I cannot compare these works of art because by comparing them
you are criticising their flaws for which is insulting the movie itself.These are such lovely movies and it was an honour to see them in conjunction
with Scotland loves anime 2016. I would recommend seeing both of these films
because they bring something different to the movie experience one brings a
very interesting commentary on bullying and disabled opinion within Japanese culture.
The other movie brings in interesting experience that deserves to be isolated
from spoilers and should be respected in that format. Both of these funds
strike a chord with me and I joined them both which is why I’m telling you
about them so you can find them or see them within your own abilities whether it be through Netflix physical copy etc.You need to see these films. I hope
you enjoyed this review my next review will be commenting on the previous
summer season and the recent fall season thank you very much.
Regards Fiona
