The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

I would almost have recommended this movie. It starts of almost entertaining, but then fails miserably at telling a coherent and entertaining story. Animation - This is probably the best thing about this movie. Though the visualization of time travel, the editing, and some of the direction is all pretty bad, the overall look of this movie is fantastic. The characters are kinda generic and look like they're walking on green screens, but the backgrounds are amazing. Characters - The characters in this movie are so underdeveloped its almost impressive. There aren't any character arcs and everyone is incredibly shallow. I don't know anything about the main character except that she's a bit of a jerk. I don't know anything about the side characters, or the main characters family that isn't extremely surface-level. The finale is supposed to be really really sad, but I can't care because the characters haven't been developed and the story barely makes sense. Story - I can follow what they're going for but it just doesn't work. The characters are too flat and the editing is too bad for me to care. This movie is listed on IMDb as Animation, Adventure, and Comedy. Its animated, but there's no adventure or comedy. I think its supposed to be a romantic drama, but just barely. This movie is so bad. Barely anything is explained, and trying to figure out what happened is a pain. If you really want to watch this, stop watching after the main character notices the numbers on her arm. Otherwise this movie is a massive waste of time.

Makoto is your average Japanese high school girl, enjoying her life, going to class, having her friends... till, for unexplained reasons, she gains the power to travel through time (well, to jump, literally, back in time). Happy with the knowledge she will use to her own benefit. But this will have unexpected consequences..."The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" is an entertaining story, with good animation, funny humor and cool characters, that only fails a little bit in the pace and strength of the story, the first coming and going, and the second a little bit all over the place. It is difficult to justify time-travel, but the movie just ignores any kind of science or similar, and goes for Makoto using it to pass her math exam or trying to get a couple of friends together. It makes for funny moments, and the tone helps in making it all enjoyable, every time she travels in time her actions having unexpected and, sometimes funny, consequences. The last part, though, is a little bit weak, with a strange and unexpected twist. Fans of anime will enjoy it, though.

Honestly, I have only seen this film twice in my life. I first watched it in 2012 and then later this year. The plot holds up very well over time as it does not rely on animation trick, gimmicks, or tries to do anything more than what I perceive it should.It's about a girl who was going to die because she was being negligent in her life, and through circumstances learns that she can jump through time.What I really liked about this film is that even though the person had super powers, it was more of a curse as life as more of an ebb and flow to it. So taking what seems as a good opportunity might take away something that could have been even better.The animation on the piece was really good for the time; there are clearly sections where dialogue was more important than the animation so they did cut back in quality during those times. But it does not get in the way at all and there are some scenes that are ageless.This is a very heart-full movie and not to be cliché, but I am a man that typically does not cry and this movie has managed to get me to cry both times I watched it, as it is a really well scripted movie.

This is quite possibly my favourite movie of all time, which if you know me, is saying something. The Storyline itself, although not what I expected, was simply amazing.(at the risk of sounding lame...) I went into this movie expecting a sci-fi anime adventure but it turned out to be one of the only movies that have ever made me truly feel.I kept putting off watching this for quite some time, but if I had the power to 'time leap' then I would go back and watch it straight away.truly this deserves 10 stars if not more. And to me, will be forever an incredible movie which I would gladly tell anyone to watch without a moments hesitation.