The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Wolf Children Movie Review
The Girl who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars were two undeniable success stories back in their day. Coming from such a background director Hosoda Mamoru had a hefty reputation to uphold with his new movie, and I’m very happy to announce that Wolf Children upholds this reputation with ease. Continue reading
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Blu-ray Review
Join us as we screw around with time in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Blu-ray review. The review is available here and in the reviews section. I pretty much summed up everything I wanted to say about the movie in the review itself, but here’s a couple of interesting trivia facts about this title:
- The movie is very loosely based on a novel by the same name written by Yasutaka Tatsui. It’s been out of print for ages in the U.S., but was recently published in the U.K. by Alma Books. Check it out if you want a different take on the same concept.
- If you look closely at the refrigerator in Makoto’s house you’ll notice her mom attached notes to it with the expiration dates of all the food inside. How weird.
- In one scene a girl is hit by a fire extinguisher thrown her way. If you pause the movie at the moment of impact you will discover that the fire extinguisher didn’t actually touches her. How weird #2.