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Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

Romance · Animation · Drama · 1988

Kyousuke and Madoka have finally arrived at the point where they are close to graduation and have to decide where they want to go to college. Naturally, they want to go together, so beside all the studying they also have to look for a proper college where they can enter both. Hikaru, still a year from graduating, wants to support Kyousuke as well and does that in her own way. But while she does that, Madoka feels jealous and tells her feelings to Kyousuke. And then Kyousuke has to take action to finally decide on the girl he loves.

Movie details

Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

1988 Romance · Animation · Drama 1h 10m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.6 / 10

554 votes

TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

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Kyousuke and Madoka have finally arrived at the point where they are close to graduation and have to decide where they want to go to college. Naturally, they want to go together, so beside all the studying they also have to look for a proper college where they can enter both. Hikaru, still a year from graduating, wants to support Kyousuke as well and does that in her own way. But while she does that, Madoka feels jealous and tells her feelings to Kyousuke. And then Kyousuke has to take action to finally decide on the girl he loves.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tomomi Mochizuki

Written by

Kenji Terada

Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya

Kyosuke Kasuga (voice)

Eriko Hara

Eriko Hara

Hikaru Hiyama (voice)

Maria Kawamura

Maria Kawamura

Madoka's Sister (voice)

Chiyoko Kawashima

Chiyoko Kawashima

Hikaru's Mother (voice)

Tomoko Maruo

Tomoko Maruo

Horikoshi (voice)

Keiichi Nanba

Keiichi Nanba

Seiji Komatsu (voice)

Katsumi Suzuki

Katsumi Suzuki

Umao (voice)

Court is in session

Put Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.