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Originally Posted by Reckoner
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No idea why no one is talking about this, especially since this isn't even upcoming and has been released already.
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Not the kind of work that sees a lot of talk around these parts, that's why. For one it's just become available, it's also low profile as an original anime movie project, it's from a studio that has a bizarrely negative reputation around these parts and whose works only ever seem to get much consideration if it's a mecha TV series, and it came out in theaters in the midst of the Haruhi movie being released on BR which drew a lot of attention away from a lot of things.
I see it's fate being similar to that of Tiger & Bunny in barely getting any attention early on (and still not that much) despite the content and quality and clearly being targeted with a western audience in mind.
A few other things, it didn't sell well upon release (placed 20th overall I think), but it's definitely getting noticed in film critic circles. Been nominated for quite a few animation awards outside of Japan (Europe mostly) as well as within, and we're not talking magazine rankings or something, we're talking actual awards like the Mainichi Film Awards where it actually won. It's basically seen a lot in the same company as Ghibli's Arietty.