One summer day a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is troubled by her parents' separation and decides to choose one of the boys to run away with.
'Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?' (the live action) is getting an anime movie adaptation for next year for Summer. Studio will be Shaft and to be directed by Nobuyuki Takeuchi with Akiyuki Shinbo as the chief director.
Nobuyuki Takeuchi directoral debut. Known for production design's for Gatari and SBed the 5 episodes. Did some work with Ikuhara before.
Overall this is very exciting because this man is a veteran. This has shaft photography and colors all over and I am ready for it! Based on the little preview of the backgrounds this looks like a polished movie. August 8 2017 cant come soon enough.
Diluc
2016-12-07 21:46
Interesting a shojou esque movie witb simple love triangle
Stark700
2017-04-14 10:57
Preview
BloodyKitty
2017-08-18 12:47
Music video of the movie theme song "Uchiage Hanabi" was published on August 9th, performed by DAOKO and Kenshi Yonezu.
hoshino_crimsonwings
2017-08-19 15:30
Whoever saw this already and understood it; do you mind explaining the ending to me. Seems extremely ambiguous.
Cosmic Eagle
2017-08-25 23:11
Anyone knows when does the BD for this comes out?
iko_uwais
2017-08-28 01:44
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Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle
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Anyone knows when does the BD for this comes out?
Could be 5-8 months after theatrical release, let's hope it's not a full year like Your Name
blakstealth
2017-08-28 13:59
some people who watched it are saying the main characters' voice actors didn't do an amazing job? does anyone have any opinions on the voice work if they watched it?
Tanuki.
2017-08-28 15:23
I've actually read good things about the voice acting for the lead characters.
iko_uwais
2017-08-29 03:32
I've read conflicting reports, some said it was good, some hated it, it looks like a case of broken base.
hoshino_crimsonwings
2017-08-29 17:01
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Originally Posted by Tanuki.
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I've actually read good things about the voice acting for the lead characters.
The male lead was bad, female lead was pretty good imo. The Japanese viewers are bashing on the MCs like no tomorrow.
Last Sinner
2017-09-16 07:48
Here's a pleasant surprise. This movie is getting a cinematic run in Australia from October 5. Guess I'll be heading out to see that.
TinyRedLeaf
2017-12-01 06:24
The movie has just opened in Singapore. It was brought in by Purple Plan.
I'd also highly recommend viewers to watch the original 1993 film that this anime move is based on. The anime matches the 1993 original almost scene-for-scene, but branches off into a different direction towards the end, and thus changes the overall tone and meaning of the story.
(It is a very old movie, so you'll have to search a bit to find it online. A copy of it is floating around in the most unexpected of places, so catch it while you can, before it's taken down for copyright violation.)
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Originally Posted by Tanuki.
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I've actually read good things about the voice acting for the lead characters.
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Originally Posted by iko_uwais
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I've read conflicting reports, some said it was good, some hated it, it looks like a case of broken base.
For what it's worth, I thought Suzu Hirose — Our Little Sister (a superb film, highly recommended!); she also played Chihaya Ayase in the live-action adaptation of Chihayafuru — was superb as the female lead Oikawa Nazuna. Her breathy interpretation of the character gave Nazuna just the right touch of vulnerability and beauty, which makes you want to protect her — this feeling is crucial to understanding what the story is driving at.
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Whoever saw this already and understood it; do you mind explaining the ending to me. Seems extremely ambiguous.
My first impression was actually quite ominous, which was why I searched for the original 1993 movie, to see how much the anime differed from its inspiration. As it turned out, my original hypothesis was quite likely wrong.
Well, in any case, unless there are more who wish to discuss the ending, I think it'll leave it at that. It would seems silly, otherwise, replying to a half-year-old question. :heh:
overall not bad, id give it a 7/10 however the ending left me a little confused, could anyone elaborate?
from my understanding it hints that they eloped?
TinyRedLeaf
2018-04-23 02:32
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Originally Posted by Gingermash
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...the ending left me a little confused, could anyone elaborate? from my understanding it hints that they eloped?
Norimichi and Nazuna eloping was just one of the "what-if" endings. It appears that, in reality, Nazuna got transferred after her parents' divorce, and Norimichi never got around to confessing to her.
But it's implied at the end of the movie that Norimichi skipped school to find Nazuna.
The following is adapted from a more detailed reply I posted elsewhere, shortly after I viewed the movie.
Spoiler:
My original hunch was actually that Nazuna had drowned (possibly a suicide?), and all the events we see in the movie was Norimichi looking back, and wondering how things could have turned out if he had acted in time to prevent a chain of events from unfolding.
As it turns out, the movie was nowhere meant to be so dark. The original 1993 movie was themed on the innocence of childhood. Its intended meaning was, like the anime, very open-ended, but I think Shunji Iwai, the director/producer, wanted to stress that the meaning isn't as important as the memory of childhood: memories of making a big fuss over silly questions like whether fireworks are flat or round; memories of having a crush on the prettiest girl in class, but not daring to confess to her. And most especially, memories of childhood regrets, of not doing the things we should have done at the time.
Surprisingly, the 2017 anime movie follows the first two-thirds of the original film very closely, and branches off only towards the final third. Despite the narrative similarity, the end effect is subtly different, because the anime focuses more on the romance between Nazuna and Norimichi, rather than on the innocence of childhood.
The anime also introduces the element of "magic", by adding the glass ball that Nazuna found. I understand why it did so: Animation is at its best when it's used to portray fantasy that is otherwise difficult to convey with real actors and CGI. But in adding the glass ball, the movie ceases to be "ordinary", and that takes away some of the charm that made the 1993 movie quite endearing.
Now, as for the ending: It should be pointed out that ALMOST NONE of the events in the movie actually happened!
The "real" story branched into fantasy, the moment after Nazuna's mother dragged her home, and Norimichi threw the glass ball for the first time.
You can actually tell that the rest of the movie after that happens in a fantasy world, because of the subtle clues dropped. Norimichi's friend, Yusuke, for example, suddenly said "it's obvious that fireworks are flat", when in "reality", he said the opposite. Then there was both those moments when the kids got to the top of the lighthouse, and the fireworks that lit the sky were completely weird (flat in the first instance, and all flowery the second time around).
I think the implication is that Norimichi's constant wondering of "what if" kept culiminating inside the glass ball, until it finally exploded in a shower of "possibilities" in the finale. And each child saw in those shards the different outcomes that could have been, had he or she made a different choice.
Yusuke saw that he could have enjoyed the festival with Nazuna, had he just been brave enough to accept her date.
Nazuna saw what could have happened, had she and Norimichi run away to Tokyo (Nazuna, like in the 1993 movie, actually had no intention of running away; she was just acting on a childish whim).
And Norimichi saw that, had he "saved" Nazuna, they could actually have had a romantic ending.
The movie ended back in "reality", with the kids back in school after the summer holidays. The teacher didn't read out Nazuna's name during roll call, because she has already moved away with her mother. Yusuke's name was read out, so he's there in class. Norimichi, however, isn't.
The consensus on some forums is that Norimichi decided in the end to be brave, and he skipped school to find Nazuna.
Gingermash
2018-04-23 07:52
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Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf
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Norimichi and Nazuna eloping was just one of the "what-if" endings. It appears that, in reality, Nazuna got transferred after her parents' divorce, and Norimichi never got around to confessing to her.
But it's implied at the end of the movie that Norimichi skipped school to find Nazuna.
The following is adapted from a more detailed reply I posted elsewhere, shortly after I viewed the movie.
Spoiler:
My original hunch was actually that Nazuna had drowned (possibly a suicide?), and all the events we see in the movie was Norimichi looking back, and wondering how things could have turned out if he had acted in time to prevent a chain of events from unfolding.
As it turns out, the movie was nowhere meant to be so dark. The original 1993 movie was themed on the innocence of childhood. Its intended meaning was, like the anime, very open-ended, but I think Shunji Iwai, the director/producer, wanted to stress that the meaning isn't as important as the memory of childhood: memories of making a big fuss over silly questions like whether fireworks are flat or round; memories of having a crush on the prettiest girl in class, but not daring to confess to her. And most especially, memories of childhood regrets, of not doing the things we should have done at the time.
Surprisingly, the 2017 anime movie follows the first two-thirds of the original film very closely, and branches off only towards the final third. Despite the narrative similarity, the end effect is subtly different, because the anime focuses more on the romance between Nazuna and Norimichi, rather than on the innocence of childhood.
The anime also introduces the element of "magic", by adding the glass ball that Nazuna found. I understand why it did so: Animation is at its best when it's used to portray fantasy that is otherwise difficult to convey with real actors and CGI. But in adding the glass ball, the movie ceases to be "ordinary", and that takes away some of the charm that made the 1993 movie quite endearing.
Now, as for the ending: It should be pointed out that ALMOST NONE of the events in the movie actually happened!
The "real" story branched into fantasy, the moment after Nazuna's mother dragged her home, and Norimichi threw the glass ball for the first time.
You can actually tell that the rest of the movie after that happens in a fantasy world, because of the subtle clues dropped. Norimichi's friend, Yusuke, for example, suddenly said "it's obvious that fireworks are flat", when in "reality", he said the opposite. Then there was both those moments when the kids got to the top of the lighthouse, and the fireworks that lit the sky were completely weird (flat in the first instance, and all flowery the second time around).
I think the implication is that Norimichi's constant wondering of "what if" kept culiminating inside the glass ball, until it finally exploded in a shower of "possibilities" in the finale. And each child saw in those shards the different outcomes that could have been, had he or she made a different choice.
Yusuke saw that he could have enjoyed the festival with Nazuna, had he just been brave enough to accept her date.
Nazuna saw what could have happened, had she and Norimichi run away to Tokyo (Nazuna, like in the 1993 movie, actually had no intention of running away; she was just acting on a childish whim).
And Norimichi saw that, had he "saved" Nazuna, they could actually have had a romantic ending.
The movie ended back in "reality", with the kids back in school after the summer holidays. The teacher didn't read out Nazuna's name during roll call, because she has already moved away with her mother. Yusuke's name was read out, so he's there in class. Norimichi, however, isn't.
The consensus on some forums is that Norimichi decided in the end to be brave, and he skipped school to find Nazuna.
Oh i see, either way i am somewhat relieved it didn't have a cliche ending, appreciate the explanation, couldn't wrap my head around it :)
