Original Title: Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho
English Title: The Place Promised in Our Early Days / Beyond the Clouds
Genres: Drama, Romance, (Sci-fi, Military)
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Synopsis: The story happens in an alternate postwar timeline where there is a mysterious tower in the middle of japan separating it into North and South, one controlled by the Union and other controlled by the US. Three 9th graders get curious and decide they one day will go and check the mysterious tower up close.
Main Characters:
- Hiroki Fujisawa;
- Sayuri Sawatari;
- Takuya Shirakawa;
Review: Another anime movie that I loved watching and I don’t regret watching. The movie might seem a bit confusing at first and depending on how you look at it, it might be good or it might be bad. To me the movie was definitely a Drama and Romance movie even tho there are some sci-fi and military stuff going on during the story line, but its just there to give a backup to the main plot. The story starts in a summer day when the 3 friends promise that one day they will fly to the mysterious tower that’s dividing japan. I’ll admit the story could be more clear they tried to use a second story running in the background to help out the main story witch is about friendship and love and about how promises are important. Not getting into much of the story cause I don’t want to accidentally spoil stuff. The animation and the soundtracks were just simply beautiful, this is one of those movies that you could simply pause at almost any giving moment and it would just give you a perfect image to make a painting out of it and put it in the wall, its just gorgeous.
This movie is amazing but I wont recommend it to just anyone, it starts really slow and you have to have a little bit of patience. So If you got a bit of patience and you like slice of life movies i definitely recommend this one to you. Just don’t focus to much on the military and sci-fi going on the back, like I said its just there to support the main story.
Hope you guys enjoy it and see you next time!
by Khiimura