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+====================
+ Journey to Agartha
+====================
+:CreationDate: 2014-03-19 12:02:57
+:Id: anime/review/agartha
+:tags: - anime
+       - review
+:rating: 3
+:original: http://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/journey-to-agartha
+
+You've probably heard of SHINKAI Makoto (新海 誠), or at least seen
+some of his works: "Voices of a Distant Star", "The Place Promised in
+Our Early Days" (also known as "Beyond the Clouds, the Promised
+Place"), "5 Centimeters per Second". They're all very introspective
+stories, where the main focus is on the characters' feelings.
+
+"Agartha" is the story of Asuna, who lost her father years before, and
+whose mother works long hours and night shifts. Asuna also appears to
+have few friends at school. She spends most of her time taking care of
+the house, and what little free time she has left she spends listening
+on a crystal radio, using a strange crystal her father left her. One
+day, she hears a haunting music, and she's later attacked by a
+monstrous bear-like creature. Shun, a boy with clearly super-human
+abilities saves her. Trying to find him again, she's dragged by her
+substitute teacher, Morisaki, into a journey in the mysterious
+underground land of Agartha, where it's said that dead people can be
+brought back to life. During the journey she'll meet Shun's brother
+Shin, and through many dangers and hard choices, they will all grow
+and learn.
+
+"Agartha" should, again, be a character-centric work, but I couldn't
+really connect with Asuna, Shin, or Morisaki. Shinkai style works very
+well with slow stories and contemplative atmospheres, and this movie
+is paced a bit too fast for that. Sure, trying to film this story at
+the same pace as "Promised Place" would probably have made it
+unwatchable… because there is not really much going on inside the
+characters and between them: they're all trying to come to terms with
+the death of a loved one. They interact relatively little with each
+other, and the consequences of their interactions are not as large as
+could be hoped for.
+
+On the other hand, the drawings and the animation are gorgeous. Some
+scenes are reminiscent of Laputa, others of Mononoke; there's the
+distinct impression that Shinkai is trying to imitate Studio Ghibli,
+and CoMix Wave Films rises up to the challenge,
+visually. Disappointingly, as I said above, the story and the
+emotional impact are not at the same level.
+
+In the end, this is a very good looking movie, with a
+not-very-inventive plot, and much less emotion than Shinkai's previous
+works. Not bad, just below expectations.
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