Plot: One evening there's a major explosion in a small town's steel factory. After that, the village isn't quite the same, as it seems frozen in time. Once in a while cracks appear in the sky, which are closed up by streams of smoke shooting out of the steel factory. Inside the factory, there's a young girl who controls the fate of the entire village. When Masamune is tasked to care for the girl, he begins to suspect some people have been lying to the villagers, and he wants to help the girl escape. Bringing her
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September 13, 2024
An impressive Mappa production. So far I haven't been too impressed by their work, even though they have a knack for picking out promising franchises. Maboroshi feels like old-school Shinkai, a conceptual fantasy film that doesn't mind slowing down and digging a little deeper. The animation quality is slick, the plot is interesting and even though things get a tad cheesy sometimes, the film always finds its way back. This is a quality anime feature film, I wish there were more of those around these days.