This was a very well done romance movie and clearly shows that Goro Miyazaki is making strides as a director himself (Tales from Earthsea was just so convoluted). The characters are very nice (though nothing too deep) and the story goes at a nice (although at times slow) pace. The art and music are spectacular as one would expect from a Ghibli film. The only big thing that I'd like to add is to definitely watch this with the English dub. I actually found that it added a lot more to the experience with many extra added lines (there are seriously quite a few monologues/lines that are not in the Japanese version), a better translation and much more natural dialogue versus the Japanese subs (at least the retail Japanese ones that I think that I saw it with). This reminded me a lot of Whisper of Heart although not quite as developed as that classic. Anyway, this is a definite watch for any Ghibli or romance movie fan.

I agree with the last review, its a lovely movie!

so lovely, It's an amazing one.

"I kept raising the flags, hoping they might help him find me."

A marvelous romantic story by Ghibli, being the first time I ever watch a non-fantasy romance in their movies and, altho the story is not the most original, it's so charismatic and done with all the qualities of the studio that it's impossible not to like

With a magnificent drawing, a naive story in which it has been impossible for me not to cry at the end.