
Ocean Waves
Taste attributes: animationdramaromancetv movieslowfresh & originalwholesomeimaginarysurrealemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers allunlikely connections
Boxlist takeExpect a heightened, fresh animated film, wholesome rather than dark. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.3 /10
TMDB · 549 votes
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What lines up
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
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Details
- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- J.C.Staff
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











