If you loved Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop, try maboroshi
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What maboroshi is
Here's a film that's going to need a lot of explaining to your non-anime friends. A boy in a frozen town tries to make sense of things when reality starts to fracture. It hits some familiar notes along the way.
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