If you loved Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop, try maboroshi
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
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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