Mirai--This is an Animation Worth Looking Forward to

Adam 2022-08-01 16:20:59

The Japanese version of "Future of the Future" starts the journey of love. It is the bright light of life, like a flower, full of expectations. At the Beijing International Film Festival one year, "Future of the Future" was a film I was looking forward to, but it was not on the schedule, which is extremely regrettable. After the domestic introduction and finalization, I finally watched the film on the big screen in a down-to-earth manner. It was full of love and warmed people's hearts, and the balance and expectations in the family were extremely moving.

In the city of Tokyo, in a family of three, parents live together with their young son in a warm rhythm. The future of the family of three will welcome new members, a daughter and a sister, forming a family of four. good. For a son who likes to act like a spoiled child, from an only child to a person with brothers and sisters, the love of parents is no longer a unique taste; everything is a variation, and the little boy is upset. However, in the process of being annoyed, he met his sister from the future, who came from the future and took the little boy to start a journey of travel. He met people in various families and had different feelings.

The content of the story is slightly unconventional, but it is very clean and beautiful. The drama of crossing can be used infinitely in the stories of all countries, which makes people never get tired of it. Meeting strangers is an unknown and interesting thing, but meeting someone you know is the beginning of a feeling. In the encounter, the young boy learned about care and love, felt the beauty of family affection, and experienced the continuous power of a family in another form.

As a non-only child, this storyline makes me smile.For too many former only children, the change of identity is a hurdle. Some people walk easily, some people feel heavy like lead. Personal feelings are different. Love is a spiritual item, but it is truly meaningful when it is used in the right way and can be felt by people. When the number of children in the family increases, it is difficult for the love of parents to be multiplied. It is indeed necessary to choose and disperse. In some things, it is not that the elderly are powerless, but it is an inevitable division of time and energy. model. Only when people deeply understand the conversion of different pros and cons in this intake and deeply realize that the quality will not change, then the sense of security will arise spontaneously, and the sense of security is a bottom line that threatens the balance and beauty of the family. The love divided by children is sublimated by the sense of security.

The tones of the film are beautiful, and the character pictures are not the perfect ones, but a more natural and lovely type, giving people a sense of comfort. Personally, I prefer beautiful ones, but many Japanese animation movies are in this style, including Mr. Miyazaki. The beauty is not enough, and the innocence comes together. The emotion penetrates slowly, and it penetrates very thoroughly. It can make me feel touched. It is not a sentence or two that can end with emotion. I just feel that every frame is warm. My heart is softened after watching a movie.

Family, blood, are all things that we have no choice in this life. You can cut off the family relationship, but it is only in terms of social attributes, within a framework, and a decisive attitude, not from a normal physiological and psychological judgment. This is an inevitable existence that cannot be erased. The ability to remain happy in the midst of these emotions is the most secure belief in life. The movie is very beautiful; it touched my heart and gave a little boy and ourselves a touching experience. When the new baby comes out of the shell, I hope everyone will be treated tenderly and have a warm, smiling face.


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Extended Reading
  • Cleve 2022-04-07 08:01:01

    Can the male protagonist's seiyuu watch a few episodes of "Crayon Shin-chan" to learn how children around 4 years old speak?

  • Emmanuel 2022-04-12 09:01:10

    Perhaps this is not a "wonderful animation", nor is it expected that fans of sci-fi time travel animation will appreciate it. The family relationship that Hosoda Mori has been paying attention to has completely exploded this time, and he also used several complicated scenes that he is good at to make image impact. Many details about children in the film are really delicate

Mirai quotes

  • Mirai: You did it again. You tried to hit me with your bullet train even after Mom told you not to.

    Kun: But it wasn't a bullet train!

    Mirai: You aren't supposed to use a bullet train to hit people.

    Kun: It was a Super Azusa.

    Mirai: [angrily] I don't care what kind it was!

    [scoffs]

    Mirai: And why can't you be a little nicer to Mom?

    Kun: I don't know, I just can't.

    Mirai: It's her one day off from work. She doesn't get many and she has to spend it fighting with you. Come on, try.

    Kun: [sniffling] I know... I'm not cute.

    Mirai: Huh?

    Kun: [crying, wipes tear from his eye] Both Baby Mirai and Yukio are really cute. Not me. I know I'm not that cute anymore.

    [continues sobbing]

    Mirai: Oh come on, that's not true. You're very cute!

    Kun: [walking away]

    Mirai: You're the cutest! Adorable!

    Kun: [crying harder; runs away]

  • Kun (High Schooler): [off-screen] That's just awful. Yep, a complete wreck. I'm talking about your attitude. Boy, does it stink.

    Kun: [looks inside train station, sees a high schooler sitting inside] Hello?

    Kun (High Schooler): You're supposed to go camping, am I right? Catch bugs, watch fireworks, all that stuff. And you guys will be staying at your grandparents' place. It's the summer you've all been looking forward to. Think of all the happy memories you could be making together. But instead you don't wanna go. Why is that?

    Kun: Uh... how do you know? Who are you?

    Kun (High Schooler): What's more important, the color of your pants or your memories? Well, it's your choice. Just go home and say you're sorry already.

    Kun: NO. I do NOT like them.

    Kun (High Schooler): What?

    Kun: [referring to his pants] AND I WILL NOT WEAR THEM!

    Kun (High Schooler): [getting annoyed] No, you do not not like them.

    Kun: [as a train appears] No, I don't not not like them!

    Kun (High Schooler): No, you do not not not not like them!

    Kun: Yes, I do NOT not not not like them!

    Kun (High Schooler): NO! You do *not* not not not not not like them!

    [train pulls into the station. Doors open]

    Kun (High Schooler): Don't get on!

    Kun: Uh...?

    [looks back in hesitation]

    Kun (High Schooler): Stop! Don't get on, 'kay?

    [whistle blows. Kun glowers at high schooler and bounds for train]

    Kun (High Schooler): No! Wait! Wait!

    Kun: [glowers at boy as the train pulls away]

    Kun (High Schooler): [gazing after it in disappointment] Little brat.