Drifting Home

The movie is great! It's better than most of the anime I had watched. The characters were unique and made me actually feel nervous, sad, angry, etc when the directors wanted me to. Their background is also interesting as well. Animation The animation was absolutely stunning. The flowing water, the emotions, the backgrounds and setting... all beautiful. The use for shading and colors for the movie was well and used appropriately, making the movie irresistible to at least take a glance at. Props to the animators for making this indefinitely charming art! Characters Though the characters were a bit bland, they definitely had more effort put into writing them. The "popular girl actually thought of the "nerd girl" fondly and even said she was her best friend. There is also an independent character who isn't edgy, which is quite nice. Writing The directors and writers have done an amazing job with the backstories of the two main characters and tying together the main parts of the movie. The turning point and the shocking surprises here and there kept me engaged as well. The writers put in common sense when dealing with the character's trauma and problems in their life and showed how they were effected by it. (I'm not going to say anything else bc spoilers.)

This movie is a must watch it's pure gold! You can sit down and watch this masterpiece with the kids and family A very emotional movie with a hint of action, adventure, fantasy and slice of life. Very comedic in the first part of the movie, adventurous and packed with action in the second act. The final act full with emotional surprises and amazing sound scores. Every each one of the characters have their own significant role and unique to each other. Amazing voice casting and big fan of the animation style. Possibly the best foreign animated movie of the year 2022 so far. Perfect ending and original song. Amazing movie and highly recommended.

I really don't know why it's rating is so low. It was a really good movie for me ,it took me on a emotional ride where I felt anger,sadness,happiness,joy. I really liked it!,only wished for Nobu to be with them even just in the form of tree or some . Anyway,this was a good movie I watched in a while and this is one of the best movies atleast for me it is that I have watched in 2022 considering that it's an anime. Really well written and the use of camera positioning is well done. I really hope that more people watch this and this too like Ghibli movies get popular , again gonna say it ,I loved it.

The main characters in this anime are supposed to be in sixth grade - meaning they're about 11 or 12 years old - but the way they talk and sometimes behave are not what Japanese children at this age usually do. And that's just one major problem in the movie that can't be overlooked. I'm a big fan of anime that combines elements of reality and fantasy - e.g. Your Name, Her Blue Sky, etc. - but Drifting Home, by Studio Colorido which also produced a much better story in A Whisker Away, fails to give us convincing characters and situations. The story, ultimately, is vacuous and meandering, resulting in a very unsatisfying end. I think had the characters been made to be in senior high school, then the plot could have been much better. Sadly, this was a missed opportunity that could have used a more thoughtful rewrite.

'Drifting Home (2022)' is an animated adventure that sees a group of elementary schoolers trapped inside an abandoned apartment block as it floats along a seemingly endless sea after a spout of torrential rain floods what seems like the whole world. Is it real? Is it a dream? Is it a poorly conceived allegory? Don't expect an answer to that, as the flick never even attempts to tackle its ambiguities. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but the way in which it's done leaves quite a bit to be desired. Of course, that's a relatively minor issue in the grand scheme of things. That's because the flick suffers from a much more destructive flaw: it's way too long. Marching past its anticipated ninety minute runtime and barrelling headfirst into triple digits, the piece unflinchingly stretches its relatively repetitive plot far past the pinnacle of its elasticity. There are about four different endings, each of which visualise the same central conflict in a slightly different way. The way in which its stubborn characters constantly regress away from the growth that's often within their reach is rather interesting, but it happens once or twice too often to feel satisfying and actually seems a bit accidental when you consider the other pacing problems the piece has. It's worth mentioning that the characters are rather well-rounded and generally have an underlying complexity that's perhaps unanticipated. However, a few of them are certainly less developed than the others, acting more as filler than anything else. All of them are brash, immature kids who shout and scream and cry and kick off for no real reason, which is as realistic and believable as it is annoying and (potentially) off-putting. The animation does a good job of conveying the story, though there are some instances of really odd framing that seem to only exist as they do so that the animators can avoid doing lip-sync in a couple of scenes. Generally, it's a visually pleasing piece that eventually contrasts lots of colour and vibrancy with the tangibly gritty milieu of its decaying brutalist setting. It's not the most aesthetically astounding anime I've seen, but it's certainly well-achieved and keeps you engaged - visually, at least. The film makes obvious efforts to be emotionally moving but it ends up dealing in overblown melodrama more than considered poignancy. Its emotional elements definitely work on occasion, though, and they hint at a more powerful picture hidden somewhere within this one. Ultimately, this is a decent animated effort that struggles with a strained pacing but has some enjoyable moments sprinkled throughout its unfortunate two-hour runtime.