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{{Short description|2007 Japanese animated film directed by Makoto Shinkai}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = 5 Centimeters per Second
| image = 5 Centimeters Per Second.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| ja_kanji = 秒速5センチメートル
| ja_romaji = Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru
| genre = <!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
|type            = film
|director        = [[Makoto Shinkai]]
|producer        = Makoto Shinkai
|writer          = Makoto Shinkai
|music           = [[Tenmon (composer)|Tenmon]]
|studio          = [[CoMix Wave Films|CoMix Wave Inc.]]
|licensee        = {{English anime licensee
|AUS = [[Madman Entertainment]]
|BI  = [[Anime Limited]]
|NA  = [[GKIDS]]
}}
|released        = 3 March 2007
|runtime         = 63 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type            = novel
|author          = [[Makoto Shinkai]]
|publisher       = [[Media Factory]]
|publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher
|NA = [[Yen Press]]
}}
|published       = 19 November 2007
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type            = manga
|author          = [[Makoto Shinkai]]
|illustrator     = Seike Yukiko
|publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
|publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher
|NA  = [[Vertical Inc.]]
}}
|demographic     = ''[[Seinen manga|Seinen]]''
|magazine        = [[Monthly Afternoon]]
|first           = 25 May 2010
|last            = 25 March 2011
|volumes         = 2
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
|type            = novel
|title           = 5 Centimeters per Second: one more side 
|author          = [[Arata Kanoh]]
|publisher       = [[Enterbrain]]<ref>[https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201104000007/ 秒速５センチメートル　ｏｎｅ　ｍｏｒｅ　ｓｉｄｅ] - kadokawa.co.jp</ref>
|publisher_en    = [[Penguin Random House]]<ref>[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/574573/5-centimeters-per-second-one-more-side-by-makoto-shinkai-adapted-by-arata-kanoh/ 5 Centimeters per Second: one more side] - penguinrandomhouse.com</ref>
|published       = 20 May 2011
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{Nihongo|'''''5 Centimeters per Second'''''|秒速5センチメートル|Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru|lead=yes}} is a 2007 [[:Category:Japanese anthology films|Japanese anthology]] [[romantic drama]] [[Anime film|animated film]] written and directed by [[Makoto Shinkai]]. It theatrically premiered on 3 March 2007. The film consists of three segments, each following a period in the life of the protagonist Takaki Tōno and his relationships with the girls around him.

The film was awarded Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 [[Asia Pacific Screen Awards]]. It received a [[novelization]] in November 2007 and a manga adaptation illustrated by Seike Yukiko in 2010.

==Plot==
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The story is set in [[Japan]], beginning in the early 1990s up until the present day (2008),{{Efn|As shown on Takaki's whiteboard (48:50), Risa's message (52:44) and the magazine (55:30)}} with each act centered on a boy named Takaki Tōno.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Test of Love: 5 Centimeters Per Second|url=http://jpninfo.com/27702|publisher=Japan Info|access-date=7 February 2016}}</ref>

===Episode 1: Cherry Blossom===
In 1991, Takaki Tōno quickly befriends Akari Shinohara after she transfers to his elementary school in [[Tokyo]], into which he also transferred just a year before. They grow very close to each other due to similar interests in reading books and attitudes such as both preferring to stay inside during recess due to their seasonal allergies. Takaki and Akari begin to refer to each other using their given names without honorifics, which is an indicator of close friendship and intimacy in [[Japanese culture]].
[[File:5cm-01-02.JPG|thumb|left|The room in Iwafune Station]]
Right after graduating from elementary school in 1994, Akari moves to the nearby prefecture of [[Tochigi Prefecture|Tochigi]] due to her parents' jobs. The two keep in contact by writing letters but eventually begin to drift apart. When Takaki learns that his family will be moving to [[Kagoshima Prefecture|Kagoshima]] on the other side of the country the following year in 1995, he decides to personally go see Akari one last time since they will be too far apart to see and visit each other once he moves. He also writes a letter for Akari to confess his feelings for her. However, Takaki loses the letter during the journey and a severe snowstorm delays his train for several hours. When the two finally meet late that night and share their first kiss, Takaki realizes they will never be together. They find a shed to spend the night in due to the severe snowstorm and fall asleep after talking late into the night. Takaki departs from the train station the next morning and the two promise to continue writing to each other. As the train rolls away, Takaki decides that the loss of his letter is not important anymore after the kiss while Akari silently looks at her own letter addressed to Takaki which she decided not to give him.

===Episode 2: Cosmonaut===
[[File:Tanegasimachuo High school.jpg|thumb|The high school in Tanegashima]]
In 1999, Takaki is now in the third year of [[Education in Japan#School levels|senior high]] in [[Tanegashima]], where the [[Tanegashima Space Center]] is located. Kanae Sumida, a classmate of Takaki, has loved him ever since first meeting him in middle school but has never had the courage to confess her feelings to him. She tries to spend time with him, waiting long after school for the chance to travel home together. However, Takaki appears ignorant of Kanae's feelings and only treats her as a good friend. Kanae observes that Takaki is always writing emails to someone and staring off into the distance as if searching for something far away. It is later shown that Takaki's emails are not being sent to anyone, and he, in fact, deletes them after he finishes writing them. He also has recurring dreams which feature Akari. On the day when she manages to ride the wave, Kanae decides to confess her love to Takaki. They are witnessing a space launch, which carries a research probe designed to explore the [[Solar System]] and doomed to fly into the unknown, to relay messages that will be received on Earth less and less often. After a failed attempt to tell Takaki she loves him, Kanae realizes he is looking for something far beyond what she can offer and decides not to say anything, though she believes she will always love him. With such thoughts, she cries herself to sleep.

===Episode 3: 5 Centimeters per Second===
It is now 2008 and Takaki is a programmer in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Akari is preparing to marry another man. Takaki still longs for Akari to the detriment of his lifestyle. He receives a call from his current girlfriend but does not answer which signifies the end of the relationship. Depressed, Takaki quits his job as he is unable to cope with his feelings for Akari. Akari goes through a box of her old possessions and finds the letter she had written for Takaki thirteen years ago in 1995. Takaki finds himself in a convenience store reading a magazine about the decade long journey of the rocket launched in the 2nd act. Takaki and Akari begin a dual narration where they both recall a recent dream. In the dream they relive their last meeting in the snow-filled [[Iwafune Station|Iwafune]] and remember the wish to someday watch the [[cherry blossom]]s together again.
[[File:秒速5センチメートル・・・ - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|The train crossing in Tokyo]]
Later, while walking down the same road they knew when they were children, Takaki and Akari appear to pass and recognize each other at the train crossing. It is the same place they had promised to watch the cherry blossoms together thirteen years ago, just before Akari moved to Tochigi. On opposite sides of the tracks, they stop and begin to look back, but a passing train cuts off their view. Takaki waits for the train to pass and finds that Akari is gone. After a moment, he smiles to himself and continues walking as the cherry blossoms stir in the train's wake.

==Characters==
;{{nihongo|{{visible anchor|Takaki Tōno|Takaki Tono}}|遠野 貴樹|Tōno Takaki}}
:{{Anime voices|[[Kenji Mizuhashi]]|[[David Matranga]]<ref name="Theron"/> ([[ADV Films]] release) and [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] ([[Bang Zoom!]] release) }}
:Takaki is the main character of the film. Because of his parents' jobs, he is forced to move frequently. He and Akari become close friends, but when Akari moves away, they end up attending different junior high schools. In the second arc, he is shown to be an apt [[kyūdō]] practitioner and a member of his school's kyūdō club.
;{{nihongo|{{visible anchor|Akari Shinohara}}|篠原 明里|Shinohara Akari}}
:{{Anime voices|Yoshimi Kondō (Act 1) and Ayaka Onoue (Act 3)|[[Hilary Haag]]<ref name="Theron"/> (ADV), Erika Weinstein (Act 1, Bang Zoom!) and [[Tara Platt]] (Act 3, Bang Zoom!) }}
:Takaki's best friend and love interest in elementary school. Like Takaki, she and her family move a lot. After elementary school, she moves to [[Iwafune, Tochigi|Iwafune]]. She suggests living with her aunt in Tokyo in order to stay with Takaki, but her parents forbid this. For a while, she and Takaki keep in touch via post.
;{{nihongo|{{visible anchor|Kanae Sumida}}|澄田 花苗|Sumida Kanae}}
:{{Anime voices|[[Satomi Hanamura]]|[[Serena Varghese]]<ref name="Theron"/> (ADV) and [[Kira Buckland]] (Bang Zoom!) }}
:A classmate of Takaki in junior high school and high school. She has been in love with Takaki since he began attending her junior high school, but cannot express her feelings to him. Kanae loves to surf and rides a moped to school. She does not know what she wants to do with her future. Her older sister is a teacher at her high school. In the manga, she is seen working as a nurse after the events depicted in the film.

==Production==
Makoto Shinkai has expressed that, unlike his past works, there would be no fantasy or science fiction elements in this film. Instead, the feature film would attempt to present the real world from a different perspective. Shinkai's film gives a realistic view of the struggles many people have to face: time, space, people, and love. The title ''5 Centimeters per Second'' comes from the speed at which cherry blossom petals fall, with petals being a metaphorical representation of humans, reminiscent of the slowness of life and how people often start together but slowly drift into their separate ways.<ref name="Directornotes">{{cite web|year=2006|url=http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/director/index.html|title=Director's notes|publisher=Yahoo Japan|language=ja|access-date=16 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717185827/http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/director/index.html |archive-date=17 July 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The movie marks the first time Shinkai has worked closely with a full staff of animators and artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aintitcool.com/?q=node/33121|title=AICN Anime – Latest From Anime Auteur Makoto Shinkai Picked Up For North America|first=Scott|last=Green|publisher=Ain't It Cool News|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>

===Staff===
*Director, Writer and Original Creator: [[Makoto Shinkai]]<ref name="Variety">{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117936424.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|title=Five Centimeters Per Second|date=6 March 2008|first=Ronnie|last=Scheib|work=Variety|access-date=13 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310232641/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117936424.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|archive-date=10 March 2008 }}</ref>
*Character Design and Chief Animation Director: Takayo Nishimura<ref name="Variety"/>
*Background Art: Takumi Tanji, Ryoko Majima<ref name="Variety"/>
*Music: [[Tenmon (composer)|Tenmon]]<ref name="Variety"/>
*Production and Distribution: [[CoMix Wave Films|CoMix Wave, Inc]].<ref name="Variety"/>

==Music==
As in Shinkai's previous works, [[Tenmon (composer)|Tenmon]] composed this film's soundtrack. The film's ending theme was "[[One More Time, One More Chance]]" by [[Masayoshi Yamazaki]].
{{Track listing
|headline = One more time, One more chance
|date = 03/03/2007
|nose = UPCH-80013
|total_length = 13:25
|all_music = 
|title1 = One more time, One more chance
|length1 = 5:34
|title2 = Yuki no Eki ~One more time, One more chance~ (from "Byōsoku 5 Centimeter" Soundtrack) (雪の駅～One more time, One more chance～ (from『秒速5センチメートル』Soundtrack))
|length2 = 2:21
|title3 = One more time, One more chance (Hikigatari Ver.) (One more time, One more chance (弾き語りVer.))
|length3 = 5:30
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = Byōsoku 5 Centimeter Soundtracks (秒速5センチメートル Soundtracks)
|date = 19 July 2007
|nose = CWF-0102/3
|total_length = 28:16
|all_music = 
|title1 = Oukashou (桜花抄)
|length1 = 4:51
|title2 = Omoide ha Tooku no Hibi (想い出は遠くの日々)
|length2 = 1:41
|title3 = Shousou (焦燥)
|length3 = 1:10
|title4 = Yuki no Eki (雪の駅)
|length4 = 2:19
|title5 = Kiss
|length5 = 3:14
|title6 = Kanae no Kimochi (カナエの気持ち)
|length6 = 1:47
|title7 = Yume (夢)
|length7 = 1:40
|title8 = Sora to Umi no Uta (空と海の詩)
|length8 = 2:00
|title9 = Todokanai Kimochi (届かない気持ち)
|length9 = 1:41
|title10 = END THEME
|length10 = 2:53
|title11 = One more time, One more chance PIANO ver.
|length11 = 5:00
}}

==Release==
Completed on 22 January 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/staff_5cm/12194002.html|title=第20回｢完成?｣ – ｢秒速5センチメートル｣公式ブログ – Yahoo!ブログ|publisher=Blogs.yahoo.co.jp|access-date=24 May 2010|archive-date=29 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929114525/http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/staff_5cm/12194002.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> the first part streamed on [[Yahoo! Japan]] to Yahoo! Premium members from 16 to 19 February 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/|title=Yahoo! JAPAN – 秒速5センチメートル|publisher=5cm.yahoo.co.jp|date=31 July 2007|access-date=24 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224002646/http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/|archive-date=24 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 3 March 2007, the full-length film had its theatrical premiere at Cinema Rise in [[Shibuya, Tokyo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/sokuhou/|title=Yahoo! JAPAN – 秒速5センチメートル|publisher=5cm.yahoo.co.jp|access-date=24 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501042803/http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/sokuhou/|archive-date=1 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 30 September 2022, the film received a limited [[IMAX DMR]] release  in Japan in celebration of ''[[Suzume]]'''s release. This marks its first IMAX release.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:『すずめの戸締まり』公開記念新海誠IMAX映画祭 |url=https://suzume-tojimari-movie.jp/imax.html |website= 映画『すずめの戸締まり』公式サイト|accessdate=2022-09-06 |date=2022-09-06 |language=ja}}</ref>

===Overseas releases===
In the Philippines, ''5 Centimeters per Second'', along with Shinkai's previous work ''[[The Place Promised in Our Early Days]]'', was premiered on 21 July 2013 at the [[SM Mall of Asia]] as part of the Philippines-Japan Friendship Month, with help and cooperation from the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, Japan Foundation Manila, SM Mall of Asia Cinema and the [[Film Development Council of the Philippines]] (FDCP).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/315789/eiga-sai-film-festival-kicks-off-phl-japan-friendship-month/story/|title=Eiga Sai film festival kicks off PHL-Japan Friendship Month |publisher=[[GMA News and Public Affairs]]|date=July 3, 2013 |access-date=May 22, 2021 |author=Mateo, Ibarra C.}}</ref> The showings attracted 1,500 moviegoers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2013/08/27/weekly/expat-diplomats/philippines-japan-friendship-months-unlimited-celebration/33829/|title=Philippines-Japan Friendship Month's 'unlimited celebration' |publisher=[[The Manila Times]]|date=August 27, 2013 |access-date=May 22, 2021 |author=The Manila Times}}</ref>

===Home media===
The DVD was released on 19 July 2007 in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/dvd/|title=Yahoo! JAPAN – 秒速5センチメートル|publisher=5cm.yahoo.co.jp|date=19 July 2007|access-date=24 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506080945/http://5cm.yahoo.co.jp/dvd/|archive-date=6 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The title was licensed by [[ADV Films]] and scheduled for a December 2007 release,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dvd.ign.com/articles/799/799109p1.html|title=''5 Centimeters Per Second''{{'}}s Debut|access-date=29 July 2007|last=McCutcheon|first=David|date=25 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904184119/http://dvd.ign.com/articles/799/799109p1.html|archive-date=4 September 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-06-21/adv-acquires-makoto-shinkai%27s-5cm-per-second|title=ADV Acquires Makoto Shinkai's ''5cm Per Second''|date=21 June 2007|location=[[Westmount, Quebec|Westmount]]|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> but the release was delayed until March 2008.<ref name="Newtype USA 7 2 21"/><ref name="Anime News Network 2008-02-26"/> The film's Region 2 DVD release date was pushed back from 4 March 2008 to April 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anime.about.com/b/2008/03/27/5-centimeters-per-second-on-the-shelves.htm|title=''5 Centimeters Per Second'' On The Shelves?|first=Katherine|last=Luther|date=27 March 2008|publisher=[[About.com]]|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-date=20 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920155611/http://anime.about.com/b/2008/03/27/5-centimeters-per-second-on-the-shelves.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-26/adv-announces-dates-for-releases|title=ADV Announces New Dates for Delayed Anime Releases (Updated)|date=26 February 2008|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100213180602/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-26/adv-announces-dates-for-releases|archive-date= 13 February 2010|url-status= live}}</ref> The Blu-ray version of the film was released on 18 April 2008 in Japan.<ref name="Blu-ray">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-06/5cm-per-second-place-promised-on-bd-hd-dvd-in-japan|title=''5cm per Second'', ''Place Promised'' on BD, HD DVD in Japan|date=6 February 2008|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> The HD DVD version of the film was also released on 18 April 2008 and is region-free by default.<ref name="Blu-ray"/> The official Russian release by [[Reanimedia]] was already in stock in January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.reanimedia.ru/catalog/product/1.html|title=''5 Centimeters Per Second''{{'}}s Russian release according to Reanimedia Store|language=ru|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127074942/http://store.reanimedia.ru/catalog/product/1.html |archive-date=27 January 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The film is also licensed in Taiwan by Proware Multimedia International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowaremedia.com.tw/shop/product_info.php?cPath=22_797&products_id=3490|title=秒速5公分劇場版 普通版DVD|trans-title=''5 Centimeters Per Second'' Regular Edition DVD Movie|publisher=Proware Multimedia International|language=zh|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> On 11 July 2008, ADV announced that it was discontinuing print of the DVD.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-11/adv-tokyopop-discontinues-dvd-print-titles|title=ADV, Tokyopop Discontinue DVD Print Titles|date=11 July 2008|location=Westmount|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=11 July 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080713101746/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-11/adv-tokyopop-discontinues-dvd-print-titles|archive-date= 13 July 2008|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-12/bandai-entertainment-denies-5-cm-per-second-license|title=Bandai Entertainment Denies ''5 cm per Second'' License|date=12 January 2009|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> [[Bang Zoom!|Bang Zoom! Entertainment]] has re-dubbed the entire film at the request of its original Japanese distributor, and the new dub was first streamed via [[Crunchyroll]] as part of their Day of Makoto Shinkai on 28 February 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-27/new-english-dub-for-5cm-per-second-to-be-streamed-on-shinkai-day|title=New English Dub for ''5cm per Second'' to be Streamed on Shinkai Day|date=27 February 2009|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100111190433/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-27/new-english-dub-for-5cm-per-second-to-be-streamed-on-shinkai-day|archive-date= 11 January 2010|url-status= live}}</ref> On 13 August 2010, Crunchyroll CEO Kun Gao announced plans to release titles on DVD, starting with ''5 Centimeters per Second''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-13/crunchyroll-adds-shinkai-5-centimeters-per-second-dvd|title=Crunchyroll Adds 5 Centimeters Per Second|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|date=13 August 2010}}</ref> [[Bandai Entertainment]] manufactured and distributed the DVDs, which included the [[Bang Zoom!]] dub. This version was released 22 February 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.bandai-ent.com/5_Centimeters_Per_Second_p/669198200182.htm|title=5 Centimeters Per Second|date=19 September 2010|publisher=Bandai Entertainment|access-date=1 March 2011|archive-date=10 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310071640/http://store.bandai-ent.com/5_Centimeters_Per_Second_p/669198200182.htm|url-status=dead}}<!--http://store.bandai-ent.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=5CMPREORDER--></ref> In 2015, [[Discotek Media]] announced that it had licensed ''5 Centimeters per Second'' for a DVD release on 2 June that year,<ref>{{cite web|title=Discotek Media Licenses Lupin III Vs. Detective Conan, Library Wars, Sonic X, Giant Gorg Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-07/discotek-media-licenses-lupin-iii-vs-detective-conan-library-wars-sonic-x-giant-gorg-anime/.86871|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|date=8 April 2015|access-date=10 April 2015}}</ref> and then 28 February 2017 on Blu-ray. On 10 March 2022, [[GKIDS]] announced that they have licensed ''5 Centimeters per Second'', along with three other works by Makoto Shinkai, and will re-release it on home video in 2022;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-10/gkids-acquires-n-american-rights-to-4-titles-by-makoto-shinkai/.183423|title=GKIDS Acquires N. American Rights to 4 Titles By Makoto Shinkai|publisher=Anime News Network|date=March 10, 2022|accessdate=March 13, 2022}}</ref> it was released on Blu-ray on 7 June, with ''[[Voices of a Distant Star]]'' included as a bonus feature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=5 Centimeters Per Second (Blu-ray) - Anime News Network |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/releases.php?id=43121 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=www.animenewsnetwork.com}}</ref>

On 29 March 2009, distribution company [[Madman Entertainment]] announced plans to release ''5 Centimetres Per Second'' in Australia, and released the DVD on 19 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-03-29/supanova-brisbane-madman-acquisitions+bluray-announcement|title=Supernova Brisbane Madman Acquisitions Bluray Announcement|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|date=3 March 2009|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> Madman later released the film on Blu-ray alongside ''[[Voices of a Distant Star]]'' on 9 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/20885/makoto-shinkai-classics-voices-of-a-distant-star-5-centimetres-per-second-bluray|title=Makoto Shinkai Classics: Voices of a Distant Star / 5 Centimetres per Second (Blu-Ray)
|access-date=23 August 2020|publisher=[[Madman Entertainment]]}}</ref> In the United Kingdom and Ireland, [[Manga Entertainment]] distributed the film on DVD within the region on 14 March 2011, and on Blu-ray on 29 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://animeuknews.net/2011/03/new-anime-releases-14032011-soul-eater-complete/|title=New Anime Releases 14/03/2011: Soul Eater Complete|date=12 March 2011|publisher=Anime UK News|access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://animeuknews.net/2018/09/5-centimeters-per-second-is-coming-to-blu-ray-from-manga-entertainment-this-october/|title=5 Centimeters per Second is Coming to Blu-ray from Manga Entertainment this October!|date=19 September 2018|publisher=Anime UK News|access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref> [[Anime Limited]] later acquired the distribution rights within the United Kingdom and Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://animeuknews.net/2020/07/anime-limited-completes-shinkai-catalogue-with-5cm-per-second-children-who-chase-lost-voices/|title=Anime Limited Completes Shinkai Catalogue with 5CM Per Second & Children Who Chase Lost Voices|last=Stevens|first=Josh|date=17 July 2020|publisher=Anime UK News|access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref>

==Reception==
Natsuki Imai, a Japanese television and film director known for her 2007 film ''[[Koizora (film)|Koizora]]'', views ''5 Centimeters per Second'' as a film "completely for adults even though it is an anime".<ref>"[http://www.tfm.co.jp/movie/index.php?itemid=76942 5 Centimeters Per Second] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213052819/http://www.tfm.co.jp/movie/index.php?itemid=76942|date=13 February 2015 }}" - [[Tokyo FM]] {{in lang|ja}}</ref>

The film won the Lancia Platinum Grand Prize at the Future Film Festival for best movie in animation or special effects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-23/5cm-per-second-wins-at-italys-future-film-festival|title=''5cm per Second'' Wins at Italy's Future Film Festival|date=23 January 2008|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> It won the Award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 [[Asia Pacific Screen Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-13/5-centimeters-wins-at-asia-pacific-screen-awards|title=''5 Centimeters'' Wins at Asia Pacific Screen Awards|date=13 November 2007|access-date=25 March 2008|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219061632/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-13/5-centimeters-wins-at-asia-pacific-screen-awards|archive-date= 19 February 2008|url-status= live}}</ref> The limited edition DVD of the film was ranked 3rd on the Tohan charts between 18–24 July 2007, while the regular edition of the film was ranked 7th.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-25/japanese-animation-dvd-ranking-july-18-july-24|title=Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, July 18 – July 24|date=25 July 2007|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=25 January 2010 }}</ref> The film was Japan's fourth most popular Blu-ray film in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-03/amazon-japan-posts-2008-top-10-dvds-cds-toys|title=Amazon Japan Posts 2008's Top-10 DVDs, CDs, Toys|date=3 December 2008|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=25 January 2010 }}</ref>

{{quote|text=Shinkai has been hailed as the next Miyazaki, and his dreamy mindscapes often equal or surpass the anime maestro in breadth of detail and depth of emotion. Shinkai extends the innate possibilities of the anime dynamic, reapplying its principles of lush effects, inflated background detail and sometimes undernourished character animation to mirror the interiority of the characters in every nuance of their surroundings." – Ronnie Scheib from ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''<ref name="Variety"/>}}

Mania.com lists ''5 Centimeters per Second'' as the best anime not by [[Hayao Miyazaki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/10-great-anime-not-miyazaki_article_118257.html|title=10 Great Anime That Are Not Miyazaki|date=19 October 2009|first=Chris|last=Beveridge|work=Mania.com|location=[[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]]|publisher=[[Demand Media]]|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020114853/http://www.mania.com/10-great-anime-not-miyazaki_article_118257.html|archive-date=20 October 2009|url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[The Japan Times]]''{{'}}s [[Mark Schilling]] commends Shinkai saying that he is better than Miyazaki "at piercing the veil of the everyday to reveal a poignant, evanescent beauty most of us notice only in rare moments."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2007/03/30/films/film-reviews/byosoku-5-centimeters/|title=A budding talent's delicate vision|date=30 March 2007|first=Mark|last=Schilling|work=[[The Japan Times]]|access-date=13 February 2015}}</ref> ''[[Anime News Network]]'''s Bamboo Dong commends the anime for its "heartbreakingly gorgeous" piano score composed by [[Tenmon (composer)|Tenmon]], which "contributes to the dreamlike quality that the film has". She also comments that film "never comes out and tells you what the characters are feeling. It never follows a strict storyline, but between the interactions on the screen and well-timed shots of lonely landscapes, everything is as clear as night and day".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2008-03-31|title=Shelf Life – Spirits Dream Inside|date=31 March 2008|first=Bamboo|last=Dong|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091225142257/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2008-03-31|archive-date=25 December 2009|url-status=live }}</ref> Mania.com's Chris Beveridge criticises the anime for its aliasing as well as it "seems to get a fairly low bitrate during a lot of it which leads to some noisy and overly grainy feeling areas. The film has so many lush colors to it that a lot of them start to show too much noise at times which is almost as distracting as the aliasing."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/five-centimeters-per-second_article_80092.html|title=Five Centimeters Per Second|date=26 May 2008|first=Chris|last=Beveridge|work=Mania.com|location=Santa Monica|publisher=Demand Media|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210141425/http://www.mania.com/five-centimeters-per-second_article_80092.html|archive-date=10 February 2009|url-status=dead }}</ref> Theron Martin reviewing for ''Anime News Network'' commends "The production [which] also excels in its use of sound effects, especially in the bow-shooting scenes in Part 2".<ref name="Theron">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/5-centimeters-per-second/dvd|title=5 Centimeters Per Second DVD|date=31 March 2008|first=Theron|last=Martin|location=Westmount|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125031114/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/5-centimeters-per-second/dvd|archive-date=25 January 2010|url-status=live }}</ref>
{{quote|text=Taken individually, the parts offer nice little vignettes, but taken as a whole they paint a broader picture about the progression of life and love. The ending, which is where this work differs most from Shinkai's previous efforts, will doubtless be controversial and may leave some fans unsatisfied, as it opens itself to multiple interpretations. Some may feel as if it just ends without resolving anything, but if one considers Takaki's few lines of narration in part two, how that part ends, and how everything fits together, it becomes clearer that actually resolving things was never the point. Whereas ''[[Voices of a Distant Star|Voices]]'' was about trying to maintain a connection and ''[[The Place Promised in Our Early Days|Place Promised]]'' was about reestablishing one, ''Five Centimeters'' is ultimately about moving on from past connections instead of just living in the past, about finding a way to become happy in the present rather than just pining for what has been lost over time. In that sense ''Five Centimeters'' is Shinkai's most mature and complicated work yet." – Theron Martin, [[Anime News Network]]<ref name="Theron"/>}}
In 2010, "Trains" magazine rated this film 45th of the 100 Greatest Train Movies.<ref>Trains Special: 100 Greatest Train Movies, pp. 7, 30, 31</ref>

==Adaptations==
===Novel===
The novel version of ''5 Centimeters per Second'', licensed by [[Media Factory]], was released on 16 November 2007 in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/c000005/archives/017/008/17828.html |script-title=ja:小説・秒速５センチメートル|work=MediaFactory.co.jp |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025060332/http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/c000005/archives/017/008/17828.html|archive-date=2007-10-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was the first novel written by Makoto Shinkai. The photographs in the novel were also taken by Shinkai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/c000051/archives/017/009/17995.html|script-title=ja:小説・秒速5センチメートル|publisher=[[Media Factory]]|access-date=29 January 2010|language=ja}}</ref> The novel is licensed by [[Yen Press]] for North America.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|title=Yen Press Licenses 3 Light Novels, 6 Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-06/yen-press-licenses-3-light-novels-6-manga/.166063|website=Anime News Network|access-date=7 November 2020|date=7 November 2020}}</ref>
The English translation was done by Taylor Engel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-12 |title=5 centimeters per second + Children who chase lost voices from deep below |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/2021003611 |website=Library of Congress Catalog}}</ref> Another version of the novel, ''One more side'', was released on 20 May 2011 in Japan. The author is Shinta Kanou, who also wrote the novels for ''[[Voices of a Distant Star]]'' and ''[[The Place Promised in Our Early Days]]'', two of Shinkai's other films. The English translation of ''One more side'' was released on 26 February 2019 by Vertical Inc.<ref>{{cite web|title=''5 Centimeters per Second: one more side'' by Makoto Shinkai|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/574573/5-centimeters-per-second-one-more-side-by-makoto-shinkai-adapted-by-arata-kanoh/|publisher=Penguin Random House|access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref>

===Manga===
A manga adaptation of the film, illustrated by manga artist Yukiko Seike, was serialized in [[Kodansha]]'s [[Seinen manga|''seinen'' manga]] magazine ''[[Afternoon (magazine)|Afternoon]]'' from 25 May 2010 to 25 March 2011.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:榎本俊二の意欲作、侍が斬りまくる時代劇112Pがアフタに|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/32252|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|access-date=18 November 2020|language=ja|date=25 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:アフタで新鋭・田中一行、大学生の逃亡生活描く新連載|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/46788|website=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|access-date=18 November 2020|language=ja|date=25 March 2011}}</ref> Its chapters were collected in two ''[[tankōbon]]'' volumes by Kodansha, released on 22 November 2010 and 22 April 2011.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:秒速５センチメートル（１）|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000029768|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=18 November 2020|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:秒速５センチメートル（２） ＜完＞|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000029796|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=18 November 2020|language=ja}}</ref> It has been published in English as a single volume omnibus by [[Vertical Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=''5 Centimeters Per Second'' Gets Manga Adaptation|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-24/5-centimeters-per-second-gets-manga-adaptation|location=Westmount|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=3 July 2011|date=24 May 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110722165735/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-24/5-centimeters-per-second-gets-manga-adaptation|archive-date= 22 July 2011|url-status= live}}</ref> The English translation was done by Melissa and Taka Tanaka.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-12 |title=5 centimeters per second |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/2011277894 |website=Library of Congress Catalog}}</ref> In the manga adaptation, the second two sections of the story are expanded upon. Akari, Kanae, and Risa (Takaki's girlfriend from Episode 3) all receive much more focus.

===Closet drama===
A [[closet drama|live recitation]] of the film was held on 21 October 2020 to 25 October 2020 by the drama company "Reading Love" where all three parts of the movie were recited.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://geektoxic.com/5-centimeters-per-second-gets-live-stage-drama-and-recitation/ |title='5 Centimeters per Second' gets live-stage Drama and recitation! - geektoxic.com |access-date=17 September 2020 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116142513/https://geektoxic.com/5-centimeters-per-second-gets-live-stage-drama-and-recitation/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Live-action film===
On September 22, 2024, a live action film adaptation was announced [[5 Centimeter Per Second (2025 Film)|5 Centimeter Per Second
]], to be released in the fall of 2025. The lead role will be played by [[Hokuto Matsumura]] of the six-member group [[SixTONES]], his first leading role in a film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=『秒速5センチメートル』実写映画化 新海誠監督の「最も信頼する俳優」松村北斗が単独初主演 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2345876/full/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&ref_cd=jstw003 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=ORICON NEWS}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
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<ref name="Newtype USA 7 2 21">{{Cite news|title=5 Centimeters Per Second|work=[[Newtype USA]]|volume=7|issue=2|page=21|date=February 2008|location=[[Houston]]|publisher=[[A.D. Vision]]|issn=1541-4817 }}</ref>
<ref name="Anime News Network 2008-02-26">{{Cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-26/adv-announces-dates-for-releases|title=ADV Announces New Dates for Delayed Anime Releases|work=Anime News Network|date=26 February 2008|location=Westmount|access-date=3 May 2010}}</ref>
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb title|0983213}}
*{{rotten-tomatoes|5_centimeters_per_second}}
*[http://www.madman.co.nz/actions/catalogue.do?releaseId=11986&method=view Madman New Zealand]
*[http://www.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?releaseId=11986&method=view 5 Centimetres per Second] at Madman Australia
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060717111621/http://www2.odn.ne.jp/%7Eccs50140/short/index.html Introduction of the film on Makoto Shinkai's website] {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.animepodcast.org/podcasts/anime-episode-010 ''5 Centimeters per Second'' Review] at Anime+ Podcast
*[http://thehkneo.com/blog/?p=4122 ''5 Centimeters per Second'' Review] at HK Neo Reviews
*[http://www.fandompost.com/2012/07/10/5-centimeters-per-second-manga-review/ Chris Beveridge's ''5 Centimeters per Second'' Manga Review]
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