History Anime / FiveCentimetersPerSecond

** ''One more side'' starts with a grown Akari during the events of the third act, thinking of the past and the letter she never gave Takaki, then flashes back years to before her family moved to Tokyo and she met him.

* InMediasRes: The last third begins on March 2008, with Takaki working at home before going for a walk. [[spoiler: He then sees Akari again at the train stop, whereby the rest of the segment flashes back to him at his old job and old (or at least messy) apartment. It is still implied he had finished his three year relationship by this point, due to the date on the text from his ex-girlfriend showing February 2008.]] Of course once the ending sequence begins, the vast majority is in the form of flash backs since it goes back to their childhood, before returning to the present day.

''5 Centimeters Per Second'' (秒速5センチメートル ''Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru'') is Creator/MakotoShinkai's third film, and was released in 2007. Themes of distance and separation are explored in its narrative, although unlike his previous films, the events of ''5 Centimeters Per Second'' take place in the real world.

* AdaptationExpansion: The [[RevisedEnding manga adaptation]] further fleshes out the experiences and emotions of all three leads, including giving Akari more screentime for events that were glossed over in the film proper and expanding on Takaki's relationship with Risa that only the end of is shown in the film. Most importantly, it also breathes insight into Kanae's life following the events of the movie and parallels Takaki's experiences during his adulthood; with her life passing through the same cycle of entering and leaving relationships, she ultimately decides to confront her feelings head-on by trying to meet up with Takaki. Contrasting Takaki's implied meeting with Akari, Kanae [[spoiler:decides to pursue him when she appears to have found him again]].
* AirplaneOfLove: To emphasise how distant Takaki is to Kanae, the launch of a rocket replaces the airplane.

** Adult Takaki also walks past a "Merhes" shop.
** In an aversion, Takaki uses a wireless ''[=LogiCool=]'' mouse at his workplace. Known as Logitech in other nations, ''Logitec'' belongs to another Japanese organisation that specialises in peripheral manufacturing.
** Also averted with the ''NASDA'' marking on the rocket in the second act, which was an actual Japanese agency that would still have been in operation in Act Two's 1990s setting.

* CherryBlossoms: First mentioned by Akari, the rate at which CherryBlossoms fall under normal circumstances acts as a metaphor for falling in love and also how people drift apart.

* ContrivedCoincidence: In the third act, Takaki and Akari somehow end up passing through the same railway crossing at the same time, at a location that was significant to both of them to boot. This is one of the things that suggest [[AmbiguousSituation Akari might not have really been there at all.]]

* EnvironmentalSymbolism: The snowstorm Takaki gets caught in during the first act mirrors not just his physical but also emotional distance from others. In the third act, it is also in the winter that he breaks up with his then girlfriend and falls into a fugue. Accordingly, it is in the bright, pleasant spring later that he finally manages to let go of his longing for Akari.

* HeroicBSOD: In the manga, [[spoiler:Takaki takes Risa to Iwafune Station in an attempt to work out his issues regarding Akari, only to freeze up and be unable to follow her off the train. The train eventually moves off with him still on board.]]

%%* IronicEcho: A nonverbal variant in the first part. Takaki had written a letter to Akari containing his compiled thoughts, [[spoiler:only to have it get accidentally blown away by the wind before he could pass it to her in person. As his train leaves Iwafune Station after their meeting, Akari takes out a letter of her own that she had written to him, but didn't pass it to him during the meeting.]]

* NextSundayAD: {{Freeze Frame Bonus}}es reveal the third act takes place in 2008, one year after the film's 2007 release. Nothing is noticeably different about the Tokyo depicted.
* NoAntagonist: There is no character trying to tear Akari and Takaki apart out of deliberate malice.

* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Double subverted. The first act starts in Tokyo, but Akari follows her parents when they move to Tochigi for work and much of the rest of the act involves Takaki's journey to meet her. The second act moves to the southern island of Tanegashima. However, the third act has both of them return to Tokyo.

* VehicleVanish: In the final shot of the film, Takaki walks through the train crossing from the first scene at the same time that a woman who might be Akari does so too. After they pass each other, he turns to check, but a train obstructs the view; by the time it's gone, so is she. Earlier on in the third act too, there is a shot where Takaki is on his computer at home, a wind causes a curtain to obscure him for a moment, and he's gone when it settles down.

* AirplaneOfLove: To emphasise how distant Takaki is to Kanae, the launch of a rocket replaces the airplane.

* SnowMeansDeath: While Akari and Takaki spend time together under a quiet snowfall, the snow also is set during the death of their relationship; it's the last time in the movie Akari and Takaki are together in person. In the third act, it's also in the snowing winter that Takaki breaks up with Risa.

* SnowMeansDeath: While Akari and Takaki spend time together under a quiet snowfall, the snow also is set during the death of their relationship; it's the last time in the movie Akari and Takaki are together in person.

''5 Centimeters Per Second'' is Creator/MakotoShinkai's third film, and was released in 2007. Themes of distance and separation are explored in its narrative, although unlike his previous films, the events of ''5 Centimeters Per Second'' take place in the real world.

** The rocket in the second arc is towed in a container with ''NASDA'' on the side.

* CherryBlossoms: First mentioned by Akari, the rate at which CherryBlossoms fall under normal circumstances acts as a metaphor for falling in love.

* AdaptationExpansion: The [[RevisedEnding manga adaptation]] further fleshes out the experiences and emotions of all three leads, including giving Akari more screentime for events that were glossed over in the film proper. Most importantly, it also breathes insight into Kanae's life following the events of the movie and parallels Takaki's experiences during his adulthood; with her life passing through the same cycle of entering and leaving relationships, she ultimately decides to confront her feelings head-on by trying to meet up with Takaki. Contrasting Takaki's implied meeting with Akari, Kanae [[spoiler:decides to pursue him when she appears to have found him again]].

* VehicleVanish: In the final shot of the film, Takaki walks through the train crossing from the first scene at the same time that a woman who might be Akari does so too. After they pass each other, he turns to check, but a train obstructs the view; by the time it's gone, so is she.

* AdaptationExpansion: The [[RevisedEnding manga adaptation]] breathes insight into Kanae's life following the events of the movie and parallels Takaki's experiences during his adulthood; with her life passing through the same cycle of entering and leaving relationships, she ultimately decides to confront her feelings head-on by trying to meet up with Takaki. Contrasting Takaki's implied meeting with Akari, Kanae [[spoiler:decides to pursue him when she appears to have found him again]].

** The satellite belt in Takaki's recurring dreams bears resemblance to the Union's tower in Shinkai's previous work, ''Anime/ThePlacePromisedInOurEarlyDays.''
** The cover of the railway book that Takaki buys in the first act is an environment shot from ''Anime/ThePlacePromisedInOurEarlyDays''.

''5 Centimeters Per Second'' is Creator/MakotoShinkai's third film, and was released in 2007. However, unlike his other works, the events here reflect the relentless nature of reality.

* {{Expy}}: Takaki incorporates elements derived from the male leads in Shinkai's previous works, and also shares some similarities to [[Literature/TheGreatGatsby Jay Gatsby]].