![]() It’s also here where the influence of Your Name is felt as it has on many anime films since its release, with the search being a way for these two people from different worlds to come together, get to know each other, and fall in love. It’s personal and important both for the man who spends his days wandering with the empty vinyl sleeve searching for the lost record, and, at first, feels like little more than something to do while acting as an excuse to bring Cherry and Smile together. The other conflict of the movie, the search for a lost record of one of the elderly people Cherry cares for in his part-time job, is also welcome in how small it feels. ![]() Even if the problems are accentuated by social media and the dynamics of that, worrying what others think of you and finding your sense of self is a universal part of growing up across generations and drives deep into the heart of the movie. While it’s clear that the people who will get the most from this film are those who’ve had to deal with the duality of genuine connection and suffocating peer pressure that social media offers in service of bringing people together, it’s easy to relate to the self-confidence issues and minor problems that these kids face over the movie. On the surface, there’s a lot to love about Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop. While the vibrancy of the pop-art aesthetic the film goes for can at times feel overwhelming in quieter moments, as the bright colors threaten to overpower and distract from these more intimate moments, it’s fresh and stylish and captures the youthful energy the film aims to embody in the bold innocence of its cast. A romance anime set almost entirely in a single location, this is a movie driven heavily by its quirky, earnest characters and bold visual design. What’s remarkable is how small this movie feels. Smile, a young social media star known for her buck teeth, covers her smile behind a mask when she needs to get braces to fix what she now perceives as a flaw.įor the next month the pair, alongside Cherry’s eccentric friends Tough Boy and the part-Latin American Beaver, find excitement in the mundanity of their hometown, including a search for a missing record by one of the elderly citizens that Cherry helps to care for. ![]() Cherry is a shy boy who struggles to communicate with others, writing haiku poems on his phone while hiding from the world behind his headphones and working at an elderly clinic. In an unremarkable suburban mall converted from an old record printing press, two young teenagers meet by chance. While the film story is tinged by the overbearing influence of social media on our self-worth and the way that these technologies have changed how we communicate and share our deepest emotions, there’s also something timeless about the way the movie captures a summer of freedom and unforgettable experiences, and the adventure it can bring. Watching the movie following its release on Netflix worldwide outside Japan (the film is receiving a general theatrical release in the country), the reasoning behind the decision becomes obvious. ‘It’s a summer movie, I want people to see it in summer.’ ![]() Following its world premiere at last year’s Tokyo International Film Festival, director Kyohei Ishiguro (known for working on anime like Children of the Whales) noted that everything about the film, from its saturated visual aesthetic to its nostalgic setting of a summer of boredom in a remote shopping mall determined the team’s decision to delay the film by a full year despite being ready to go. Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop was one of many Japanese films impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that pushed the film away from its much-anticipated summer 2020 release schedule.
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