Drifting Home

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Drifting Home

PG

2022

1h 59m

Adventure

Anime

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Kosuke and Natsume have been friends since childhood, but as time goes on the relationship between the two sixth graders seems strained as they keep avoiding one another. One day during their summer vacation, they go to a housing complex that is scheduled to be demolished. Having grown up there, the place holds a lot of memories. While playing, they suddenly get caught up in a mysterious phenomenon and when they regain consciousness, they see an entire ocean before them as the housing complex has drifted into a mysterious sea along with Kosuke and Natsume with it. Will they be able to return to their previous world? A summer farewell journey begins.

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

'Dreamlike’ is an easy word to swat around with animation – but this strange and beautiful new film from Studio Colorido really does feel like the product of a child’s imagination on rest mode.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 28, 2022

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Kambole Campbell

Polygon

There’s enough liveliness to Drifting Home that two hours in a single location against a minimal background doesn’t actually feel like overkill.

Sep 19, 2022

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

The deep strangeness of “Drifting Home” can take some time to adjust to. But in this quirky and boisterous picture, the surreal predicament is ultimately just an offshoot of these kids’ common fears about growing up.

Sep 16, 2022

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Charles Hartford

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Drifting Home delivers a strong cast and deep emotional moments, even if it leaves too many questions unanswered and gets a bit drawn out in its final act.

Apr 15, 2023

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Sam Haysom

Mashable

Weird, surreal, imperfect, and — despite its faults — memorably beautiful.

Sep 23, 2022

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

It has some of the perpetual problems of anime, such as at least one character too many and some overwrought emo melodrama. Fortunately, these limitations don't distract from the story, and they are far outweighed by everything that works about this movie

Rated: 4/5

Sep 22, 2022

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What a breathtaking experience. This movie follows a group of kids transported on an abandoned apartment complex floating through an endless sea with all of them learning to work and cooperate with one another to survive and escape. The dynamic between Kosuke and Natsume can be frustrating to watch yet engages the audience. Noppo's kindness and supernatural aura makes him the best out of these kids, making his farewell hit like a punch to the stomach. Studiopolis's English dub is not particularly special, a bit weird to hear adults trying to sound like children. The ending can feel a little rushed, but bearable. The animation is breathtaking, amazing lighting with fluid motion to compliment. Unfortunately, its daunting 2 hour runtime, as well as its slower pacing can deter new viewers. Despite that, this film was a pleasure to behold and has been the best movie I've seen in recent memory, deserving of a rating of 8.17/10. A bit saddening the score isn't higher.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/11/24

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Wrae T

Amazing, must watch, and I will continue to watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/15/24

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-LEE KAH THONG æ

marvelous , the characters are amazingly well written and look and act like actual children , the visuals and symbolisms are so meaningful and also easy to understand , great watch , 100000/10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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Jhosep G

Great story and character development, even though they're all kids you can still feel their despair. Nonetheless, there was something lacking about the buildings' backgrounds.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/06/24

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Esmeralda C

Esta pelicula es muy linda y no niego que llore muchas veces, pero me gusta que al final todos se unieron mas, recomiendo la pelicula si te gustan y quieres llorar 🥹. la verdad es que me conmovio todo el asunto del abuelito porque me paso algo igual. pero aparte de eso fue una buena peli😊.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/23/23

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Idan Charles L

I wanted to like this movie, but it felt unfinished The mystery ended unsolved, and that really pissed me off

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/30/24

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Hiroyasu Ishida

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Synopsis

Kosuke and Natsume have been friends since childhood, but as time goes on the relationship between the two sixth graders seems strained as they keep avoiding one another. One day during their summer vacation, they go to a housing complex that is scheduled to be demolished. Having grown up there, the place holds a lot of memories. While playing, they suddenly get caught up in a mysterious phenomenon and when they regain consciousness, they see an entire ocean before them as the housing complex has drifted into a mysterious sea along with Kosuke and Natsume with it. Will they be able to return to their previous world? A summer farewell journey begins.

Director: Hiroyasu Ishida
Producer: Koji Yamamoto
Screenwriter: Hayashi Mori, Hiroyasu Ishida, Minaka Sakamoto
Production Co: Studio Colorido Co., Twin Engine
Rating: PG (Peril|Language|Brief Smoking|Some Bloody Images|Thematic Material)
Genre: Adventure, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2022
Runtime: 1h 59m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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