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Uchiage hanabi, shita kara miru ka? Yoko kara miru ka?

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Uchiage hanabi, shita kara miru ka? Yoko kara miru ka?

Released Jul 4, 2018

1h 30m

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Norimichi and Yusuke are both infatuated with their classmate Nazuna. But when Nazuna decides to run away from home, it's Norimichi she asks to join her. After their plans go awry, Norimichi discovers a magical ball that has the power to manipulate time and give them a second chance, but each reset brings new complications.

Critics Consensus

Fireworks seeks sparks in an ambitious blend of storytelling genres, but this misguided anime effort never truly takes flight.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

This is probably one of the worst anime films I've seen that got a theatrical release in America.

Rated: D+

Jul 13, 2018

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William Bibbiani

TheWrap

It's a treat to see a film about young love where the young lovers aren't wise beyond their years; instead, they're prone to making stupid mistakes out of inexperience and perfectly understandable fear.

Jul 4, 2018

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Christy Lemire

RogerEbert.com

A strange little movie that attempts the tricky feat of combining comedy, drama, sci-fi and romance, but it doesn't get those individual elements right so it never coheres as a whole.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 4, 2018

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

"Fireworks" is a very entertaining anime that will put a smile on its audience through its simple but captivating romance and the surrealistic brush of the titular question.

Apr 13, 2020

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John Tones

Espinof

Akiyuki Shinbo's film (responsible for the anime of 'Yu Yu Hakusho', among others) works, especially on an aesthetic level, and if you forget about its irrelevance in other aspects. [Full Review in Spanish]

Jul 22, 2019

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Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

Some parts of the story worked and other parts felt very muddled and confusing.

Rated: 3/10

Feb 26, 2019

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Psychopathic T

erm what the sigma me no understand

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/01/24

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Ellie

The movie's animation is great and the story is also beautifully written. This portrays almost and dreamlike aesthetic.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/13/23

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Midnight M

Beautiful movie, i related to the characters as I was about the same age as them when I first watched it back in like 2018. Beautifully animated, love the songs and it's a must see for teens, if anyone's into sci Fi, teen romance and drama

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/12/23

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Audience Member

The animation was not appealing to the eye. The storyline was horrendous. The characters made this even worse. This is barely a 1-star coming from the good music and decent art style.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

Fireworks is beautiful anime film and good voice dub actors,but the story, the plot and the editing is a mess on this film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

I read the manga just to understand 'THAT' ending. It has a beautiful OST yet the movie is badly executed. The visuals are beautiful except for some bad CGI mixed in the movie. I'm not sure if I would recommend it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Akiyuki Shinbo

Director

Suzu Hirose

Nazuna

Masaki Suda

Norimichi

Mamoru Miyano

Yusuke

Shintarō Asanuma

Jun'ichi

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Kazuhiro

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Synopsis

Norimichi and Yusuke are both infatuated with their classmate Nazuna. But when Nazuna decides to run away from home, it's Norimichi she asks to join her. After their plans go awry, Norimichi discovers a magical ball that has the power to manipulate time and give them a second chance, but each reset brings new complications.

Director: Akiyuki Shinbo
Producer: Genki Kawamura
Screenwriter: Hitoshi Ône
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: SHAFT
Genre: Romance, Drama, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 4, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 7, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $522.6K
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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