Maboroshi

2023

1h 51m

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

Anime

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving 14-year-old Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

Ultimately, Maboroshi emerges as one giant, lumbering metaphor for the trials and tribulations of adolescence, devoid of subtlety and likely to exasperate older viewers who have long outgrown such trivial insecurities.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 5, 2024

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Charles Solomon

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

The storyline is a little more convoluted than it needs to be and the film is a little longer than it needs to be, but that image of a life that just continues so drearily and endlessly without any change is quite chilling.

Feb 1, 2024

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JK Sooja

Common Sense Media

Also painfully slow, melodramatic, and long, this perplexing drama will make most viewers feel like they are also frozen in time.

Jan 25, 2024

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Elijah Gonzalez

Paste Magazine

Part elegy and part celebration of the past, it makes for an evocative, unusual ghost tale.

Rated: 7.9/10

Jan 25, 2024

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Mariló Delgado

Espinof

Maboroshi is a cerebral film, with a continuous tone of nostalgia that (honestly) has to catch you in the right frame of mind so it doesn't leave you wrecked and feeling like a stew. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Jan 17, 2024

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Brittany Vincent

Decider

It’s been a bit since we’ve been graced with a more mature fantasy film with such excellent animation, and Maboroshi will scratch that Makoto Shinkai itch nicely.

Jan 17, 2024

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Jay W

Without spoiling anything, I really liked the concept and found it interesting. I didn't like the relationship between the mc and the younger girl though. If you watch it you'll probably realize why later T-T.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/16/24

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LABEL 2

5+1/10。主旨混沌交错、晦暗不明，同时糅合了青春成长之痛、禁忌之恋、追思逝者和逃避现实等多种要素之后影片的内核被高度稀释，最终成了完全依赖于高质量作画和背景美术的平庸之作。这种模棱两可的表达，无论是面向现实的“后311”“后疫情”还是面向虚构的“青春伤痛”，都是绵软无力的。画面表现力加一分。

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/30/24

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Alejandro E

The animation style is pleasant, as is the plot with a certain melancholic flavor; What almost caused a short circuit is the tangled nature of its development. Luckily, it is still an option for a weekend.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Idan Charles L

It's a beautiful and compelling romance anime, even if it's a little wtf-y at times :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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Kimberly M

Once again a beautiful anime movie that tries so hard to be mysterious, and deep. But in the end it's just confusing and drawn out. I can't tell if the target audience is adults or young teenagers. There are alot of awkward scenes that I would not want to watch with others.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/23/24

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Celina I

its a very good movie. the plot overall is strong and theres a nice twist of realization. however the overall film length was too long and the beginning is very confusing. only about 50 minutes in things will strt to make more sense. the ending was amazing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/03/24

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Mari Okada

Director

Seimei Kidokoro

Director

Junya Enoki

Masamune Kikuiri

Reina Ueda

Atsumi Sagami

Misaki Kuno

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Taku Yashiro

Daisuke Sasakura

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Synopsis

A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving 14-year-old Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.

Director: Mari Okada, Seimei Kidokoro
Producer: Hiroyuki Fujita, Takaaki Kidani, Daijo Kudo, Tsuyoshi Ono
Screenwriter: Mari Okada
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Legs, MAPPA, Dentsu, Mainichi Newspapers, Nature Lab., Cygames, Movic, Bushiroad, Kadokawa, Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, Lawson Group
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2024
Runtime: 1h 51m

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