Hoshi no koe

I've seen that anime recently. actually, last year... i had seen the preview of another movie of this Makoto Shinkai called "Kumo no mukou, Yakusoku no basho" = "Beyond the clouds, The place promised in our early days"... and this preview is scary...

From a blog:
Makoto Shinkai, the person behind Hoshi no Koe has something new coming out in 2003. If your browser can support the Japanese language, take a look at The place promised in our early days.
Check out the links near the bottom for the trailer.
Looks like Makoto Shinkai's style all right. The character designs look like they are by Tazawa Ushio of http://www.goddog-pro.com/dogstyle/dogstyle.html who did the 14th annual DoGA CG Anime Contest (Japan) winner Life no Color. Tenmon is doing the music. Just the three of them made this thing.
The trailer is so good, it is scary. I think Makoto Shinkai is a master. His work gives me hope that I can make something similar and also fills me with despair that I could never achieve such greatness.
Posted by izumi at December 26, 2002 11:33 PM

Another blog:
"This will be a painful and beautiful film. The trailer is wonderful and I feel that imaginative power in myself is stimulated just by seeing it. I cannot wait for its premiere.
Its premiere date is stated as "[by the end of the 2003 by the spring of 2004] by the autumn of 2004" for now.
(The release date was changed on September 24 and December 24.)"

Hoshi no koe - Introduction: "L'an 2039, une époque à la fois si éloignée et si proche de nous. La technologie nous permet désormais de voyager à travers l'immensité de l'univers mais pour autant ne résoud pas les problémes de confrontations avec l'inconnu. Une race d'origine extraterrestre a détruit une base terrienne située sur Mars et ainsi déclenché une guerre dont le théatre des opérations est l'immensité de l'espace.

L'an 2046, Noboru et Mikako sont deux collégiens, amis depuis longtemps ils partagent énormément d'idées et projets d'avenir, les yeux rivés vers le ciel et ces énormes vaisseaux qui s'envolent vers les étoiles.
L'an 2047, Mikako entre dans les forces de défense terrienne et devient pilote d'un robot de combat alors que Noboru continue ses études sur terre.

Ils maintiennent le contact à l'aide de leurs portable au moyen duquel ils s'échangent des emails se racontant leurs vies réciproques dans leurs environnements respectifs. Mais les combats s'intensifiant, le camp terrien commence à prendre l'avantage sur l'ennemi et il est décidé de tenter une percée sur la planéte mère de l'ennemi située à 8 année-lumières de la terre. Mikako est intégrée à cette vague offensive, la flotte de vaisseau cargo part pour l'orbite de Pluton, limite extrème du système solaire afin de se mettre sur la ligne de lancement hyperespace.

Alors que la flotte est en vue de Pluton, une troupe ennemie passe à l'offensive sitôt contrée par les troupes terriennes lancées en défense. Le combat est soutenu et Mikako rejoint de justesse le cargo qui saute dans le tunnel hyperespace immédiatement, Mikako à le temps d'envoyer un message à Noboru mais celui-ci mettra 1 an à atteindre la terre suite à l'effet de distortion espace-temps.

La distortion espace-temps et l'énorme éloignement font que Mikako et Noboru ne peuvent plus communiquer que par espacement de plusieurs mois, bientot années. L'attente du message suivant devient pour les deux de plus en plus difficile alors qu'au fur et à mesure ils en viennent à se demander s'il ont fait le bon choix. Alors que Noboru continue sa vie d'étudiant puis d'officier, Mikako elle ne vieillit pas, elle n'est pas affectée par le temps, celui-ci étant aboli durant son énorme voyage, mais la séparation devient bientot insupportable pour eux."

Analysis

Crosssroads: "This episode is aptly named 'Crossroads,' and not just because of the name of the program Claire attends. As with most episodes, the person who dies at the beginning stands as a symbol for the theme of the show. Chloe Yorkin was at a major crossroads in her life, having just completed her divorce proceedings. She could have gone on to a great rebirth, a new life for herself. Instead, she acts stupidly, and wastes her opportunity. She gets drunk and literally loses her head. Similarly, all the characters in this episode are at a crossroads in their life. They can either sink or swim, give into foolish behavior or not. She is a warning to them, to whom they do not listen. Fortunately, they don't end up like her. Nate reaches a crossroads in his relationship with Brenda. His decision to get stoned almost jeapordizes their future. Fortunately, he is able to make up for it. Claire reaches her own crossroads, becoming friends with Parker. Her decision to bring pot on the trip and get high with Topher almost ruins her future. But Dave doesn't tell anybody. David does not do drugs in this episode (that happens next week), but in this one he does begin to act differently, to play with fire. This is a trend that will continue. Meanwhile, Ruth jeapordizes her future with Hiram by fantasies of Nikolai, but perhaps that is not a bad thing in that situation..."

Crossroads episode

well, i really like that show.
Fisher & Sons: "Six Feet Under": "NATE knocks on the door and opens it.
Nate: My only defense is I think I was hallucinating. That and the thought of you with another man makes me crazy. Sorry. I'm just a guy that way. So, where's Connor?
Brenda: Oh, God, I threw him out. There's only so much of him I can take.
Nate: So you forgive me?
Brenda: Sure. Why not?
Nate: Good. Now it's your turn.
Brenda: You want me to apologize?
Nate: Yes... For trying to use Billy's meltdown and Connor's visit to push me away. For being impatient with my very valid emotional response to each one, and for always asking me to adjust my behavior and feelings but never be willing to do that yourself.
Brenda: OK. That's fair. I apologize.
Nate: Part of you wants me to bail.
Brenda: Yeah. You're probably right.
Nate: Why?
Brenda: Because I've already gone further than I have with anybody since--(stops herself) since a long time ago. Because every time I've ever believed in a happy ending, I've gotten severely fucked. Sorry.
Nate: Well, do me a favor. Promise me from here on out, I am the only man in your bed and in your life. (BRENDA laughs.) I'm serious, Bren. Promise me.
Brenda: I promise.
Nate: I love you, and I wanna be with you for the long haul, but there is a limit to the amount of shit I will put up with.
Brenda: Did you just make me a lifetime commitment, right before the thinly veiled threat of abandonment?
Nate: Well, I don't remember using the word 'lifetime.' (smiles)
Brenda: Well, I wouldn't hold you to it. (smiles) Sorry I'm so weird about intimacy. I guess spending your childhood getting picked apart by behavioral psychologists will do that.
Nate: Well, not being able to sleep at night because your basement's full of dead people takes its toll, too."

Not going anywhere

Not Going Anywhere:

This is why I always wonder
I 'm a pond full of regrets
I always try to not remember rather than forget

This is why I always whisper
When vagabonds are passing by
I tend to keep myself away from their goodbyes

Tide will rise and fall along the bay
And I'm not going anywhere
I'm not going anywhere
People come and go and walk away
But I'm not going anywhere
I'm not going anywhere

This is why I always whisper
I'm a river with a spell
I like to hear but not to listen, I like to say but not to tell

This is why I always wonder
There's nothing new under the sun
I won't go anywhere so give my love to everyone

Tide will rise and fall along the bay
And I'm not going anywhere
I'm not going anywhere
People come and go and walk away
But I'm not going anywhere
I'm not going anywhere

pas facile de trouver ces paroles... et pas grand chose sur le net à propos de keren ann.... le site semble un peu vieux... à noter quand même les live dispo (chercher dans "tentation" à droite)