It was announced that Makoto Shinkai’s 2007 hit film, 5 Centimeters per Second, will be receiving a live-action movie adaptation! The movie is slated to premiere in the fall of 2025.
The announcement was made by an official website here: https://5cm-movie.jp/
CoMix Wave describes 5 Centimeters per Second as follows:
After transferring to the same elementary school, Takaki and Akari became best friends.However, their lives change when the families of both are forced to relocate. After a year of separation, Takaki is about to reunite with Akari. As he sits on the train from Tokyo, memories of the past rush through Takaki’s head, his meeting time with Akari drawing ever closer. Takaki and Akari begin to wonder if they will ever be able to see each other again, and share their secret feelings. Join Takaki on a journey into three interconnected tales of love and lost innocence that span the minutes and months of their lives.
Yoshiyuki Okuyama, who is attached to direct the film, made the following comment:
“I feel that it is an important coincidence that I, at the age of 33, am being asked to film a story that Makoto Shinkai-san was weaving when he was 33 years old at the time, even though it is just a number,” said Okuyama. “Every day I face ‘5 Centimeters per Second’ with the realization that there are things that can only be created now, and that there is a gaze that will eventually be forgotten.”
Source: Crunchyroll
