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Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

1988 · 70 min

A quiet, bittersweet coming-of-age romance that lingers on longing glances and difficult choices, leaving a gentle ache.

Directed by
Tomomi Mochizuki
Genres
Romance, Animation, Drama
Starring
Toru Furuya, Eriko Hara, Maria Kawamura
Overview
Kyousuke and Madoka have finally arrived at the point where they are close to graduation and have to decide where they want to go to college. Naturally, they want to go together, so beside all the studying they also have to look for a proper college where they can enter both. Hikaru, still a year from graduating, wants to support Kyousuke as well and does that in her own way. But while she does that, Madoka feels jealous and tells her feelings to Kyousuke. And then Kyousuke has to take action to finally decide on the girl he loves.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Tomomi Mochizuki
Genres
Romance, Animation, Drama
Starring
Toru Furuya, Eriko Hara, Maria Kawamura
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • coming-of-age
    • friendship
    • betrayal
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • animated
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance8
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

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    Directed by
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    Cinematography
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    Runtime
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    Country
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    Languages
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