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Hello World

2019 · 98 min

A glossy, fast-moving anime romance that keeps folding its own reality, leaving you charmed then quietly gut-punched by its final twist.

Tagline
This world is overturned in its last one second.
Overview
A shy high schooler in Kyoto meets a man claiming to be his future self, who tells him he’s hacked into the past to save their first love.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • fate
  • identity
  • memory
  • technology
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • hospital
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour3
Realism3
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
animation, romance, science fiction, drama
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Languages
Japanese

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