The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Review

            As I was watching Watchmojo on YouTube I stumbled across a video titled Top Ten Most Underappreciated Anime Films and on the list was a film called The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. As a fan of time travel movies I decided to watch it.  After watching it, I have to agree it is an underappreciated gem.

            The story begins with the main character Makoto having the worst day of her life and everything is going wrong. At the end of the day she wanders into her schools science lab, when she notices a little chestnut fall of a table. She walks up to it and when she falls due to and shadow, her elbow hits the chestnut and the story begins. The story starts out about as clichéd as most time travel movies, but in the later third many interesting twists, turns and revelations are revealed, along with a great message.

            When it comes to dubbing of Japanese media it is usually a hit or a miss. Thankfully, the voice acting is very good. The voices fit the characters ages and the emotion of the characters is felt in the voices and that is all that is truly needed in voice work.

            The film is animated very well, with the scenes flowing evenly with no stuttering. There are also some 3-D sections that are animated well

            With beautiful visuals, decent voice acting, and an interesting plot, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is an interesting time travel story worthy of watching, even though it starts out very clichéd. I give the film an 8.5/10.