Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

mary This film is not like others,it have original story.Not like all love stories.It is about a boy,his friend and new girl in school.From the beginning I feel ambient:everybody are in same uniforms,friendships,envy girls...The relationships are real.It is very important in film.So,weird girl with divorced parents come from Tokyo and don't like others.Everybody is talking about her, but nobody talks with her.After so many conflict,boy understood that he love her.It really happen in real world.It is really special. Music is interesting,like waves of ocean. The animation and drawings in film are nice,typical anime style. There is some irony in some spots of film.So,it is not dark at all.For me,part when girls attacked her was really funny,somehow.And snapping each other... Film for one afternoon! (sorry for bad English)

Leofwine_draca OCEAN WAVES is one of the lesser films from the Studio Ghibli studio, thanks in part to a more simple and straightforward story set in the contemporary world and the lack of a director of Hayao Miyazaki's calibre. The most popular Ghibli movies tend to be the brash and moving fantasy epics about saving the environment and quirky creatures and the like, whereas OCEAN WAVES is all about high school life and romance.In many ways it's a simple two hander charting the relationship between an awkward high school student and the hot-headed girl he loves. There's plenty of arguing along the way, but the film's narration gives this a wonderfully nostalgic and wishful feel as a young man looks back over the mistakes and events of his earlier life. This gives the movie an edge and prevents it from being just a romance, a genre I generally avoid at all costs. The voice actors are very good although the quality of the animation is more basic than usual for a Ghibli movie. A slighter piece, then, but still a worthwhile one.

honest iago .. The huge fan of Studio Ghibli (and especially Miyazaki) that I am, I was really excited to find this, the last Ghibli full-length production that I had yet to see.That excitement turned steadily into sadness. The complete lack of plot-line and ludicrous love interest simply appalled me. This made-for-television piece of crap does not deserve to belong to the otherwise amazing Studio Ghibli canon. What could possibly motivate people to write such positive reviews for this? I am baffled. If I was Taku, the main character in this dreck, I would have absolutely NO nostalgic feelings for any of the events that occurred, let alone for the SURELY bi-polar Rikako.That H. Miyazaki had nothing to do with the direction, animation, or writing of this horrifyingly tedious movie provides some solace... unlike every single other Ghibli production that I have seen, this one is completely and totally charmless.The second star was awarded for the only moment in the entire movie that I and my girlfriend enjoyed: that ephemeral moment of redemption that occurred shortly after the 51-minute mark, when Taku b*tchslapped Rikako. Yosh.

emasterslake This TV movie was aired back in 1993 on Japanese TV.It's based off of a Manga that has to do with a Japanese High School Student who meets this Girl who is a transfer student from another school.Throughout the movie these 2 students go through some hard situations & arguments, but things turn out smooth after that.This movie has allot of holidays and things only common in Japan. So those who aren't familiar with Japanese High School culture might be a little confused.This TV movie is very good to see. Don't know if it'll ever be Debutted into English. At the moment it's available in Subtitles.Rated PG for Adult Situations and some use of Alchol.