5 Centimeters Per Second, subtitled "a chain of short stories about their distance"., is a 2007 Japanese animated feature film by Makoto Shinkai. The film was finished on January 22, 2007. The first part of the film was debuted on Yahoo! Japan as streaming video to Yahoo! Premium members from 16 February to 19 February 2007. On March 3, 2007, the full length featured film had its theatrical premiere at Cinema Rise in Shibuya, Tokyo. The film consists of three segments: Ōkashō, Cosmonaut, and Byōsoku 5 Senchimētoru, totaling about an hour of run time. As in Shinkai's previous works, Tenmon composes for this film's soundtrack. The DVD was released on 19 July 2007.
It is set in Japan beginning from the 1990s and ending in modern day, with each segment centered on a boy named Takaki Tōno. The
Genre:Drama Romance
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Writer: Makoto Shinkai
Composer: Tenmon
Studio: CoMix Wave Inc.
Licensor: ADV Films (Formerly)
Released: Japan March 3, 2007,
Korea June 21, 2007,
China August 31, 2007,
Hong Kong September 20, 2007,
United Kingdom N/A 2008,
United States March 4, 2008
Runtime: 63 minutes
