The highest rated anime on Letterboxd for the year 2018 is too many things at once: crazy, trippy, lively, jovial, carefree, heartfelt, hilarious, bizarre, breezy & intoxicating. High on spirits, full of energy & overflowing with imagination, Night Is Short, Walk on Girl is a wild, rambunctious & rollicking ride that unfolds only in fast-forward mode.
Night Is Short, Walk on Girl covers a long night of partying, drinking & unexpected adventures in the life of a young girl who livens up the whole town with her vibrant demeanour. The plot also follows her college senior who goes on (mis)adventures of his own during the same night while trying to confess his romantic feelings to her.
Directed by Masaaki Yuasa, his latest is an unabashedly freewheeling feature that unravels at such breakneck speed that it's difficult to keep up and grasp everything it keeps hurling at the screen. The rapid-fire interactions, fast-moving plot, quickly changing set pieces & swift tonal shifts are overwhelming at times and isn't going to please all.
It is only when you stop trying to make sense of it all and decide to sit back, relax & allow yourself to be swept away by its magical tide that you start seeing through its intricate & confusing outer shell and get a feel of the beauty & heart that lies within. At its core, it's a simple rom-com about a girl who prefers going with the flow and an incel who desires her.
On an overall scale, Night Is Short, Walk on Girl is a story about love, hesitation, anxiety, uncertainty, fate, chance encounters & human connection that's crafted with vigour, executed with flair & is exaggerated beyond reason. In short, this booze-fuelled trip through pubs, parties, drinking game, book fair, guerrilla theatre & musical numbers is one madcap remedy that promises to melt all your worries away. Give it a shot.
Night Is Short, Walk on Girl covers a long night of partying, drinking & unexpected adventures in the life of a young girl who livens up the whole town with her vibrant demeanour. The plot also follows her college senior who goes on (mis)adventures of his own during the same night while trying to confess his romantic feelings to her.
Directed by Masaaki Yuasa, his latest is an unabashedly freewheeling feature that unravels at such breakneck speed that it's difficult to keep up and grasp everything it keeps hurling at the screen. The rapid-fire interactions, fast-moving plot, quickly changing set pieces & swift tonal shifts are overwhelming at times and isn't going to please all.
It is only when you stop trying to make sense of it all and decide to sit back, relax & allow yourself to be swept away by its magical tide that you start seeing through its intricate & confusing outer shell and get a feel of the beauty & heart that lies within. At its core, it's a simple rom-com about a girl who prefers going with the flow and an incel who desires her.
On an overall scale, Night Is Short, Walk on Girl is a story about love, hesitation, anxiety, uncertainty, fate, chance encounters & human connection that's crafted with vigour, executed with flair & is exaggerated beyond reason. In short, this booze-fuelled trip through pubs, parties, drinking game, book fair, guerrilla theatre & musical numbers is one madcap remedy that promises to melt all your worries away. Give it a shot.