Ibarado time (2007 Video) User Reviews

Beautiful, but only that.

[JamieJamie-1 · 6/10 · 4 October 2008]

This is something for any avid anime critic. It from a technical view point is beautiful. Still without a story it can not fully be considered a short film. It is more of an extension of the artworks. Rather than showing the audience pieces of artwork in a slide show manner there is sound and movement added. In one shot they'll have a girl opening a door on a house inside of a painting. On another the painted lake comes alive with the ripples and reflections of real water. Even the sounds from a near by restaurant adds to the atmosphere. I enjoyed watching this from a learning perspective. With that in mind I would suggest it.

Hmm

[Jeremy_Urquhart · 6/10 · 8 March 2024]

One of the shortest films produced by Studio Ghibli also happens to be one of its most perplexing: 2007's: Iblard Time. It doesn't have any real narrative across its half-hour-long runtime, instead opting to depict various strange landscapes that are occasionally inhabited by people, though never very many. This makes it feel overall more like an art piece than a film or a short film by any standard definition, but I guess it technically looked nice. It's got that going for it, at least.

I didn't really like how it sounded, though, and I wasn't able to get much out of it beyond admiring some of the images shown throughout. There are both better and worse ways to spend half-an-hour, I guess, and this could probably be recommended to those who just want to relax and look at some strange and kind of beautiful sights for 30-ish minutes, while being okay with probably not getting a whole lot else.

As with all shorts, it's more about the concept than the depth

[mjsuchomel · 9/10 · 21 October 2019]

The other reviews point out that there's no story here, and that it hinders this video being amazing. However, that completely misses the point of this gorgeous creation. The artwork itself is beautiful, and the animations make the pieces come to life. And I think that's the purpose. Whenever you look at a painting or drawing or whatever, you're looking at a single snapshot. Iblard Jikan challenges you to think of it as more than that, to look at every art you see as a story. Not to just look at what's painted but also what's not painted. It makes you consider the moving parts of the world the artist created. Sure, having a story would have made this more entertaining, but I think that would have detracted from the message and actually made it less enjoyable for me. The message itself isn't some extraordinary new thought, but seeing that idea come to life has given me better perspective, and that is a beautiful thing.

Visually stunning, otherwise empty

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 4 May 2016]

"Iblard jikan" is a Japanese animated movie from almost 10 years ago. It runs for half an hour and is the only filmmaking credit for Naohisa Inoue. My title for this review describes it very accurately already and I also agree with the other reviewer. This one here is a joy to look at and it must be pretty amazing seeing it on the really big screen. But it is also hurt by the completely lack of everything beyond great visuals. No characters, no character development, no plot nothing. It is really more of a collection of impressions than a real movie. There is no story in here and that's why I eventually believe, this is very much style over substance. It kinda hurts me to say that because it's so beautiful, but this was a missed chance. Had there been a good story, then this could have been a really great outcome. But this way it is very forgettable in my opinion and I do not recommend the watch.