Title: Yes, it's short, but not lacking
Review: It seems that a lot of people are disappointed with the shortness of this work. First of all, if Mr. Shinkai had wanted to make it longer, he would have. Second of all, to say that it's "too short" is like saying that a piece of haiku poetry is "too short." It is obvious that Mr. Shinkai did not set out to create a feature-length movie, but rather something far from it. Sometimes, profound and moving things can be said with the fewest words and images. Not to belabor the old cliche, "a picture is worth a thousand words," but, as Mr. Shinkai mentioned in the interview included on the disk, he began with the simple image of a girl sitting in a cockpit and holding a cell phone. For certain, the story of Mikako and Noboru will continue far beyond the last scene, just as it does for every other story, long or short.
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