
Posted on 16th December 2012 - This link will allow you to view the page even if the title changes. It might be worth asking Shinkai on Twitter about this too if you have an account.Īnyway, Takaki's back story can get pretty depressing in the novel so don't expect a heart-warming Christmas story!Īside from that.

There has also been another novel appropriately named as " One More Side" where a different author (under the supervision of Shinkai) takes a different approach to 5cm - mostly from Akari's perspective instead of Takaki's.ĥ00 of you have said you want to see an official English version since the launch of my site. Other 5cm fans say there is new material in there too but maybe it's just the same as the novel. Something traveling at one centimeter per second is traveling 1/100 th of a meter per second. A centimeter per second is a unit of speed.
#5 CM PERSECOND MOVIE#
Since then, there has also been a Manga version of the movie which I haven't had a read yet. What is 5 centimeters per second in feet per second 5 cm/s to fps conversion. In the afterword of this novel, Shinkai notes that he started writing this novel when 5cm first premiered 2007 March in Shibuya and acts as a supplement to the movie. You can view a detailed comparison if you can't be bothered reading through the translation. Divided into three parts, Shinkai presents the bond established between these two characters at childhood, traces Takaki’s growthor lack thereofas. Other than the finished translation, you'll also find I've added Shinkai's Twitter feed to the bottom of the site and also a new guestbook feature! Anyone still remember those? You know, those days of dial-up 56k modems and before social media sites took over, it was a page where you left a little message for the website owner and its visitors.Īnyway, as with the previous stories, it contains a lot of new material - a lot more which should help clear up any questions you may have about the final episode of the movie. Makoto Shinkai’s 5 Centimeters Per Second is a story of anguish and longing, following the life of Takaki Tohno, his relationship to Akari Shinohara, and the growing distance between them.

#5 CM PERSECOND SOFTWARE#
If I wasn't a software developer myself it would have been quite tricky translating all the parts about programming. Pretty hard to believe it's been two years since then. The film's re-release was first streamed on Crunchyroll, on their Day of Makoto Shinkai, before a DVD release was announced to come out. The modern-day anime classic and brainchild of rising star Makoto Shinkai, 5 Centimeters Per Second, presented to you as never before.
#5 CM PERSECOND PDF#
The site has now been taken down but you may still read the translations and the rest of the site content in PDF here.įinally got round to picking up the half done translation. Once Bang Zoom acquired the distribution rights to 5 cm Per Second, they started casting calls for an entirely new English dub of the film, which is now the most common version available to western audiences. Official English translation is available via Yen Press.
