Mirai

Reviews:
"[T]he character design walks the line with grace between big-eyed anime cutesiness and closely observed realism, capturing with insightful wit the way dogs and kids move and wiggle..." - 05/25/2018 Hollywood Reporter

"After such expansive fantasies as WOLF CHILDREN and SUMMER WARS, Japanese animation master Mamoru Hosoda delivers a story of such intimate, unpretentious simplicity, you’d hardly recognize it as coming from the ambitious visionary behind those films." - 06/14/2018 Variety

4 stars out of 5 -- "A heartfelt tale told with insight and charm." - 11/01/2018 Empire

"MIRAI opens with an expansive, bird’s-eye view of the port city of Yokohama as the camera ends up hovering on a small house with an enclosed courtyard that will be central to all the action." - 11/29/2018 Los Angeles Times

4.5 stars out of 5 -- " Mirai casts a spell that works on children and adults alike....It may be the animator’s smallest film, but it stands tall." - 11/29/2018 Rolling Stone

"A young boy’s jealousy of his newborn sister fuels an intimate and time-hopping emotional journey in Mamoru Hosoda’s animated drama MIRAI..." - 11/29/2018 New York Times