From Up On Poppy Hill – We Had Our Signal Flags Up (FAP-214)

Producers: GKIDS
Studio: Studio Ghibli
Source: Manga
Released: July 2011
Genres: Drama Romance Slice of Life
Runtime: 1h 35m
Jack's Score: 10 / 10

This week's choice was a great one. And it was one that Jack's wife lived as well. The artwork was on point the music was on point and the story flowed effortlessly. You have the great makings of a story and it is delivered with flying colors. That being said, if you are looking for the usually magical and fantasy world that you have come to expect from Ghibli then this will disappoint you this is a movie that is more so grounded in reality so the expectation should be of that and nothing more. This is a story of growth and it does it in a way that is better than you would expect.

Featured Cast

Tetsurou Sayama Original Creator

Chizuru Takahashi Original Character Design

Gorou Miyazaki Director

Emi Gunji Assistant Director

Katsuya Kondou Character Design

Takashi Oomori Art Director

Youhei Takamatsu Art Director

Noboru Yoshida Art Director

Kamon Ooba Art Director

Satoko Nakamura Assistant Art Director

Yoshikazu Fukutome Assistant Art Director

Atsushi Okui Director of Photography

Takeshi Seyama Editing

Kouji Kasamatsu Sound Director

Satoshi Takebe Music

Hayao Miyazaki Script

Keiko Niwa Script

Shintarou Nakazawa Assistant Unit Director

Ryousuke Kiokawa Assistant Unit Director

Kitarou Kousaka Animation Director

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