, subtitled '''"a chain of short stories about their distance."''' is a 2007 in film|2007 Anime|Japanese animated feature film by Makoto Shinkai. The film was finished on January 22, 2007. The first part of the film was debuted on Yahoo! Japan as streaming video to Yahoo! Premium members from 16 February to 19 February, 2007. On March 3 2007, the full length featured film had its theatrical premiere at Cinema Rise in Shibuya, Tokyo. The film consists of three segments: ''Ōkashō'' (桜花抄), ''Cosmonaut'' (コスモナウト), and ''Byōsoku 5 Senchimētoru'' (秒速5センチメートル), totaling about an hour of runtime. As in Shinkai's previous works, Tenmon (composer)|Tenmon composes for this film's soundtrack. The DVD was released on 19 July, 2007 according to Makoto Shinkai's official website.
Makoto Shinkai had expressed that, unlike his past works, there would be no fantasy or science fiction elements in this film. Instead, the feature film would attempt to present the real world from a different perspective. Makoto's film gives a realistic view of the struggles many face against, time, space, people, and love. The movie is named 5 Centimeters Per Second for the speed at which cherry blossom petals fall, petals being a metaphorical representation of humans, reminiscent of the slowness of life and how people often start together but slowly drift into their separate ways. <ref name=Directornotes> {{jp icon}} {{cite web
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Plot
The plot is set in Japan beginning from the 1990s, with each segment centered on a boy named Takaki Tōno.
Episode 1: Ōukashō
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