Makoto Konno Cosplay - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (時をかける少女, Toki o Kakeru Shōjo, literally "The Girl Who Dashes Through Time") is a 2006 Japanese animated science fiction/romance film. The film focuses on a high school girl who inadvertently gains the power to travel through time and begins using it frivolously to fix problems. It was produced by the animation studio Madhouse and directed by Mamoru Hosoda.
It is inspired by, and is a pseudo-sequel to, the 1967 novel Toki o Kakeru Shōjo by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Critical response to The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was very positive, and it won numerous awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Makoto Konno a girl attending high school in Tokyo's shitamachi, realizes she has the power to go back in time and re-do things (called a "time-leap") when she impossibly avoids a fatal accident at a train crossing one day. Bewildered, she consults throughout the film with her 'Auntie Witch' who is implied to be Kazuko Yoshiyama, the protagonist of the original novel. At first, Makoto uses her power extravagantly to avoid being tardy and to get perfect grades on tests, and even relive a single karaoke session for several hours until she loses her voice. Things begin to turn bad as she discovers how her actions can adversely affect others. |