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maboroshi

Animation · Drama · Romance · 2023

A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving teenage Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.

Movie details

maboroshi

“The urge to fall in love will destroy the world.”

2023 Animation · Drama · Romance 1h 52m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.3 / 10

Community rating

A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving teenage Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mari Okada · Seimei Kidokoro

Written by

Mari Okada

Junya Enoki

Junya Enoki

Masamune Kikuiri (voice)

Reina Ueda

Reina Ueda

Atsumi Sagami (voice)

Misaki Kuno

Misaki Kuno

Itsumi (voice)

Koji Seto

Koji Seto

Akimune Kikuiri (voice)

Kento Hayashi

Kento Hayashi

Tokimune Kikuiri (voice)

Taku Yashiro

Taku Yashiro

Daisuke Sasakura (voice)

Tasuku Hatanaka

Tasuku Hatanaka

Atsushi Nitta (voice)

Court is in session

Put maboroshi on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.