Completed
Love
愛
4.22
14,707 rank · 4,498 viewers · 6 favorites
Avant Garde
Romance
Psychological
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Synopsis
A short experimental anime about a woman desperately in love. Made by Yoji Kuri, a well-known Japanese indie animator.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
4.6
/10
What 8 viewers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4.5
mode 2
σ 2.23
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.23 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 2.5
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No
Score over time
↑ 2.63
Running avg · Dec 2010 → May 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The vocal repetition of "ai" in shifting tones and the simple, original artwork are the main pleasures of this 4-minute animated short. The story, however, remains incomprehensible on first...”
- 8 “The experimental 1962 film succeeds as abstract art through its innovative portrayal of love's evolution without dialogue, powered by Toru Takemitsu's groundbreaking sound design that uses reverb...”
- 2 “The only redeeming quality is that it lasts just four minutes. Everything else—art, voice acting, characters, and story—is terrible, and the whole experience feels like spiders crawling on your...”
Verbosity
Short · 63%
Medium · 25%
Long · 13%
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A Movie Production
Kuri Jikken Manga Koubou.- Format 1 × 4′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 04m all episodes
- Aired Jan 1963 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-4622 catalog