Review of Ride Your Wave

I rate this 9/10. This movie is one of those: on a hot summer day, you sit down with a cold drink and just enjoy the adventurous ride. (Its better if its a Friday evening lol!) This is just the kind of mood it created, for me personally at least. The art was what got me hooked on at first. Saw lots of pictures captured from the movie here and there and immediately added it to my watchlist. And it really did meet my expectations. Came out just like how I wanted it to. Don't know how to explain the feelings that it left, but it reallydid feel like a fever dream! almost like you are once again a small, young child who unexpectedly caught something to watch after switching the channels many times! That exiting feeling as a kid, as if you found a new gem. Giving you butterflies and all. Don't know EXACTLY how and why, but it was so comforting to watch this, really warmed me up from the inside and at the same time I bawled my eyes out at the end. The ending was just like those times you meet new other kids while on a trip and you feel that you will never get to see them when its time to leave. Once again reminded me of childhood, don't exactly know why though!

As I said, the art-style was immaculate for me, wish there was more animes with this kind of art! Also the sounds, the music, perfectly fit the movie! The story was so nice and enjoyable, once you get into it with criticism-free, you really do get to enjoy things by then, in general. After all, animations, especially like this are supposed to be enjoyed. The main girl at first got me annoyed with the clumsiness, but that only happened about two times, it wasn't repetitive and by the end I realized that's just how she is and anyone would get nervous, if we were in her shoes. so i realised you cant really blame someone for doing something as human as showing your emotions and letting it out once in a while.

It was really enjoyable for me, nothing less expected from Masaaki Yuasa! Another movie to brighten our days!