Dareka no Mazanashi

Dareka no Mazanashi is a 2013 drama, slice of life, science fiction, Japanese anime short film which runs for 7 minutes. It was directed and written by Makoto Shinkai, musically composed by Akihisa Matsuura, and produced by CoMix Wave Films.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Outstanding animation.
 * 2) The short tells a very emotional story, espeically for older viewers, with themes involving the bonds that families share and how they can become disconnected from each other over time.
 * 3) Very appealing art style and character designs.
 * 4) Excellent soundtrack.
 * 5) Great voice acting.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The one fatal flaw of this movie is that it's so short.  If this was a full length feature film then it could have fleshed out the ideas that it presented much more thoroughly and in depth, but sadly it didn't have time to do that.

Reception
Dareka no Manazashi has a 3.3/5 on Letterboxd, a 7.3/10 on the International Movie Databse, (IMDB), a 7.49/10 on MyAnimeList, a 4/5 on AnimePlanet, and a 73.68% community approval rating on Kitsu.