The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) Full Reaction

awww glad you liked it Sam! it was something different for us. who knows, maybe in the near future we will do more anime lol

Thank you so much, you two!! And very special thanks for doing all the extra work just to get the subtitles displayed correctly! It looks like you had to spend extra time getting new subtitles made for the film. That was so much work! Also, lots of gratitude for showing the movie in the original Japanese. You probably noticed the original Japanese subtitles do not match the English audio version of this movie… By the way, when the English audio version of this movie came out in 1995 Mati, Shiro’s best friend in the movie, was played by none other than “Walter White”. One of Bryan Cranston’s first film acting roles was in this movie! And, Bryan Cranston doesn’t really sound like Walter White that much when he is playing Mati. Marian, you didn’t go too far. You said a lot of the ideas the movie was meant to convey. Thanks for the great insights on what the movie was meant to convey and have people think about! Joy, you got it all perfect — Ryuichi inspired Shiro in a way he never was before, his speech wasn’t memorized; it came from the heart that Ryuichi helped mend, and he did learn the point of doing something for the sake of his people and their history. Oh… and if you look at the end credits there is a series of pictures that show what happens to Shiro and the global civilization. Some fans even speculate you can see what ultimately happens between Shiro and Ryuichi in those pictures. For a number of animation fans and cinephiles Wings of Honneamise is part of the height of anime at the end of the 20th century. It was all hand drawn, no computers were used, and it showcased what could be done in animation — a mature story with very detailed art that needs multiple viewings to really take in. As examples, like you had mentioned, this takes place on an alternate Earth. Go back and watch it again to take in at how people are dressed, how the chief scientist’s umbrella opens, how the planes fly, and other physical things we take for granted — many of these things work in the “opposite” way to how things work here on Earth. Wings of Honneamise is now considered a classic piece of filmmaking that is to anime something like what Citizen Kane is to live action. Among the others that are in this end of the 20th century classic category are: Macross (1984) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Castle In The Sky (1986) Akira (1988) The Post World War II Japan Reflection Movies: Grave of the Fireflies (1988) and My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Ghost In The Shell (1995) Princess Mononoke (1997) Perfect Blue (1997) Any of these are great films to watch just as pieces of great art, and they all have good mature stories that are really fine examples of how great cinematic animation can be. If you want to get into anime and animation more and see more great films, these are all splendid movies to see. Supposedly there is a sequel to Wings of Honneamise that may get produced. It’s called Blue Uru or Uru In Blue. Wikipedia has a page on it at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uru_in_Blue And... I know the movie and subject matter seems like it came out of left field… I wasn’t crazy about the movie when I first saw it. But, after thinking about it and watching the film a second time you may find it grows on you (at least it did for me). Hope you found it a worthwhile movie to watch, not to mention worthy of the time you spent reacting to it and producing your reaction. Much Heart And Happiness To You Both For Reacting To This Movie! Thank You So Much!!

Sam Johnson