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Understanding Yamada (and Me): The Meaning in Letting Go.
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**This review is spoiler-free (unless otherwise stated) but contains tags. The hidden content under the tags is an attempt to convey my feelings. It's not necessary reading, but paints a complete picture of why this movie speaks to me on a personal level.**
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Read full review on AniList →To let go of something means you had it to begin with — to be saddened by that fact means what you had was precious.
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<h5>In addition, this review was written in a style and a voice which I wouldn't use in my current-day writing. If you're curious to read—what I consider to be, at least—my more thoughtfully and precisely articulated work, please check out some of my…
Read full review on AniList →“To love someone also means to have the strength to let them go."
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Never thought I would have liked a side story more than the main one but here I am,talking about what has become one of my favorite animation products.
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Liz to Aoi Tori is a side story to Hibike! Euphonium and mainly tells the relationship, far from…
Read full review on AniList →Liz and the Blue Bird: A Thousand Words in Silence
## **Spoiler Warning:**
I tried to make the review as spoiler free as possible. However, there are still some spoilers; while not anything major they do exist, so please keep that in mind before continuing.
<hr>Today I watched this film for the 3rd time, and I really wanted to write down my thoughts…
Read full review on AniList →Tender, aching, and intimate, this breathtakingly human movie is a must-watch for anime fans everywhere.
There’s something to be said for judging a story by its spinoffs. True, a good story is good no matter the quality of its ancillary material; movies like Psycho-Pass and Robocop aren’t made any less fantastic by their awful sequels, and shows like A Place Further Than the Universe weave such a compl…
Read full review on AniList →Pondering Upon Myself - The True Meaning of Friendship and Music
*Spoilers below
Liz To Aoi Tori is in my opinion, Yamada Naoko’s magnum opus. Its melancholic execution of strong friendships combined with a take on music I haven’t seen before in modern media make for a perfect movie. I’ll split up my thoughts into a few sections.
Friendship:
I strongly relate…
Read full review on AniList →The collaboration of Naoko Yamada as a director and Reiko Yoshida as the screenwriter is a match made in heaven.
<i>Liz and the Blue Bird</i> is a side story to <i>Sound! Euphonium</i>. This anime also works well as a standalone film so you will still enjoy this anime film even if you haven't watched <i>Sound! Euphonium</i>. The collaboration of Naoko Yamada as a director and Reiko Yoshida as the screenwriter…
Read full review on AniList →A wonderful story of a Love / Friendship / Dependence relationship with a gentle fairy-tale touch
# ~~~__A WONDERFUL STORY OF A LOVE / FRIENDSHIP / DEPENDENCE RELATIONSHIP WITH A GENTLE FAIRY-TALE TOUCH__~~~
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I started following the Sound! Euphonium series recently and I could only say good words about it. Today, however, I venture into my first review of a movie, going to talk about the p…
Read full review on AniList →Scattered thoughts about the movie that changed my entire outlook on anime, cinema, love, and even life itself
_(This is an old note that I wrote in [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/helmiaziz/film/liz-and-the-blue-bird/1/) almost 2 years ago, but now that I'm migrating to Anilist, I might as well share it here because: 1. I love this movie so much, and 2. I want to normalize unstructured, unanalytical, ye…
Read full review on AniList →“To be friends with someone is more than just fitting their emotional needs. It is about understanding their emotions.”
This movie has been like a cornerstone that I return to every now and then, to get reminded of my progress in my “journey” called life. Every time I rewatch this movie, I realize some details that never occurred to me in my previous watch-throughs, which excites me. It feels like I can never get eno…
Read full review on AniList →[FR] C'est un film très important
[FR] Ce film est très très doux et très important.
Au début nous pouvons être un peu perturbés par les graphismes qui sont très différents de la série ___Sound! Euphonium___ et de sa deuxième saison mais on s'y fait très vite. Cela ne dérange pas vraiment car ils restent magnifiques, cette beauté n…
Read full review on AniList →A peak movie every Sound! Euphonium fan needs to watch
This is a masterpiece in every meaning possible. Nozomi and Yoroizuka have such a relatable relationship which I think is very common for many different people. The whole interwoven story of Liz and the blue bird was perfect, how it first seems as if Yoroizuka is the one holding Nozomi back because…
Read full review on AniList →My love letter to Liz and the Blue Bird, a masterpiece in displaying human relationships and emotions
~~~<h1>This review *will* contain <a>spoilers!!</a>~~~
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Liz and the Blue Bird is my favorite anime by far, if not my favorite piece of media ever, and I would go as far as to call it a perfect movie. From the delicate display of its lost-in-life leads to the understated yet emotionally-swelling…
Read full review on AniList →Cultivating fertile land for the skyborn
_Let's all take a step back and dip ourselves into introspection. Are we alright with our relationships? Is it helping us become a better person, are we helping them become one? What have we gained in keeping it as it is, what have we neglected? Can we be ourselves and bloom in each other's gardens…
Read full review on AniList →Emotionally resonant film that has one of the best written friendships in anime
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Sound! Euphonium is a fantastic anime to begin with. The heartfelt journey of Kumiko Oumae and her bandmates was captivatingly entertaining. And what this movie does is make a great series even better.
Directed by Naoko Yamada (K-on!, A Silent Voice, Heike Story,…
Read full review on AniList →Lovely, contemplative, and subdued, one of the best examples of the phrase "Less is more."
Ever heard of the phrase "less is more"? Yeah, Liz and the Blue Bird is basically this in a nutshell. Now, I admit, I only have a passing knowledge of the series it's based on, _Sound! Euphonium_, and I haven't seen both seasons of the anime, so when I heard about this movie, I originally hadn't pla…
Read full review on AniList →Love and setting free
"To love is to set free". Now this is a quote I have heard a couple of times before, but when does this sentence is well used in the correct moments and situations? Liz to Aoi Tori is one of the best examples of such use, in a sensible and clever way.
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Read full review on AniList →(ESP/ENG) Anime Verité
__Más vale que esta review contiene spoilers de toda la peli de principio a fin con el afán de poder expandirla lo maximo posible, si no la viste lo mejor que podés hacer es ir a mirarla sin dudar ni un momento porque no te vas a arrepentir de haber visto esta joya desde el total misterio__
Se va a…
Read full review on AniList →I love your Oboe, I love your freedom.
>"You should be free. Your graceful wings can take you as high and far as you want to go."
There’s something unique about the way Liz and the Blue Bird communicates its messages. It’s tender and contemplative, warm and bittersweet, yearnful and melancholic. It utilizes body language and the camera…
Read full review on AniList →Kyoani pulling out all the stops to craft a beautiful, deep, and emotional movie. A study in human relationships…
_(Note: I tried to keep things spoiler free until the spoiler warning below)_
**Liz to Aoi Tori** _(Liz and the Blue Bird)_ is a movie by Kyoto Animation, part of the _Euphonium_ series. The story centers around __Mizore__ and __Nozomi__, two best friend and members of the school’s brass band club.…
Read full review on AniList →Another fantastic film by Kyoto Animation.
Liz to Aoi Tori is a masterpiece of filmwork with an immense amount of effort dedicated to its creation and refinery.
The story is much deeper than what it appears as on the surface. I'm not one for "whoa dude this is soooo deep" sorts of media, but it doesn't feel anything like the creators of Liz…
Read full review on AniList →While Liz and The Blue bird is a beautifully crafted movie, it's held back by its lackluster conclusion.
Liz and The Blue Bird Review:
Note: This is my first experience with this series, I have not yet watched any of Euphonium.
Liz and The Blue Bird is a fantastic movie that gets a lot right but is squandered by a lackluster conclusion.
What I think really drew me into the story was the art and animati…
Read full review on AniList →Unfortunately disappointing
Before we begin, this movie looks nice. I like nice looking things, so it raises the score.
*sigh* (spoilers ahead)
Kyoani's critically acclaimed Liz and the Blue Bird is a movie that is irreparably tied to another one of their anime "Hibike! Euphonium" so it will inevitably draw comparison. The g…
Read full review on AniList →At first feeling like a victim, after some time taking the responsibility and setting the other person free
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Detailed sounds, expressions, glowing eyes... a movie named Liz and the Blue Bird had a lot of stuff very detailed to my surprise, as it was something... that caught my attention first and from the very start. At the start of the movie the only thing I expected was that it would be mainly…
Read full review on AniList →a work of solid but unsubtle introspection
without even being aware of what Liz was about beyond "anime", I was going into this fully aware of its adoring fans and reputation around people on letterboxd. i partially expected to either adore this or ******* despise it, but coming out of it i just sort of think this was just pretty solid, with…
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