This is probably one of the best movies I've ever seen that depicts time traveling. The movie may have some comedic scenes here and there, but don't be fooled...this movie is also very emotional especially at the end, which I won't spoil for you if you have yet to see it. Both the animation and the music are so artistically beautiful. Woven into the movie's story is theme of romance, which I'm not usually a fan of, but the theme actually works after watching it for the first time.If you are an anime fan or if you're trying to get into anime, you should watch this movie. Don't overlook it. It's amazing!

Makoto is your average Japanese high school girl, enjoying her life, going to class, having her friends... till, for unexplained reasons, she gains the power to travel through time (well, to jump, literally, back in time). Happy with the knowledge she will use to her own benefit. But this will have unexpected consequences..."The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" is an entertaining story, with good animation, funny humor and cool characters, that only fails a little bit in the pace and strength of the story, the first coming and going, and the second a little bit all over the place. It is difficult to justify time-travel, but the movie just ignores any kind of science or similar, and goes for Makoto using it to pass her math exam or trying to get a couple of friends together. It makes for funny moments, and the tone helps in making it all enjoyable, every time she travels in time her actions having unexpected and, sometimes funny, consequences. The last part, though, is a little bit weak, with a strange and unexpected twist. Fans of anime will enjoy it, though.

Super-Minor Spoilers (in the form of the synopsis you can just read on the box of the DVD, so nothing obvious)Here Goes:The film itself is aesthetically pleasing and the voice acting is spot on, but that is about as far as this film goes regarding what it truly has to offer.The pacing starts off much too convoluted and quickly in order to get to the part where the protagonist can do the thing suggested in the title of the movie. Afterwards it slows down to a crawl in which the whole point of the story seems to be heavy on high school dating, which would be absolutely FINE in the realm of coming-of-age stories if it weren't for the fact that you really don't get an opportunity to feel pathos for any of the characters. There is so much potential there, but for the most-part there are no real dynamics within the interactions or relationships. Also, you get the strong vibe that if you say no to a boy when he asks you to date, you are too picky (just say yes to whomever demands it, I guess), so I don't see how this movie would also be good to show preteens/teens/children.This becomes another time-traveling movie where the protagonist has fun with their newfound ability at the beginning but then confronts consequences surrounding said fun, and there is nothing wrong with that. Unfortunately it is also a film where the character could have easily solved all of the problems that are beginning to form just by going back to the beginning and not messing around with anything.Also, the last 30 minutes of the film seem very phoned in. As if the writer looked back and said "Huh, this really isn't going anywhere, let's see if we can just throw in some obvious tropes." Just when you think it is all going to speed up and go somewhere, it really doesn't. Every action within this film just seems like a ploy to suck the viewer in with no real sense of finalized answers. Specific plot holes, and just blatantly overlooked explanations we would have liked to have known would have been nice to put in this review, but that would be hard to do without giving major spoilers. Trust me though, there are SO many holes and little things that a character could have simply done to solve this that, if you actually care about these kind of things in storytelling, would frustrate the heck out of you.Not recommended. It's OK, but nothing to write home about whatsoever. Definitely over-hyped.

This film is awesome it has so good visual effect and the animation. it has also have pretty sweet story and the acting of character is also so good. it is the story of a middle life girl how she face problem and how she react it is just amazing. the girl cry, smile, anger and sadness everything is show in film you just have to pay attention to the detail and also have some fantasy element like like time traveling which make the film awesome and also everyone dream of it but it truly tell if we have this power we cannot make a great change in our time and it has also some price so i recommend you to watch this film is good. 1000 time better than American stupid film and show a true nature of girl and this film also won the 2007 Japaneses academy award for best animation