“Ride Your Wave” is directed by a well-known director of animation film Masaaki Yuasa of Japan in the year in 2019. The story depicts love, loss, and self-discovery while creating romance between young people against the backdrop of the ever-changing ocean. Nami and hinako are the film’s cisgender women protagonists.
Synopsis
The main character is Hinako Mukaimizu, a college girl and a passionate surfer who moves to a sea town for the sake of her hobby. But in the midst of a fire in her apartment, she is rescued by Minato Hinageshi, a firefighter. As the two fall in love, they enrich each other’s lives with their love for the ocean and surfing.
Minato gives his life while attempting to rescue another mariner from drowning at the sea and hangs on a thin thread of hope that never quite becomes fulfilled. He remains in Hinako in spirit which whispers to her how to get passed her terrible loneliness. This narration starts around the concept of ‘singing’, which can summon a beautiful spirit in the water. Throughout the opera, she learns how to sing and cope with loss, gradually transforming from a chronically nervous person to one filled with strength and poise. She is then able to view ocean floors and windows and clouds and it no longer becomes a struggle to search for ways for self-expression.
Cast & Crew Director: Masaaki Yuasa; Screenwriter: Reiko Yoshida; Music by Michiru Oshima Main Voice Cast: Hinako Mukaimizu: Rina Kawaei Minato Hinageshi: Ryôta Katayose Yoko Hinageshi: Honoka Matsumoto Wasabi Kawamura: Kentarô Itô Critical Reception Ride Your Wave has received generally favorable reviews from the critics and audiences. The website Rotten Tomatoes calculated the film’s rating at the level of 93 based on 29 critical reviews, which generally indicates that most of the critics endorse the film. The audience score is at 82%. Metacritic has a Metascore of 65 upon 100 based on 10 criticism bringing forth generally favorable reviews. The user score is 8.0 out of 10 based on 9 ratings. Analysis Approximately 87% of the users through Flip cause and effect rating most adequate tools and portions of measuring important aspects of the behavioral model. However, cardiovascular diseases pose a fundamental defiance for patient outcomes clinically Performs with cited metrics pertinent to the multidimensional impact components to appraise significant determinants of the behavioral dynamics. Cardiovascular capabilities for achieving successful outcomes mutates into critical aspects in within-grain structures. For instance, TheWrap highlights that this film’s effect is not the Yuasa’s best yet it has these kind of qualities about it: “it is in script form interesting enough to tempt audiences who have never seen Yuasa to put a toe in and eventually submerge oneself in the depths of his fantasies where a world of imagination awaits. The plot is rather amusing, and Western audiences should appreciate its content. It can also be expected that viewers will be especially impressed by action-packed movements such as fire and water in animations.
It is comforting to note, however, that critics such as Anime News Network point out improvements in the film; in this case, citing the amount of emotion that Yusuke receives due to the dramatic changes from “The movement of water, the movement of fire, the movement of the human form.”
At the same time, it has been noted that the film has an appealing emotional side as well as a rather straightforward story. Some critics of the film have suggested that “Ride Your Wave is the sweetest and most conventional story Masaaki Yuasa has ever directed.”
Although these critics have merit, the film “Ride Your Wave” offers a very honest and innovative experience which showcases meditation on fist-love and on recovering from the deepest strokes of sorrow. Timing of blue, fantasy, romance and the growth of the self overall takes a positive shape as a film which is an interesting addition to the workings of Masaaki Yuasa.
Conclusion
Let us take it to the spoiler alert for those who are yet to see the movie “Ride Your Wave.” There is no mid credit scene, but the ending and the whole film itself wonderfully combines interesting visuals and narrative. The plot may revolve around the tropes which are overly used in film scripts, but what makes the film different from others depicting lost love combined with superb relations, is none other than the graphical style & art, which is unique to Masaaki Yuasa.
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