The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Animation, Adventure, Drama, Romance

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Makoto Shinkai

Status Released

Release Date 2004-11-20

Storyline

In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.

"Against all odds, a promise will be kept."