SHINKAI MAKOTO

A tale of two people, Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari, who were close friends but gradually grow farther and farther apart as time moves on. They become separated because of their families yet continue to exchange contact in the form of letters. Yet

From Tokyopop:To what distance would you go for your one true love? In the midst of an alien invasion, Mikako joins the resistance, leaving behind the one young man she loves. As she goes deeper into space, Mikako's only connection with her boyfriend

In an alternate history of the aftermath of World War II, Japan has been cleaved in half, with the southHonshu and the other islandsallied with the United States and the northern island Hokkaido annexed by the enigmatic Union. It was on Hokkaido that