movie review~The Place Promised in Our Early Days

Genre: science fiction
Three friends make a pact to build a plane that will fly them to a mysterious tower and discover its secrets. Then Sayuri disappears until Hiroki and Takuya discover that her illness is linked to the tower, and they must complete the project to save her.

The animation in this film is absolutely beautiful, particularly the use of light and shadow (see cover below under the Jan. 2 post). Watch it for that alone, even if you don't like sci-fi. The majority of reviewers on ANN rated it "Masterpiece" their highest rating, and I couldn't agree more.