When you go on a journey, there are things you learn for the first time.
That this scenery is indispensable.
That people change, the world changes, even when you’re not looking.
That there’s no such thing as a “nothing” day.
That your house has a certain smell.
If you want to learn those things, you’ve got to get moving.
Then just keep moving until you’ve seen something you’ve never seen before.
No matter how far you go, the world is so big, you’ll definitely find something new.
It’s a little scary, but I know you can do it.
Because… people who feel the same way will find you right away.
I thought a while about what I wanted my final bit of analysis on this re-watch to be. But in the end, I couldn’t think of anything more fitting than this ending monologue. Sometimes, there’s only so much you can add with additional commentary. Sometimes, you’ve jut gotta let the thing speak for itself.
After all… the real thing is ten thousand times more beautiful.
Anime: Sora yori mo tooi basho / A Place Further Than The Universe Art Director: Saho Yamane BG studio: Kusanagi
The series has mostly simple and unimpressive digital backgrounds, but still the innovative storyboards and wide panorama shots create backgrounds with a lot of emotional impact. Just like any other series by the same art director this one too lacks any real distinctive style and truly masterful BG’s. For a series that is all about learning to look the world on a different way than you did before, the series finds far too few ways to utilize BGs as a storytelling method.
