WITH ALL OUR HEARTS
STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
1
RELEASE
January 6, 2021
LENGTH
4 min
DESCRIPTION
A short film by ex-Ghibli director Hiromasa Yonebayashi with the students of Kanezawa College of Art for the promotion of its new campus.
EPISODES
Dubbed
Not available on crunchyroll
REVIEWS
SpiritChaser
90/100A four minute anime that can open the eyes of an artist and inspire them out of their frustrations.Continue on AniListThis anime found me today at a very peculiar time, here, at the end of the busiest year of my life. Still, it's something I didn't now I needed to see, as this was too relatable to my own struggle. One who knows what this is could ask: "Why are you reviewing a 4 minute anime?" I understand the laughs, something I've dealt with for a while. With All Our Hearts is an eye opening experience by former Studio Ghibli staff for an artist who is frustrated. An uplifting message with a realization about the love and passion one has for their work.
As a content creator myself, I can say I love my videos. The ones I think are good, and the ones I think are terrible. I can be criticized about a video being poorly made, sure. On the other hand, it's what I had to say that matters most to me. Consequently, most of what I have made wasn't produced that well. Despite this, I still go back and watch many of them many times. What amazed me about this anime is that it animated, with no dialogue at all, how I felt about my work in a way I had not fully realized before. The intensity of the very moving acoustic song also fits this amazingly. As the riffs emotionally trickle down, it felt as if they were strumming my own emotions, as I stared with fascination, slowly realizing what this anime was trying to tell me.
There are times where I get frustrated. Maybe the video or review didn't feel it was done well enough. Maybe it can get upsetting that something could have been done better. As the main character frustratingly brushed at the canvas and destroyed her creation, I felt a connection with that frustration. As her creations in the room came to life, and gained their hearts, I saw all my videos in those creatures. It may sound silly to think of my videos as sentient. Regardless, I did try to sincerely put a part of myself in each video.
The script should be more than just words on paper, but also something passionate from everyone's individual minds that can give it an identity that it is yours, and only yours. Anime analysis content on YouTube and in other places is something in trouble. I am not saying I'm trying to save it, or that I am making "masterpieces." I almost want nothing to do with the label as I try to also give some advice. However, if I am going to be this critical, I need something to show for it. Don't criticize someone for doing something when you are doing nothing. And the best way to give advice is to try to be the best example of it.
Afterwards, I put the video on loop, as it really made me think about all this. Soon enough, the tears started coming. This is something I have said more than once, but I don't want to bottle up my feelings like too many others do. This could sound ridiculous, but what With All Our Hearts is trying to say is greater and more meaningful than what a lot of those 1 cour anime I've seen try to.
As one can see, this anime can mean a lot to an artist to the extent that a review of it compels a self-analysis of what this means to the viewer. Realizing that I was also being overly self-critical, I too began to see some of the colors.
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Ended inJanuary 6, 2021
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