[Anime Review] Only Yesteday

Only Yesteday

"A good slice of life type but more for mature audience" -bezoe

Taeko Okajima is a typical "office lady" in a big company in a big city. When she takes a sabbatical to the countryside in Yamagata Prefecture, the hometown of her brother-in-law, the journey recalled her memory of her 5th grade year. During her stay in Yamagata, she works hard and happily as a farmer and is surrounded by friendly relatives and villagers, bringing up more memories. Their hospitality makes her to reconsider her choice of life.

Its another "slice of life" type anime from Ghibli. The synopsis above actually is the whole story (well almost). A lot of flash back in this movie and actually that is the best part. I prefer the flashback than the current one. Can't say too much about the story, its not that is boring, but the story revolving around what we encountered daily, so you need to watch it in order to understand it.

Animation was great for 1991 anime, however I dislike the adult characters, especially the main character. Whenever she smile, she looks veryyyy old (its like 27 turn 38 instantly). The 5th grade one looks great.

Bottom line, I think this anime is targeted to a mature audience around 25+, younger audiance I think will bored to death. Watch this anime if you like the genre. I personally don't like it.

Overall rating : B--