From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)

During preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the building hosting a high school’s activities clubs is threatened with demolition. While trying to save their building, two of the students become attracted to each other, but family secrets could drive them away. For the most part, it’s a sweet little story told in beautiful traditional animation. The illustrations of the Latin Quarter building are beautiful and filled with wonderful details, as is the seaside setting. The little twist in the middle seems mostly unnecessary, but I still liked watching the relationship of the two main characters develop.

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