This is the shortest of Hayao Miyazaki's films that I've seen which isn't surprising as it is six and a half minutes long. Like all his work it is beautifully animated. To go along with the animation is the song of the same name sung by Chage and Aska, I'm not familiar with their work but this song goes well with the animation.
It is surprising that s film this short and with no dialogue could have an interesting story but it does: It starts with police storming a cult headquarters and after a fire-fight finding a girl in chains, she clearly isn't an ordinary girl as she has wings, She is soon whisked off my men wearing protective suits. The two policemen who found her decide to rescue her from the scientists but trip an alarm as they flee with the girl.
While crossing a very high bridge they are intercepted and the bridge brakes leaving them falling, they try to get the girl to fly but it appears that despite having wings she doesn't know how... as the impact the story resets to the point where they find her however this time when the bridge is broken instead of falling the vehicle flies. After crashing into a large building they escape by car through a tunnel which leads out of the city into a supposed danger zone. The two policemen then coax her to fly and the film ends with her soaring high above them looking down.
Unfortunately it isn't on DVD in the west, hopefully one day it will be included as an extra on a later release, till then it can be seen on line, if you haven't seen it yet it is certainly worth looking for.
It is surprising that s film this short and with no dialogue could have an interesting story but it does: It starts with police storming a cult headquarters and after a fire-fight finding a girl in chains, she clearly isn't an ordinary girl as she has wings, She is soon whisked off my men wearing protective suits. The two policemen who found her decide to rescue her from the scientists but trip an alarm as they flee with the girl.
While crossing a very high bridge they are intercepted and the bridge brakes leaving them falling, they try to get the girl to fly but it appears that despite having wings she doesn't know how... as the impact the story resets to the point where they find her however this time when the bridge is broken instead of falling the vehicle flies. After crashing into a large building they escape by car through a tunnel which leads out of the city into a supposed danger zone. The two policemen then coax her to fly and the film ends with her soaring high above them looking down.
Unfortunately it isn't on DVD in the west, hopefully one day it will be included as an extra on a later release, till then it can be seen on line, if you haven't seen it yet it is certainly worth looking for.