A shy high schooler in Kyoto meets a man claiming to be his future self, who tells him he’s hacked into the past to save their first love.
Direction
Ito orchestrates three timelines like a collapsing origami crane.
Visual Effects
The 'glitch' sequences render heartbreak as literal broken code.
Score
OKAMOTO'S tracks hit different when worlds start unraveling.
Director
Tomohiko Ito
Takumi Kitamura
Naomi Katagaki – now (voice)
Tori Matsuzaka
Naomi Katagaki – future (voice)
Minami Hamabe
Ruri Ichigyou (voice)
Haruka Fukuhara
Misuzu Kadenokouji (voice)
Minako Kotobuki
Xu Yiyi (voice)
Rie Kugimiya
Crow (voice)
Takehito Koyasu
Tsunehisa Senko (voice)
Moka Hiraguri
Female Student (voice)
Ayaka Asai
Schoolgirl (voice)
Ayaka Nanase
Schoolgirl (voice)
Eiichiro Tokumoto
Researcher (voice)
Emiri Iwai
Schoolgirl (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film shares its title with the first program every coder writes—fitting for a story about simulated worlds and artificial consciousness.
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