Garden Of Words (Blu-ray)

*This is NOT a comic, but animation and comics go hand in hand.

Directed by Makoto Shinkai. Published by All The Anime.

Region B Blu-ray Disc, 45 mins approx, colour, English/Japanese with English subtitles, 2014 

From Makoto Shinkai (your name., Five Centimeters Per Second, Journey to Agartha) comes a love story with a twist.

When Takao, a young high school student who dreams of becoming a shoe designer, decides to skip school one day in favor of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will change when he encounters Yukino. Older but perhaps not as much wiser, she seems adrift in the world. Despite the difference in their ages, they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly continues and evolves, with random meetings in the same garden on each rainy day.

But the rainy season is coming to a close, and there are so many things still left unsaid and undone between them. Will there be time left for Takao to put his feelings into actions and words? Between the raindrops, between the calms in the storm, what will blossom?

SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:

• Interviews (52 minutes with the Japanese cast and director)
• Storyboards (45 minutes)
• English production stills
• Japanese trailer
• The Works of Makoto Shinkai
• English commentary track with cast
• Japanese commentary with English subtitles