These scenes where Age and Patema are clinging onto each other for dear life and floating in the sky are truly beautiful to look at.

Patema has the reverse gravity of the boy and appears to fall upwards into the sky. Climbing down to get it she comes face to face with the boy, who introduces himself as Age. Patema wakes up and is in some bushes but drops her backpack. He is staring up at the sky as if he wants to fly away himself. We meet a boy who is laying in the grass dreaming of a machine that floats through the air. Needless to say she goes back to the shaft that she found and a “bat man” is down there and scares her into falling down the shaft. Once she’s alone she takes out a picture that reads “the real world” and is a picture of what above ground would look like: sun, sky, trees and grass. Porta, her friend, tells her that there are “bat men” lurking in the dangerous areas where she likes to go exploring. It’s interesting to note that they have to live off food rations and they all wear these heavy looking suits while out and about. We get a quick look at her underground hometown where her friends all live. She’s an inquisitive young girl who goes exploring where she’s not supposed to. In the next scene we meet our heroine, Patema. To begin the movie we are introduced to the villain who is talking to someone that is inverted. It was directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura, who also directed Time of Eve both of which are spectacular.

When I first heard about this movie and watched the shorts for it, I knew it was going to be a good movie.

Sakasama no patema figure