ADV adds The Place Promised in Our Early Days

ADV has recently added "The Place Promised in Our Early Days" to its Theatrical section on its website.  This film was created and directed by the famous Makoto Shinkai.  His previous work includes Voices of a Distant Star, a movie he pretty much single handily wrote, animated, and directed using a Macintosh computer!  If his previous work is any indication of this movie, it is a must see in my book.

Wondering what the film is about?  Well this is what the ADV site has to say.

At the end of the Second World War, the control of Japan was divided between two factions. Honshu and the rest of the southern islands came under sovereignty of the United States, while the northern island of Hokkaido was annexed by "Union." In the summer of 1996, an enormous tower was constructed on the southern shore of Hokkaido; its purpose…unknown. Meanwhile, in the nearby Aomori prefecture, three school children made a vow to discover the secrets of the mysterious tower, but this promise was left unfulfilled when one of the three, Sayuri Sawatari, fell into a coma and was sent to Tokyo for treatment. Now, three years later, the promise is revived as the mystery of the tower… and its connection to Sayuri’s condition… is at last unraveled.

You can see more information here.

Sources:  Anime on DVD, ADV films