Only Yesterday (Omoide Poro Poro) (1991)

7.4	Listal rating
7.6	IMDB rating

Directed by

Isao Takahata

Starring (View all)

Taeko (voice)

Toshio (voice)

Taeko

Tsuneko Tani, Taeko's stuck-up friend

Masahiro Ito

Father (voice)

Chie Kitagawa

Taeko's Grandmother

Yoshimasa Kondo

Additional Voices

Yuuki Masuda

Hirota (voice)

Written by

Isao Takahata

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5 years, 7 months ago at Sep 29 14:26

tartan_skirt

4 votes

Only Yesterday (Omohide poro poro) is quite a mature anime aimed at the josei audience (females from late teenage years to later), according to Wikipedia. It has a very heartfelt story that isn't usually found in animated form, but Studio Ghibli adds its own touch of magic to it without straying from reality.

Unlike many other Ghibli films, this one isn't really for kids. It deals w... read more

A story about knowing and discovering oneself

3 years, 2 months ago at Mar 4 23:38

Veed

4 votes

This was seriously my first attempt of a really "Slice of Life" anime
piece of work, and was I completely stunned by the amazing story this
turned out to be... It was enjoyable, interesting and rather thoughtful
ever since the beginning, simply because the characters were so simple,
realistic, well-developed and most important of all, likable. The
ending was outs... read more

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1 year, 1 month ago at Apr 5 2:25

m08221196

4 votes

A grown woman reminisces about her awkward life as a fifth grader to try and discover herself. Beautiful, perhaps the greatest coming of age story ever told. Ghibli, you guys never let me down

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A 27-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tôkyô.

Release date : 20 July 1991

Animation (13), Anime (12), 1990s (8), Japan (8), Studio Ghibli (6), Japanese (6), Romance (5), Drama (5), Fantasy (4), 1991 (4), Coming Of Age (3), Marriage (2), Ghibli (2), Flashback Sequence (2), Country Life (2), Reminiscing (1), (1), Foreign (1), Family (1), Countryside (1)

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