I just saw this anime on YouTube. It's only one episode long (25 minutes), but the animation, art, and the emotional storyline is just breathtaking. The anime is about love, seperation, isolation, and desperation, all within the setting of farthest reaches of space.

The thing that facinates me the most about this anime is that it was entirely done by one person with the exception of the music which was done by the creator's friend. The man who made this anime single handandly is Makato Shinkai.

The anime was highly praised in Japan and even made it to the US on DVD. After that Shinkai developed his first feature animated film (with a team and a budget) known as The Place Promised in Our Early Days. I have yet to see this animated movie and I will soon enough for I have heard great things about it. So from the looks of it, Makato Shinkai could become the next Hayau Miyazaki.

But I must say, that Shinkai has strongly influenced me. The fact that he could develope such a high quality anime by himself really shows how far a single person can go with given talent and hard work. This has motivated me to do my best and work hard in developing the game I have been working on known as The Farthest Land.

Lastly, it seems there is a manga (picture above) that fallows the anime and even goes beyond it. I will be reading that soon. Speaking of which, the next episode of the Blue Dragon Manga must have been translated by now.....[runs off to go and read]