Hello World vs The Garden of Words

The Garden of Words has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.3/10 for Hello World). The Garden of Words is the shorter watch at 46m compared with 1h 38m. The Garden of Words is the older of the two (2013 against 2019). Both are animation, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hello World posterHello World2019 VS The Garden of Words posterThe Garden of Words2013
Hello WorldThe Garden of Words
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 7.6/10
Year20192013
Length1h 38m46m
GenresAnimation, Drama, Romance, Science FictionAnimation, Drama, Romance
Country––
DirectorTomohiko ItoMakoto Shinkai
Main castRie Kugimiya, Tori Matsuzaka, Takehito Koyasu, Minako Kotobuki, Takumi KitamuraYuka Terasaki, Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda

Synopsis

Hello World

A shy high schooler in Kyoto meets a man claiming to be his future self, who tells him he’s hacked into the past to save their first love.

The Garden of Words

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.

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