Ride Your Wave vs The Garden of Words
Ride Your Wave and The Garden of Words are tied on audience score (7.6/10). The Garden of Words is the shorter watch at 46m compared with 1h 34m. 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.
Ride Your Wave
The Garden of Words| Ride Your Wave | The Garden of Words | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 46m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Animation, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Masaaki Yuasa | Makoto Shinkai |
| Main cast | Rina Kawaei, Haruki Ishiya, Kentaro Ito, Ryota Katayose, Honoka Matsumoto | Yuka Terasaki, Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda |
Synopsis
Ride Your Wave
Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in 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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