The Girl Who Leapt Through Time vs Zero Sum

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.5/10 for Zero Sum). Zero Sum is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 38m. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is the older of the two (2006 against 2016). Both are drama, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time posterThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time2006 VS Zero Sum posterZero Sum2016
The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeZero Sum
Audience score★ 7.8/10★ 6.5/10
Year20062016
Length1h 38m19m
GenresAnimation, Drama, Fantasy, Science FictionDrama, Science Fiction
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorMamoru HosodaJimmy Hay
Main castFumihiko Tachiki, Keiko Aizawa, Keiko Yamamoto, Riisa Naka, Takuya IshidaAimee-Ffion Edwards, Phil Davis, Poppy Pedder

Synopsis

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.

Zero Sum

Ruth (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) wakes inside a featureless spaceship; she's no memory and is kept alive by a plastic tube connected to her lower back. Ruth removes the tube and as the searing pain subsides, her memory begins to return. She looks out of the window and sees hundreds of identical ships orbiting a green planet. Ruth remembers the pledge she made to begin a new life, light years away from the earth. Suddenly there's a noise from the…

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