Should you watch Mirai?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

Mirai
Anime · 2018
Four-year-old Kun struggles with jealousy after his newborn sister, Mirai, begins receiving most of his family’s attention. Retreating to the garden, he encounters Mirai as a teenager from the future and embarks on extraordinary journeys across his family’s past, gradually discovering new perspectives on love, belonging and what it means to become an older brother.
The sides of Mirai
- A four-year-old jealous of his newborn sister
- A garden that opens onto other times
- A teenage sister arriving from the future
Mirai is good for you if…
- you like a small household seen from a child's height.
- you like a garden that opens onto your family's past.
- you want a film about a brother and a sister to get to you.
Mirai is bad for you if…
- you don't watch animated films.
- you won't read subtitles for a Japanese film.
About: jealousy · family · childhood
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