Miyazaki is a genius. Unfortunately, Chage & Aska are not.

This is actually a music video for the song "On your Mark" by Chage & Aska (a Jrock band). It's a really cool video, and plays out a few different scenarios. Knowing the language or not, the emotions and story are easily conveyed. This video can be seen on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AurgaNdwWaE

Didn't do much for me. Some good animation but there's a certain triteness to the way the themes of war and hope are handled. I don't like the style of the music either, but maybe having subtitles for the lyrics might help.

Whichever way you try to cut it, this is pretty unappealing.

Then again, my complete lack of objectivity in terms of criticizing Miyazaki works is shown... Anyway I would like to make it clear that I know its limitations. The song is nothing special, and even at Ghibli there are better edited music clips (watch Momose's "Piece", for example), but its story, again, touches me in a way that only Hayao can do. And, as it's far from being perfect, it still stands out as one of the short films that manage to arouse me more intense emotions. Guilty pleasure.

A little cheesy in it's concept but still full of Miyazaki's imagery and pretty fun for what it lasts. The songs sucks though. Why are there music videos on Criticker?

Miyazaki made a music video with a typical anime plot, sci-fi kitsch. The song is completely ordinary, too. High production values, though. Yipee.

six and a half minutes dream work for me...

I like the video, it's like a trailer to a longer Miyazaki movie. Somehow I wish there'd be a longer version... Only the awful song, however, withdraws some points...