Make Believe Bonus "Kimi No Iro" ("The Colors Within")
Or, How I Was Coaxed To Finally Check Out "K-On!"
Note: This post contains spoilers for Kimi No Iro (The Colors Within)
I’ve recently embraced the idea of going into movies with no info about them. I’m not talking spoilers — I mean like, barely watching trailers for films that seem to be getting praise. This probably has something to do with last year’s Kimitachi Wa Do Ikiru Ka?, Hayao Miyazaki’s alleged final film which had zero details shared prior to its release. That strategy both charmed me and lead me to loving the movie way more than I expected. Knowing zilch regarding it turned out to be a great move.
Once again, this approach paid off. I saw a trailer for Kimi No Iro (The Colors Within in English, though I’ll stick with the Japanese from here on out) before Inside Out 2 earlier this summer. That minute-long peek told me all I needed to know — high schoolers make a band. Sold! I spent the next month not looking into it, but thinking in the back of my mind “I should try to see that.” I hit “buy” on the Wald9 website after a stream of positive reviews on Twitter, topped off by music writer imdkm giving it “100 points.”
Strategy worked again, because I exited the theater at 10:00 p.m. delighted by what I’d just seen. Better still, Kimi No Iro surprised me with what might be the best set of songs written for a work about high schoolers making a band ever.