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‘The Colors Within’ Review: Naoko Yamada’s Exploration of Youthful Friendship Sings with a Warm and Inviting Spirit
Animation director Naoko Yamada returns with 'The Colors Within,' a lively portrait of three teenagers with a shared desire to make music.
Fitting snugly into her oeuvre’s focus on youthful hopes and desires, the film follows a trio of teenagers as they form an ad hoc rock band, delving into their personal lives with a refreshingly low-key and compassionate touch. When they reconnect at the used bookstore where Kimi works, they meet Rui (Taisei Kido), a young man interested in music, whose vivid green hue causes Totsuko to impulsively form a band with her newfound companions. While the three songs performed are catchy and moving in their own ways, and Kimi’s lead vocals are especially heartfelt, more remarkable is the pure embodiment of each character’s relationship to the music and to one another, a melding of spirits that still retain their individual temperaments.
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