PG | 2h 7min | Drama, Comedy | 8 July 2016 (USA)
There are quite a few movies adapted from Japanese Manga (think Western-based graphic novels) but few of them of quality ever reach our shores and when they do, it’s usually blood-soaked, action-based stuff (“Ghost in the Shell,” “Oldboy,” “Alita: Battle Angel”).
“Our Little Sister” is different in that it’s very (surface) tame, and comes from a sub-genre called “Josei,” which is the Eastern equivalent of a young adult novel geared towards female teens. The Eastern title for this film and its source material is “Umimachi Diary.”
It is worth noting the word “graphic” as it is used here isn’t describing violent or disturbing content (although sometimes it does as in “Sin City,” “300,” “The Old Guard,” or “Road to Perdition”) but rather animation in block or panel form that is far more intricate, detailed (and longer) than garden-variety comic books….