秒速5センチメートル ~ 5 Centimeters per Second

Another MUST watch anime and another reason why I love anime :). A new release in 2007, so it hasn't ended yet, but this anime worth the wait per subbed episodes.
The story begins with Takaki and Akari, elementry school students who were parted upon their graduation day. The interesting part is the story is told from Akari's point of view, then Takaki's point of view. Their relationship began to develop as they exchanged letters and in the end Takaki went to Akari's place to visit her, but then to depart again as he's going to transfer school to the place even further away.
A bit similar to Kita E ~ Diamond Dust Drops, both of them are in form of short stories. The only difference is Kita E is told with no narration. However, 5 cm is very good in the plot and story telling. Although lots of narration was used, but we still can feel the characters' emotion. I'm so touched on the scene when Akari called Takaki to tell that they can't go to the same school later on and both of them cried silently over the phone.
Another point that makes 5 cm one of my MUST watch list is the graphics. The scenaries, buildings, backgrounds are so detailed and actually look real. The sunlight and lighting particularly, they make the scenes look outstanding. From this anime, we can see how much anime can evolve in the past few years (2004-2007). Eg. Kita E was released in 2005 with wonderful graphics and 5 cm already shows the difference.
Moreover, more and more interesting anime coming in this 2007. Look forward to it :).