Hello World is a Japanese science-fiction romance anime
movie directed by Tomohiko Ito in 2019. Like the others anime movie with the
theme of technology, Hello World was successfully released a combination of
sci-fi and romance with a plot inserted by time travel. But, I have to
highlight something from here, “No matter how hard you try to change what was
happened, destiny is destiny. You can neither run nor avoid it.”
According to Chandler (1997) some
of genres tend to defined primarily by their subject matter, some by settings,
and the others by narrative form (p. 13). Thus, I would like to reveal 4
elements of genre (in general) in Hello World. Those are:
1.
Setting
It is including geography and history. The setting of this anime movie is in Kyoto, precisely in 2027 to 2037. Why it can be like that? Because, this anime tells about future and it has time travel plot. Katagaki Naomi—a bookworm boy—as a main character meets another “Katagaki Naomi” in 2037 or “Sensei”. Sensei tells to Naomi something will happen with Ichigyou Ruri—Naomi’s crush—in the future.
2.
Iconography
It
is containing of setting, theme, narrative, and characterization. Those are
familiar images, familiar patterns of dialogue, characteristic of sound,
appropriate physical topography, filmic techniques, lighting, and etc.
(Chandler, 1997: 13). And here there are the iconographies from Hello World:
a.
Pluura
Pluura
is the largest web server in the world that created 2D and 3D maps called
“Chronicle Kyoto”, cooperate with Keito University, and Prefektur Kyoto.
b.
Chronicle
Kyoto
Chronicle Kyoto is a big project from the collaboration of Pluura, Keito University, and Prefektur Kyoto. This project created 2D maps into more detailed 3D maps that can be back to the past and check records from different era.
c. Alltale
Alltale is recorder storage with unlimited capacity from Pluura’s computer quantum project.
d.
Alltale
Homeostatic System
Homeostatic system to protect Alltale storage, it will detect anything if something happens to Alltale.
3.
Narrative
and Plot
This anime movie tells about technological
advancements in Kyoto, precisely in 2027. A web server company—Pluura—created a
great project called as Chronicle Kyoto with Keito University and Prefektur
Kyoto. Chronicle Kyoto record everything in Kyoto, any events of human in
recorder storage “Alltale”. As unlimited storage, Alltale has homeostatic
system that will automatically detect if something happens in Alltale storage.
And this story begins with Katagaki Naomi who
has being visited by a stranger and he said Naomi would do something for him. Naomi
was confused and scared, of course. But, actually the stranger is himself from
2037. Naomi from the future who is called "Sensei" asks Naomi (in
2027) for help to restore something that has been lost in the future. Sensei
really feels broken and hurt when he comes to his past, knowing his beloved
girl who lost in the future. She is Ichigyou Ruri. In 2027, something happened
when Naomi and Ruri was dating which caused Naomi to die from a lightning
strike.
So, Sensei really wants to recover all events
before that moment will happen. He asks Naomi to safe Ruri, and he hopes that
Ruri can stay alive in the future. But, unfortunately, hope is only hope. No
matter how much Naomi tried to change Alltale’s recorder, he still can't fight
his destiny. The day day that Ruri was struck by lightning, that was when Naomi
lost Ruri because Alltale is not recovery, but it removes Ruri from there. Any
attacks from Alltale Homeostatic System make Sensei sacrifice himself to Naomi.
He realized that everything happened was his entire fault.
And when the scientist from the future tried to repair Alltale, Naomi tried to take back Ruri to their world (Kyoto in 2027), but unfortunately, the problem is getting bigger. Finally, Kyoto, the place where Ruri and Naomi live, it automatically removed and move to the other parallel.
4.
Character
Katagaki Naomi is a bookworm boy who always tries hard to get the best result for anything, either for him or for others. This is reflected in his hard work to help Sensei (his future self), and even when he desperately tries to find a way to heal Ruri in the future.
REFERENCES
Chandler, D. (1997). An Introduction to Genre Theory.
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