Japan Synopsis
時をかける少女
“There is a future that we can't wait for.”
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.
Audience Engagement
1,850 audience reviews — more than 98% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (98th percentile) outruns trending popularity (77th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
5 sharedHer Blue Sky
★ 7.1 · Japan
4 sharedThe Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
★ 7.8 · Japan
4 sharedPuella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings
★ 7.5 · Japan
4 sharedPuella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal
★ 7.6 · Japan
4 sharedFruits Basket -prelude-
★ 7.2 · Japan
4 sharedTime Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
★ 6.2 · Japan
Other Titles From Madhouse
Fantasy + Animation in Japan
1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Animation genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Girl Who Leapt Through Time itself).
The 2005–2007 Japan Window
Among 364 Japan films we catalog from this window, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time places #54 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1849th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- time leap · 4
- jumping from height · 1
- teenage girl · 22
- schoolgirl · 22
- time manipulation · 13
- teenage romance · 8
- anime · 711
- love · 123
- high school · 88
- school · 82
- time travel · 70
- slice of life · 58
- surrealism · 34
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #762 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (83rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #340 of 1,274 (top 27%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Madhouse, Happinet Pictures, KADOKAWA, Kadokawa Shoten, Q-Tec |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | July 15, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0808506 |