Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2010 2h 2m movie Film Japan

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

時をかける少女

Synopsis

時をかける少女

Akari Yoshiyama is graduating high school soon and is expected to lead new life after she passes the university entrance exam, while her mother is working as a pharmacologist. However, her mother has a car accident and the situation is totally changed. She decides to go to 1972 to fullfil her mother's wish.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Adventure + Science Fiction in Japan

153 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time itself).

The 2009–2011 Japan Window

In the crowded 2009-2011 Japan release window, Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time sits at #298 of 400. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Cobra the Animation
    #1

    Cobra the Animation

    ★ 9.4 · 2010
  2. Carnival Phantasm
    #2

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011
  3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
    #3

    Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    ★ 8.7 · 2009
  4. Mother
    #4

    Mother

    ★ 8.7 · 2010
  5. Hunter x Hunter
    #5

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011
  6. Maid Sama!
    #6

    Maid Sama!

    ★ 8.6 · 2010
  7. Steins;Gate
    #7

    Steins;Gate

    ★ 8.5 · 2011
  8. The Tatami Galaxy
    #8

    The Tatami Galaxy

    ★ 8.5 · 2010

The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time premiered alongside 136 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.

The 2298th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

51
Reviews
64th
Review-volume percentile
31st
Popularity percentile

51 audience reviews — more than 64% of Japan films in our index.

Review volume (64th percentile) outruns trending popularity (31th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • time leap · 4
  • erased memory · 2
  • science labatory · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • teenage romance · 8
  • high school girl · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • high school · 88
  • time travel · 70

Reception Benchmarks

6.2
TMDB Rating
51
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,582 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (22nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.7 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Adventure productions specifically: #1,077 of 1,216 (top 89%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesAniplex, stylejam, Epic Records, Voice & Heart, Quaras
Runtime2h 2m
Release DateMarch 13, 2010
IMDbtt1614408