Wonderful Days
In a pollution-powered last city, a divided future civilization confronts the human cost of surviving at nature’s expense.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- bleak
- urgent
- melancholic
- science fiction marathon
- anime discovery night
What critics said
Critics broadly recognized the film's ambitious visual design and ecological premise while finding its story and execution uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ecoban depends on continuing to generate pollution as its primary energy source, making environmental destruction a civic necessity.
The film is known for its distinctive blend of traditional animation and computer-generated visual design across Ecoban and its surrounding wastelands.
Ecoban's citizens benefit from a sealed energy system while the inhabitants of Marr bear the consequences and resist its operation.
The resistance conflict is tied to the desire to clear the clouds and restore access to the sky.
Films like Wonderful Days, and why
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
post-apocalyptic science fiction animation with ecological collapse, resistance, and striking visual world-building
Akira
stylized animated science fiction centered on environmental catastrophe, divided societies, and rebellion
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
environmental science fiction animation combining spectacular imagery, human conflict, and a damaged future civilization
Movie Details
- Director
- Moon-saeng Kim
- Release Date
- 2003-07-17
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (183)
Cast
- Won-Je Tak
- Eun Yeong-seon
- Oh In-sung
- Kim Sung-min
- Choi Ji-hoon
- Yu In-chon
- Si Young Joon
- Park Ji-hoon
- Ahn Yong-wook
- Ki Joo-bong
Common questions
- What is Wonderful Days about?
- In a pollution-powered last city, a divided future civilization confronts the human cost of surviving at nature’s expense.
- What is Wonderful Days like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Wonderful Days as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Wonderful Days violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Wonderful Days as moderate.
- What did critics think of Wonderful Days?
- Critics broadly recognized the film's ambitious visual design and ecological premise while finding its story and execution uneven.
- Which films are like Wonderful Days?
- Films with a similar feel include Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Akira, and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
- How long is Wonderful Days?
- Wonderful Days runs 86 minutes.
