I can’t go. Still, I want to know what happened to him, what changed in his mind. Every subsequent films after Summer Wars and Wolf Children are slightly more disappointing than the last.

Yup. “Disappointment” would best describe my thought. I remember getting excited for The Boy and the Beast, watched it, get disappointed. Then comes Mirai, another disappointment, worse than the last. Learned not to expect too much before watching Belle.

Went on wiki to look something up…

Title	Studio	Writer
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time	Madhouse	Satoko Okudera
Summer Wars	Madhouse	Satoko Okudera
Wolf Children	Studio Chizu	Satoko Okudera
The Boy and the Beast	Studio Chizu	Mamoru Hosoda
Mirai	Studio Chizu	Mamoru Hosoda
Belle	Studio Chizu	Mamoru Hosoda

Could be the writer, could be something else IDK. At the end of the day, what only matters to me is that it’s enjoyable and worth my time. I have not seen Scarlet yet but will treat it as something random from no-name director going in.