# Where to Watch 5 Centimeters per Second

**5 Centimeters per Second streams on Netflix, and it's Makoto Shinkai's quietest heartbreak: a film in three linked chapters about distance, time, and the people we drift away from. Every frame looks like a painting, and every scene aches.**

## Where to Watch

- [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/70093699)

Netflix is the home for 5 Centimeters per Second, streaming it in gorgeous high definition, subbed and dubbed. It's short and self-contained, an easy and quietly devastating single sitting.

## Synopsis

Told in three connected chapters, the film follows Takaki and Akari, childhood sweethearts pulled apart first by distance and then by the slow gravity of growing up. A snowbound train journey, a rocket launch on a southern island, a chance near-crossing years later in Tokyo: Shinkai maps the widening gap between two people who never quite stop reaching for each other. It's less a plot than a mood, capturing the tender, unbearable pace at which first love fades.

## Fast Facts

- **Format:** MOVIE
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Premiered:** 2007
- **Studio:** comix wave films inc.
- **Score:** 7.2

## If You Liked This

- **[The Garden of Words](https://hozuna.com/anime/the-garden-of-words)** — The Garden of Words is the spiritual companion piece: another short, rain-lit Shinkai film about longing and near-misses.
- **[Your Name](https://hozuna.com/anime/your-name)** — Your Name takes the same themes of distance and yearning and gives them the ending 5 Centimeters withholds.
- **[Your Lie in April](https://hozuna.com/anime/your-lie-in-april)** — Your Lie in April carries the same bittersweet ache about young love and the passage of time, if you want a series to sink into.
- **[Frieren: Beyond Journey's End](https://hozuna.com/anime/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end)** — 
- **[Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc](https://hozuna.com/anime/chainsaw-man-reze-arc)** — 
- **[Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood](https://hozuna.com/anime/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood)** — 
- **[Re:Zero Season 4](https://hozuna.com/anime/re-zero-season-4)** — 
- **[Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/attack-on-titan-season-3-part-2)** — 

## FAQ

### Where can I watch 5 Centimeters per Second?

It streams on Netflix, subbed and dubbed.

### Is 5 Centimeters per Second a movie or a series?

It's a single feature film told in three connected chapters.

### Is it connected to Your Name?

No. It's a separate, standalone Makoto Shinkai film, though it shares his signature themes and art style.